Brighton bathing box seeking nearly $300,000
To own one of the Brighton Beach bathing boxes, you have to own a home in the Melbourne bayside suburb.
The 82 bathing boxes that line the beach surged in price last year, with a newly-built hut selling for $326,000 record.
The latest box 60 listing (above and below) is expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000 at its December 3 auction with Marshall White agent Barb Gregory.
On top of purchasing and maintenance costs, owners have to pay about $1650 each year in licensing fees and council rates.
The first box that traded at auction was in 1999 at $58,000.
Brighton houses have sold up to $22 million.
Listing agent Barb Gregory, once a proud owner of a $3200 beach box, regrets when she and her friends sold it a few years later.
This article was first published in The Weekend Australian.
