It was once the city's most expensive house, and while that title may have fallen by the wayside in a turbo-charged property market, 11 Maple Avenue is still one of Orange's most unique homes.
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For the first time in nearly 50 years, the home is back on the market, and according to One Agency Orange's Roger Burrell and Ash Brown it'll probably be sold within a week of its listing going live - which occurred Wednesday.
"We're in the middle of negotiations with three or four people now," Mr Brown said.
"It's one of Orange's premium homes. It's pretty obvious it'll be [worth] over a million."
"At the time it was sold 47 years ago, it was the most expensive home sold in Orange," Mr Burrell added.
To build the house today it would cost over $2 million "just for the bricks and mortar". Largely because of its soaring 19-foot-high ceilings and the fact there is only one right angle in the 566- square-metre building.
According to the Sydney architect firm who originally designed the house in 1968, the contract was "open-ended" because then-owner Tom Barrett's plans were so elaborate and precise.
To the point it had taken him several years to find an architect prepared to actually take on the huge and lofty task, despite the fact "cost wasn't a factor" to him.
"To get a builder now to build... the hexangular shapes, triangles and sloping rooves - it would be a nightmare to build. An absolute nightmare," Mr Burrell said.
"It's one of those houses that probably most likely won't be built again because it was so intricate," Mr Brown added.
Miraculously, after all that time and effort to get his vision realised, Mr Barrett sold his dream home just two years after it was built.
It was love at first sight to vendors Judy and Brian Jones who have lived in the home for the past 47 years.
But it may as well have been yesterday the Maple Avenue property was built, its design is so timeless.
"I haven't seen anything like it and I doubt that I'll see another one," Mr Burrell said. "It's designed with such a unique floorplan."
"When people think of iconic homes in Orange they think of historic homes because not many in the mid-century were built to this standard in Orange," Mr Brown said.
"They were in Sydney... where there was more money and wealthier clients... but it's hard to find homes like this in Orange."
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