A fire-ravaged house in Ipswich’s Redbank Plains has become Queensland’s most viewed residential property listing over the past week — and the fourth most clicked-on home in the entire country.
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The property at 7 Coolabah Drive is currently on the market with offers invited over $550,000. The 450 square metre block once contained a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home before fire gutted it in late 2024. What remains is structurally compromised, smoke-damaged throughout, and by the listing’s own admission, not habitable. Its facade spray-painted with blunt warnings telling anyone who approaches to stay out.
Listing agent Troy Boettcher of House Property Agents said enquiry had been substantial since the property went live, with calls and emails coming in from builders, first home buyers and investors. Boettcher said the $550,000 price point was the key attraction, even given the near-certain need to demolish what remains of the existing structure.
He noted the fire damage extends throughout the entire property — details he said were based on photographs, having not personally inspected the interior.
The listing is candid about the scale of work involved. It describes substantial fire and smoke damage requiring either major structural repairs or full demolition, and flags that only some fixtures and fittings are likely to be salvageable. Prospective buyers are told they can either knock the structure down and build fresh on the existing slab, or carry out extensive repairs to the existing structure.
The owner, who lives interstate, held an insurance claim that has since been finalised and closed. Rather than manage a rebuild from afar, they chose to sell and let the market take over. According to Boettcher, being interstate and facing a potential rebuild, the owner decided putting the property on the market was the most practical path forward.
The level of interest reflects how dramatically the suburb has changed. The local median house price now sits at $770,000, more than double what it was a decade ago, when homes in the area were changing hands for around $320,000. That kind of growth is precisely what has buyers looking past the spray-painted warnings on the front wall.
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Whether the eventual purchaser reaches for a bulldozer or attempts a restoration, one thing is clear. In Brisbane’s current market, even a burnt-out shell with danger signs on the door is worth a second look.
Published 10-March-2026
