Highett property up for sale with its very own jail cell in the backyard

A home in Highett has just hit the market, putting a new spin on hot property. It has been transformed from an old police station and still has a jail cell tucked away in the backyard.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
It's not every day the cell becomes the selling point.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Definitely haven't come across this before.

Speaker 1 (00:10):
A piece of Higatt history. Nestled in a suburban backyard
with its bar door and concrete toilets still intact.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
Poh wondered how many different people came through here? What
crimes they have committed to be locked up in here?

Speaker 1 (00:25):
One o twoun Apean Highway hasn't been a police station
in at least four decades. These pictures date back to
nineteen sixty three. The now family home has five bedrooms
sitting on seven hundred and twenty four square meters. It
would be a crime to let it go by with
no heritage overlay.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
There's a lot of opportunity knocked down and developed. It
can also be renovated for families to live in, or
it could just be kept as like a museum.

Speaker 3 (00:54):
One of the selling points of this property is its
ample storage. While this old jail cell isn't listed as
an extra bedroom, a keen renovator called transform it into
a wine cellar or a home office.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Often joke that if the kids misbehave, they can get
put in there.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
The unique property will go under the hammer. On August two,
the asking price one point two to one point three
million dollars. Sarah Jones, seven News