Court adjorned

The old Lillimur Courthouse building has been up for sale for some time, and now according to Domain has been sold.

The Court of Petty Sessions first met in June 1884 in the Mechanics Institute. The Courthouse was built in 1887 and used as a courthouse till June 1892 when the Attorney-General closed the court permanently due to insufficient transactions and sessions were then held at Kaniva. In 1913 the building was utilised as the Lillimur Post Office when the Post Master General transferred its 'semi-official' post office to the courthouse, rather than construct a new building. The Post Office function closed after 1980.

Lillimur Post Office & Courthouse building (Domain 2022)

Property Description

Situated in the township of Lillimur along the Western Highway, and on the edge of the SA border is this quaint building with rich history in need of major restoration. Located on a spacious block measuring approximately 1037m2 is the Old Lillimur Post Office and Courthouse. Requiring a mammoth amount of repair, this unique building has striking character features making the property instantly recognisable and the dwelling has been restumped. The interior walls have numerous amounts of graffiti and majority of the window glass is broken. The property currently has no kitchen or bathroom facilities and no services connected and is zoned farming.

Inside has been heavily graffitied and majority of it has been blurred in the photos as some may find it offensive. Westech Real Estate accept no liability for individuals who access the property on their own accord with the risk of injury that may occur if care is not taken. There are also signs of termite damage, it is recommended buyers conduct their own due diligence.

Property History

Sold in April 2000 for unknown price. Sold in Sep 2017 again for unknown price. Sold in Jul 2022 for $29,000. Now in Jan 2023 sold for $40,000.

Lillimur Courthouse & Public Hall (SLV)

Domain states:

A dilapidated property has fetched $40,000 from a stoic buyer, after a campaign that urged potential buyers to do their own “due diligence”.

The property at 31 Commercial Road in the rural town of Lillimur in Victoria had an asking price of $49,000 and requires a “mammoth amount of repair”, the listing says.
Pricefinder data shows the home was snatched up just shy of price hopes on January 10.
Listed by Westech Real Estate, the two-bedroom, one-bathroom property was formerly the Old Lillimur Post Office and Courthouse and it is one of Australia’s cheapest houses on the market.
Agents Joanne Perkins and Sophie Pritchard have been very honest in the listing, warning potential buyers that they “accept no liability” for those who view the property on their own volition, as there is a risk of injury “if care is not taken”.
The exterior needs major work with rotting wood, termite damage and broken windows, and the interiors aren’t any better.
Walls feature copious amounts of graffiti with “offensive language” blurred out in the photos by the agents, as well as loose floorboards and lone bricks.
The property is also uninhabitable in its current state with no kitchen or bathroom. There is also no power.

In fact the uninhabitable/dilapidated building has been tidied up from an earlier neglected state.

Side view, Jan 2008

Same view 2022, Domain

With ivy in 2008                                       Ivy removed, Domain

The 3-room building with its central chimney has been restumped & the worst of the weatherboards removed. There is still heaps of work to be done by the new owner regardless of the use they intend to make of it.

Thankfully it has been saved from possible demolition.