The home, at 3 Wilberforce Ave, Rose Bay, fetched $4,115,0000 under the hammer. “We probably had eight or nine actively bidding for it,” Jeremy Wiesner of Wiesner Property, who was guiding $3m, said. With auctioneer Damien Cooley presiding, bidding had opened at $2.5m and risen in $50,0000 and $100,000 increments to $3.8m, before two bidders battled to the end with a range of small increments. Records show the 316sqm property was owned by Lilianne Forbin, who died in 2020. It had cost her $175,000 in 1986.MORE:Display suite site sells for $20m+AFL star lists in North Bondi While the kitchen probably hasn’t been renovated since she bought it, the home has a practical layout, with one of the bedrooms having an ensuite and the local family purchasers likely to renovate and extend into the rear yard. Whereas the general market has softened, Wiesner says buyers saw value with this freestanding home. “It’s a good street — it’s very rare that houses come up. “I’ve sold two townhouses in Wilbe