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Peter thought he owned his driveway until it was listed for auction (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for joining us, but we're out of time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can you book me a cab?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didn't you come in a Commonwealth car?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

It was listed for auction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I just find this story so bizarre. Why bid on a property that's got such little utility? Heck, why does the property have separate title to begin with?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

It does seem odd. The only way I'm seeing to make money off something like part of old mate's driveway would be to get it cheap and sell it to the surrounding owner for a bit of a profit, but when you're bidding against said person and win then you have literally spent more for it then they're willing to pay...

The land being a separate title probably comes down to historical oddities - possibly it was part of an old road reserve that got sold off or something like that.