End-of-year real estate steals for sale for under $250,000

With the cost of living so high, every shopper, be it for Christmas presents, energy providers or at the supermarket checkout, is looking for a cheaper deal.

The same goes for a home.

Here are five properties for sale before Christmas for under $250,000.

They come with compromises, but are hard to beat for a mortgage that won’t sting like dad overdoing the chili in the prawns on Christmas Day.

49 Evans Street, Collie, Western Australia
Price guide: $199,000

SOLD - $195,000

49 Evans Street, Collie WA 6225

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The opening on the listing – “if a quaint, cosy cottage in need of a little love has been on your shopping list, now is your chance” – sums up this offering perfectly.

The three-bedroom home with a bullnose verandah can be lived in now but would benefit from TLC to lift it from tired to terrific.

41 Throssell Street, Northam, Western Australia
Price guide: $225 000

SOLD - $215,000

41 Throssell Street, Northam WA 6401

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The vendors were so motivated to sell they cut the asking price by $30,000.

Agents admit in the listing that the floorplan is not traditional, but with a main living space warmed by a wood fire, three bedrooms and two sheds for storage and work, it’s a handy buy.

Address on request, Morven, Queensland
Price guide: $210,000

$215,000

Morven QLD 4468

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Spa retreat-inspired, the showpiece of this home is the bathroom with a double-sweat therapeutic bath (facing a wall-mounted television) and a high-tech corner shower with every imaginable nozzle.

The 1569-square-metre block is dotted with fruit trees and for an extra $95,000 an accompanying freehold shop (on its own title) is for sale.

30 Enid Street, Mount Isa, Queensland
Price guide: $245,000

$245,000

30 Enid Street, Mount Isa QLD 4825

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The two-bedroom brick house has air-conditioning in both bedrooms – a must in Queensland’s sizzling weather – plus an enormous backyard on a 1012-square-metre parcel not far from the heart of town.

A shed with power offers storage and tinkering options, and there is more than one car access point into the property.

89 Pasadena Grove, Mildura, Victoria
Price guide: $229,000 to $250,000

SOLD - $250,000

89 Pasadena Grove, Mildura VIC 3500

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In Victoria’s so-called food bowl of Mildura, the buyer is urged to “bring your paint brush” and spruce up the two-bedroom house, which has a third bedroom outside that would suit as a work-from-home space or a teenage or grandparents’ retreat.

Heritage touches feature throughout, including ceiling rosettes and French doors. Mildura gets hot but the buyer can chill under pergolas, softened by established gardens.