{"id":38004,"date":"2022-04-12T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=38004"},"modified":"2022-04-12T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:24:18","slug":"dilapidated-shops-secret-backyard-goldmine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/dilapidated-shops-secret-backyard-goldmine\/","title":{"rendered":"Dilapidated shop\u2019s secret backyard goldmine"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOTO: 63 Fitzwilliam St, Vaucluse, has a $13m price guide ahead of a May 5 auction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to miss this ruined old shop when you drive by because it looks so run down, but it hides the equivalent of a modern day goldmine out the back.<\/p>\n

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No one can quite remember when the Goldberg family\u2019s old shop closed its doors, but it\u2019s just hit the market and worth a fortune because of the secret at the back of the garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been shut for at least 20 years,\u201d one local said of the dilapidated yet charming double-storey building at\u00a063 Fitzwilliam Rd, Vaucluse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Another said: \u201cMy sister used to get me to go there and buy her ciggies when she was 13 and that was many, many years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

The veteran agent charged with selling the property, Ray White Double Bay\u2019s Craig Pontey with colleague Violet Farebrother, says: \u201cEveryone\u2019s been chasing it ever since I came to Double Bay in 1980.\u201d<\/p>\n

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They have a $13m guide for the shop with residence above at a May 5 auction, which, on the face of it, looks a little excessive \u2014 until you become aware that this is a prized waterfront property.<\/p>\n

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The gently sloping block is overgrown with lantana and ferns, but \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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The gently sloping 588 sqm block is overgrown with lantana and ferns, but there\u2019s no mistaking the boats bobbing about on the harbour below.<\/p>\n

Some of the locals remember the renowned solicitor Leon Goldberg owning both the shop and the house next door at 65 Fitzwilliam.<\/p>\n

Property records show Goldberg sold the house to Michelle Shein, wife of the former Dimension Data chairman, Jon Shein, for $5.5m in 2001.<\/p>\n

Jon Shein, with brothers David and Steven, boosted the family\u2019s net worth to at least $200m in 2001 when they sold their remaining holdings in their company, Com Tech Communications, to the South-African-based Dimension Data.<\/p>\n

The dilapidated shop is now in the name of Annie Goldberg.<\/p>\n

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