‘Each and every step of the way in which, nobody cared’: Queensland pensioner says sun farm subsequent door has left her not able to promote her assets

‘Each and every step of the way in which, nobody cared’: Queensland pensioner says sun farm subsequent door has left her not able to promote her assets

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Properties like Karen Mansbridge’s usually sell within 30 days but her home has been on the market for eight months. The two-hectare hobby farm in the South Burnett region, 160km north-west of Brisbane, was receiving so few inquiries the real estate agent decided to remove the address from the listing.

Interest picked up – until buyers were reluctantly given the address. “They’d fly over it on Google Maps and go ‘nup’,” her real estate agent says.

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