Australia's most notorious hoarder home set to sell for $2MILLION - but the buyer will need to remove the mountains of stinking rubbish themselves

  • Notorious hoarder home, in Bondi, is set to be auctioned off for $2 million
  • The buyer of the home required to remove the mountains of rubbish themselves 
  • Boonara Avenue property was bought by Mary Bobolas for $15,000, in 1973

By Sahar Mourad and Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:58 EDT, 23 October 2018 | Updated: 10:40 EDT, 23 October 2018

Australia's most notorious hoarder home is set to be auctioned off for $2 million - but the buyer will need to remove the stinking mountains of rubbish themselves.

Despite years of council clean-ups and court orders to clear the property of rubbish, the front yard of the home, located near Bondi Beach, is once again covered in piles of garbage. 

The Boonara Avenue property was bought by Mary Bobolas for $15,000 in 1973, and the land is now worth an estimated $2 million.  

Despite years of council clean-ups and court orders to clear the property of rubbish, the front yard of the home is once again covered in piles of garbage.

Despite years of council clean-ups and court orders to clear the property of rubbish, the front yard of the home is once again covered in piles of garbage.

When Daily Mail Australia visited the property in 2017 the front of the house resembled a rubbish tip with bags of trash stacked high

When Daily Mail Australia visited the property in 2017 the front of the house resembled a rubbish tip with bags of trash stacked high

The Boonara Avenue property was bought by Mary Bobolas (pictured) for $15,000 in 1973, and the land is now worth an estimated $2 million

The Boonara Avenue property was bought by Mary Bobolas (pictured) for $15,000 in 1973, and the land is now worth an estimated $2 million

When Daily Mail Australia visited the property in 2017 the front of the house resembled a rubbish tip with bags of trash towering over the fence.

Raine & Horne agent Ric Serrao has now been tasked to auction off the 550-square-metre property, according to the Daily Telegraph. 

Mr Serrao said the buyer will be responsible for securing vacant possession and the rubbish removal.

The Bobolas family - mother Mary and daughters Elena and Liana - won an injunction to keep their property an hour before it was due to be seized and sold in June 2016.

The one bedroom home is close to the beach, cafes, restaurants, shops and public transport. 

Mr Serrao said the buyer will be responsible for securing vacant possession and the rubbish removal

Mr Serrao said the buyer will be responsible for securing vacant possession and the rubbish removal

More than $350,000 of ratepayers money has been spent on 15 council clean-ups in a bid to control the piles of rubbish outside the home

Waverley Council had sought to forcibly sell the house so it could recover an estimated $160,000 spent on cleaning up the trash-strewn property

Waverley Council had sought to forcibly sell the house so it could recover an estimated $160,000 spent on cleaning up the trash-strewn property

Waverley Council had sought to forcibly sell the house so it could recover an estimated $160,000 spent on cleaning up the trash-strewn property.

It was the third time the Bobolas family had blocked council attempts to auction the house but their legal fights are not over.

More than $350,000 of ratepayers money has been spent on 15 council clean-ups in a bid to control the piles of rubbish outside the home.

The house was due to be sold in February 2016 but the family managed to find $180,000 in cash to settle one clean-up debt just hours before the house was to go under the hammer.

But almost as soon as the property has been cleared of rubbish, the trash began to pile up again.

Mary, Liana and Elena have all been arrested at various times when authorities have attempted to gain access to the property.

Now Waverley Council has filed a notice of motion in the Land and Environment Court seeking that Mary Bobolas and her daughters be found guilty of civil contempt of court.

The Council claims the Bobolas family has not complied with an order from April 2015 in that they 'failed to refrain from keeping waste on the premises'.

The Council claims the Bobolas family has not complied with an order from April 2015 in that they 'failed to refrain from keeping waste on the premises' 

The Council claims the Bobolas family has not complied with an order from April 2015 in that they 'failed to refrain from keeping waste on the premises' 

 

 

 

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