1980s riverfront home hits the market with ‘endless potential’

The three bedroom two-bathroom property at 86 Quay Street, Bulimba is owned by 94-year-old Dorothy Cameron, who recently moved to a retirement home.

The property is being marketed by Ray White Bulimba principal Brandon Wortley and will be sold via auction on 18 October.

Mr Wortley said the property is positioned along one of Bulimba’s most tightly held and prestigious streets and offered buyers an opportunity to secure an “entry level riverfront home with limitless potential”.

“Set on a generous 486sqm blue chip parcel of land, the mid-1980s residence offers an increasingly rare chance to either live in, land bank, renovate or reimagine and rebuild your dream home in one of Brisbane's most coveted riverfront enclaves,” Mr Wortley said.

“The existing home is presented in basic but ultimately liveable condition, featuring three bedrooms, a functional layout, and scope for immediate occupancy or rental income while you plan your future transformation.”

The property is being sold by Mrs Cameron’s children Ian, Don, and Robyn.

Ian said his parents bought the block of land in 1982, built the house over two years, and moved into it in January 1984.

“It has been a family home for quite some time now,” Ian said.

Ian said his family have great memories living at the property.

“The location made it a great place to congregate, celebrate special occasions or just relax and enjoy the view,” he said.

“Mum and dad always had a pair of binoculars by their side to check each passing boat.

“We had all the toys - we were right on the river so we had kayaks, skis, dinghies, sail boards, and dad kept his yacht at the front of the house,” he recalled.

“I remember the sailing trips we did out onto the bay from Bulimba.”

Ian said his dad passed away in 2006 and his mum has continued to live at the property since.

“Mum and dad were active members in the Bulimba Sailing Squadron and regularly played golf at the course at the end of Quay Street,” he said.

“Mum was heavily involved in St John’s Anglican Church in Bulimba, running the jumble sale for many years.”

Ian hopes another family will buy the home which has beautiful river city views from virtually every room.

“The property is not development protected,” he said.

“When we first moved here, the Bulimba reach still had many small boat yards operating and across the river at Newstead was still an operating shipping wharf, and now look at it.

“The connection and what made dad buy the block was that it was originally a boat shed and slip.

“Dad stored a sailing dinghy in the shed in his youth and regularly sailed from there in the mid-forties.