Buyers haggle over Brisbane's half-burnt house as it gets passed in

There’s still hope for Brisbane’s half-burnt house.

The property at 1A Leura Avenue in the riverside suburb of Hawthorne got passed in at auction on Saturday, but there’s still significant demand.

Agent Jeremy Paikaew of Junction Estate Agents tells Nine that negotiations are now underway between two parties to close the deal.

The home has garnered attention as it presents like a layer cake from the street, with a sunshine-yellow weatherboard at the bottom and a charred skeleton at the top.

1A Leura Avenue, Hawthorne, QLD

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1A Leura Avenue, Hawthorne QLD 4171

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In February this year, a neighbour rescued two people from inside the three-bedroom home, who were unaware the property was ablaze. A man was downstairs and a woman was upstairs where the fire had taken hold.

A man living across the road saw rising smoke from his window and rushed over to evacuate the occupants, he told news crews at the scene.

People inside three close-by properties were also ushered to safety by firefighters and one resident was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.

The second storey of the property was gutted and listing photos show the aftermath, with melted possessions and blackened lumps of burnt wood and furniture.

However, the lower level of the home was largely unaffected by the flames and has useable materials, with timber French doors opening to a deep verandah and vast wooden floors.

The home is on a 406-square-metre block, on a street just 500 metres from the Brisbane River.

Built in 1999, it does not carry the caveats of a heritage property and is therefore ripe for development and opens buyers’ options. There is no price guide on the listing because in Queensland price guides are not allowed for homes going to auction.

The property has been in the same family for 20 years, and is described in the listing as a blank canvas.

“This is it, a final piece of unencumbered land in Hawthorne – your canvas for that masterpiece.

“The bottom level of the home is salvageable, re-use, recycle and renovate. Bring back those charms that it once had.”

An online My Cause fundraiser was set up earlier this year by the local community for the owner and the tenants, who lost so much in the fire.

The tenants posted on Facebook that they used all of their savings to move into the property and were now bereft of even the basics.

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