Flemington milkbar home listed for auction

Flemington milkbar home listed for auction
Staff reporterDecember 7, 2020

A Flemington milkbar, known in a previous life as the Macca’s Milk Bar, is set to go under the hammer June 15. 

Held for the last 30 years, 31 Dover Street, in Melbourne's north west is up for auction with a price guide of $800,000 to $880,000.

Set on 183 sqm, the one story home features the original facade.

The vendors say the property dates back to 1894 and had been a grocery store.

It was also once famous for its annual football tipping competition, however it stopped operating as a business in 1999. 

Jerome Feery and Simon Mason of Jellis Craig are marketing the property.

The shopfront facade has been preserved while the interior was reconfigured into a private three bedroom two bathroom residence in 2000.

Featuring a large kitchen and leafy courtyard, records show it last sold for $107,000 in May 1988.

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