Kirrawee, Sydney: Four-bedroom house goes on the market for FREE – but there’s just one huge catch 

Four-bedroom home in a pleasant Australian suburb goes on the market for FREE – but the lucky buyer should know there’s a HUGE catch

  • Four-bedroom home in Kirrawee in Sydney’s south is on the market for free
  • But the new owner will need to pay to transport the home to a new location
  • Seller said the tenants living in the property were paying $700-a-week in rent 
  • Can be cheaper to offer house for removal than paying $25,000 for demolition


A four-bedroom house in a peaceful residential suburb has been put on the market for free – but the incredible deal doesn’t come with the land included.

The home in Kirrawee in Sydney’s south, which its seller says is about 60-years-old and has two bathrooms, is listed as a ‘free house for removal’.

That means those looking to take advantage of the offer will need to pay to remove the home and transport it to a new location.

This four-bedroom house has been put on the market for free – but the new owner will need to pay to remove the home and transport it to a new location

The advert appeared on Facebook and Gumtree (pictured), where it was listed with the headline 'house for removal (free)'

The advert appeared on Facebook and Gumtree (pictured), where it was listed with the headline ‘house for removal (free)’

‘Good condition – no structural or pest damage,’ the listing posted on Facebook said.

‘Pick up start of March – only have to pay removal costs. Tenants currently paying $700 per week rent.’ 

The advert also appeared on Gumtree, where the home was described as having a ‘modern kitchen and laundry’.

The house and the land together have an estimated value of $1.56million, according to realestate.com.au. 

The land itself would likely make up most of the site’s value; another vacant 670sqm plot of land in the suburb sold for $1.32million in September.

The median house price in Kirrawee is $1.3million, slightly less than the $1.5million mid-point average for Sydney. 

For the home’s new owner, the cost of removal would be about $70,000 – excluding council fees and the re-connection of the house’s plumbing and electrical wiring.

The home in Kirrawee in Sydney's south, which its seller says is about 60-years-old and has two bathrooms, is listed as a 'free house for removal'

The home in Kirrawee in Sydney’s south, which its seller says is about 60-years-old and has two bathrooms, is listed as a ‘free house for removal’

Pictured is the home's garden. The house and the land together have an estimated value of $1.56million

Pictured is the home’s garden. The house and the land together have an estimated value of $1.56million

Offering houses for sale without the land is often cheaper for the seller than hiring a demolition crew.

In 2018, a home in Mortdale in Sydney’s south was put on sale for $5,000 on the condition the buyer moved it to a new plot of land.

The property’s builder said it would cost as much as $25,000 to demolish the home.

‘The other option is a special removalist that comes and jacks up the house on its piers, and takes it away,’ he told Domain.