A retro knockdown in Ryde will become the site of a dream home after fetching $2,591,000 under the hammer.

All five registered bidders at 30 Dorothy Street intended to replace the antiquated four-bedder with a new build, said agent Cameron Nicholls of Nicholls & Co Estate Agents.

“The buyer will be speaking with their architect to design a new home,” Nicholls said. “It’s quite an old dwelling which didn’t have the sort of bones or the floor plan to try to renovate.”

With shaggy carpet, built-in dressing tables and a pink bathroom, the property on a peaceful street and a block of about 594 square metres had the hallmarks of decades past.

The property was one of 812 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney this week.

The buyer, an owner-occupier, launched the auction at $2.26 million, jus

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