The rear of the property looks like a row of old townhouses.

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A 1980s Templestowe mansion designed by a celebrated mid-century architect, with its own par-three golf hole, was one of the weekend’s biggest auction results.

The six-bedroom brick behemoth at 54-56 O’Briens Lane is from the mind of Geoffrey Woodfall, whose Were St, Brighton, design was demolished controversially in 2020.

It was an exceptional result as a clearance rate of 56.7 per cent was recorded from 968 reported results, with 1116 auctions scheduled, according to PropTrack. There are 1220 expected in Melbourne this week.

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Former AFL player Mark Jamar and wife Dulce list Templestowe Lower house they renovated

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Jellis Craig Doncaster agent Chris Savvides said the property fetched $3.45m — $150,000 more than when it was on the market at $3.3m. It had a $3m-$3.3m guide.

“The land was the drawcard. It’s very difficult to find 3 acres (1.22ha) of land in Templestowe. Obriens Lane is on of the few areas, the blocks are 3 acres to 5 acres,” he said. “It was purchased in 2017 for $2.9m and the owner had plans to renovate and improve the home, but they saw another and fell in love with that and decided to put it on the market.”

A Melbourne businessman bought the property for his family, who are not yet in the city, and Mr Savvides believed they planned to renovate the property.

It was built it 1981 and the owner who commissioned the build lived there until 2017.

Mr Saviddes said Obriens Lane had Parks Victoria land behind it so would never be built out, and there was a horseriding business at the end of the street, frequented by kangaroos.

The upper level open-plan living zone.

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I’m seeing double here, four living zones.

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Okay, back upstairs — but downstairs?

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Australia’s most-viewed listing going to auction last week on realestate.com.au, the Woorndoo Uniting Chuch in Victoria’s west, sold for $172,000 from its $90,000-$110,000 guide.

Elders Real Estate agent Jane Allen said prior to auction interest had come from people looking to run a business from the site, to those who would turn it into a weekender.

“There was a really good attendance of people and some strong bidding from a wide quite a variety of people, so it was really good to see and it all went well,” she said.

The 1618sq m site, between Mortlake and Lake Bolac, was being sold by the Uniting Church of Australia, which hosted its last sermon there in February.

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Sprawling space everywhere you look.

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The tennis court has been resurfaced.

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In Carnegie, the four-bedroom house at 215 Neerim Rd sold for $2.122m after being advertised with a $1.85m-$2m price guide.

Ray White Carnegie agent Tom Grieve said there were four bidders and the buyers were a young family, while the sellers were a family relocating to a different school zone.

“This is a four year old home. If you give me homes that suit first home buyers, and homes that are ready to move into, those are selling really well,” Mr Grieve said.

“Other homes are getting affected by interest rates and construction costs.”

A golf hole in the expansive backyard.

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