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AWLQ CEO Katie Garrett with Ben and Andrea Williams from Remax Regency and dogs Devo, Gaston and Javier from the animal shelter. Picture: Glenn Hampson
All proceeds from the public sale of a Queensland home will assist rehome and look after animals in want, fulfilling the ultimate want of a person who died alone however for the corporate of his fur infants.
The late proprietor bequeathed his Strathpine home to the Animal Welfare League Qld (AWLQ), the place he had adopted his two beloved dogs.
Gold Coast agent Ben Williams, of Re/Max, is advertising the three-bedroom property on a 612 sqm lot at 4 Wordsworth St on behalf of the Public Trustee of Qld.
4 Wordsworth St, Strathpine
The home has three bedrooms and two bogs
The 1970-built brick home goes beneath the hammer on February 10 with auctioneer Dean Tucker.
Mr Williams stated eight bidders had already registered for the public sale, with many patrons expressing their want to assist the AWLQ.
“The amount of buyers who say, ‘that’s made me want to buy the house even more, now we’re going to go for it’,” Mr Williams stated.
The home has a contemporary kitchen, entrance and rear patios, and a flexible downstairs house which may function residing areas or an workplace.
Bailey (left) and Bella (proper) with AWLQ employees member Laura Sharp. Picture: Glenn Hampson
Mr Williams stated the itemizing had principally appealed to first-home patrons and households eyeing the property’s twin residing potential.
PropTrack knowledge exhibits the median home value within the Moreton Bay suburb of Strathpine is $676,000, up 2.6 per cent from 12 months in the past.
“We’re going to do our very best to get the highest price possible as we always do for our clients, but this one is extra special knowing all the proceeds are going to the AWL,” Mr Williams stated.
“I know charities have been doing it tough as so many people are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, so to these charities this is like winning the lotto.”
The late proprietor had a longstanding reference to the AWLQ and had sought solace by means of his pets throughout difficult occasions earlier than his dying, aged in his 50s.
AWLQ has rehoming centres and neighborhood vet clinics throughout Brisbane and the Gold Coast
AWLQ CEO Katie Garrett stated such beneficiant donations had been unusual however enormously appreciated.
“We can’t do any of our work without the support of our community, and these acts of giving just mean so much for us, and mean we can keep going, and be here long into the future,” Ms Garrett stated.
“Gifts in wills have gotten extra frequent as individuals are turning into extra comfy discussing their intentions previous to passing away.
“But certainly, someone leaving their entire house to us like this person has is not the norm, which is why it is so humbling for myself and my team,” she stated.
The home has a contemporary kitchen
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The AWLQ has 5 adoption centres throughout the Gold Coast and Brisbane, plus a community of neighborhood vet clinics offering charitable help for these struggling to afford remedy for his or her pets.
Ms Garrett stated the charity offered a protected haven for 11,809 animals over the previous 12 months, in addition to treating 49,986 sufferers by means of the vet clinic.
Surrender charges have soared, as pet house owners had been squeezed by the rising cost of necessities, whereas others had been compelled to half with their fur infants as a way to safe a lease amid the lease disaster.
The downstairs space holds twin residing potential
“We see the impact of the cost of living in a much higher need of charitable support through our vet clinic, and also in an increase in the number of pet owners surrendering animals through our shelters,” Ms Garrett stated.
“We’re not here to judge people through their circumstances, and we will never turn away an animal in need.”
The sale, whereas uncommon, follows different unbelievable property donations by animal-loving Queenslanders.
In August final 12 months, a pastor paid $951,000 beneath the hammer for a deceased property at Robina bequeathed to charities together with Guide Dogs Australia.
And the RSPCA obtained a large $2.7m from the sale of a Mermaid Beach home on a 405 sqm block a 12 months in the past.
