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Since the 1920's, the name Bartrop has been synonymous with Real Estate in the Greater Ballarat Region. We offer expertise and excellence, experience and enthusiasm for the best results.

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Valuations
Residential and Commercial Property Sales
Residential and Commercial Property Management
Investment
Finance
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Ballarat - Your Choice!

Imagine a city where the air is clean and the countryside green; a place where the rewards are high and the cost of housing is affordable. Historic Ballarat combines the best of country and city living in a remarkable setting: it's handy to Melbourne for business and entertainment (just over an hour's drive), but far away enough to have established an incomparable lifestyle.

One of Australia's largest inland cities is a world of its own, a predominantly green one. The city of 81,000 people is home to numerous parks, public gardens and lakes that are perfect for picnics and relaxing. Ballarat also boasts four distinct seasons, much to the envy of many other residents of country Victoria. The streetscapes are more than attractive, too.

The First House in Ballarat

It is fitting that the office of Bartrop Real Estate stands on the site of the first house in the City of Ballarat.

Erected by Mr. James Meek in 1852 when bullock hide and stringy bark were said to be the mainstays of the country, Mr. Meek paid 50 pounds to a man for splitting the slabs of which the walls of the house were built.

The aboriginal camp in the background between Mr.Meeks house and what is now Armstrong Street 5th and the other details are all realities which make a complete historic picture showing what our world famed and beautiful city was like in 1852, just two years before the Eureka Stockade Rebellion!

History of Bartrop Real Estate

Since the 1920's the name Bartrop has been synonymous with Real Estate in Ballarat.

In 1876 William Little succeeded to the Real Estate business of James Oddie, Ballarat's first Auctioneer. William Little later became Mayor of Ballarat, and his business thrived. However, it was destined to be taken over some fifty years later by the firm of Edgar Bartrop Real Estate.

On 19th December 1921, Edgar Bartrop had commenced business as an Estate Agent in a two roomed office "down the passage" at 22 Lydiard St 5th.His agency soon progressed to the stage where he was able to purchase "The Ballarat Agency" of G. Norris at 35 Lydiard St Sth, opening onto the street and with a show window! Then followed the acquisition of the agencies of Ottaway and Blomley & Blomley.