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The myth that properties turn over on average every seven years has again been confirmed here in Nelligen when the lovingly restored Catholic Church will be auctioned off on May the 12th.
The original St Joseph's Church was a wooden structure built in 1872 by the Roman Catholic diocese. By 1894 tenders were called for a new, larger brick church. The new church was officially opened in 1896. The last official service was a funeral mass for Horst Jagow in April 1976.
In 1976 a damp course was fitted and the internal plasterwork removed. The diocese decided to stop the restoration work and the church lay empty and abandoned before being purchased by a Perth couple in 1997 for $85,000 who replaced the broken stained glass windows, installed wooden floors, and ran it as an art gallery.
They sold it in 2006 for $475,000 to a Canberra couple who planned to add a three-bedroom home. However, man proposes, God disposes, and it was sold again in 2012 for $450,000 to the current owner, Sharyn, who completed an internal refit with a mezzanine floor, accessed by a spiral staircase, and french doors leading to outdoor terraces.
Today, six years later - the seven-year-itch is getting shorter - it is again for sale at auction. It's not right on the water but it's a great place for turning wine into water. We know; we've done it a few times; click here.
Buy it and go straight to Heaven!
P.S. It sold in June 2019 for $740,000.
