Former Essendon Football Club captain Brendon Goddard has sold his $2.2m Brighton East home two weeks after an auction stalled and it was rushed behind closed doors.
The late result has helped boost sales numbers in the lead up to Monday’s King’s Birthday public holiday, and on this week’s auction front PropTrack figures show there was a 62.7 per cent clearance rate from 332 results reported yesterday.
Goddard and wife Rosie had spent two weeks trying to finalise the disposal of their Plunket St home after it passed in at $2m on May 18, with an offer made about a week ago becoming unconditional late this week.
The ex-Bombers defender has since returned to the Saints where his AFL career started and now works as a development coach.
Industry sources have indicated the delay added $200,000 to the best offer under the hammer.
Buxton director Chris Hassall yesterday confirmed a sale had been finalised with a deal struck late in May now unconditional, and while he would not confirm a sale price acknowledged it was above where it had landed on auction day.
I haven’t reflected that much on what it was like during that period. If I try to stretch back now it was a unique period given I’d just signed on the year before for six years so I’d committed myself to the footy club. At any stage when your club is going through a bit of turmoil or isn’t performing well, you take on responsibility in trying to find ways to help it. Those decisions were clearly way above my head and I couldn’t impact that. We went overseas as a group, which was publicised, but I think it was great the boys stuck together. I got back from that trip and I had two weeks where I was just at home and was mentally and physically so drained. I was sick for a month I reckon, constantly coughing up phlegm, probably had COVID, I was rundown, really tired. I spent a few weeks to myself and reflected on where I was at individually, where the team was at and what I could do to help. I tried to really reset my body, mentally, physically and emotionally.
