His name is not Willy Loman, and he was not about to commit professional suicide by continuing with his full disclosure that "there is past termite damage in the house (from approx. 11 years ago)". Everything else still reads the same: the "Spacious Layout", the "Generous Living Areas", and the "Stylish Finishes". As for the past termite damage, let the buyer beware!
"Riverbend" may never sell and I may never return to Far North Queensland, but a more recent dream was a possible relocation to Bomaderry just north of Nowra. This very ordinary little town (with an equally ordinary but much bigger town just across the Shoalhaven River) suits me as, after a somewhat less than ordinary life, I like to lose myself amongst ordinary people. What makes it attractive to me is its railway station which would allow me to just jump on a train and get away for a day and be back home for dinner - and all for a senior's fare of $2.50 which is the only government concession they give me in my old age.
35 Tarawara Street is just 700 metres from the train station, making it the perfect launch pad for an old train lover like me. Every other place that close to the station sells within weeks but this property has been looking for a buyer since it was listed in September, first at $699,000, then with a big price reduction to $625,000 and the added termite damage warning.
Honesty is not a real estate salesman's greatest strength, and so the warning disappeared within days of being listed. I was just in time to see it appear and then disappear again. Not that it makes any difference to me, as I'm still stuck here at "Riverbend", although "stuck" is perhaps the wrong word as I'm being told by some people that I would be foolish to sell up and leave such a perfect place, to which I reply, "I just love trains".
P.S. The removal of the termite warning worked: it sold in November 2024 for $580,000.
