MUCH has been said about the booming real estate market in Shepparton. According to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, the median sale price of houses in 3630 is up 11.5 percent in the last quarter alone. This is compared to a 1.7 percent downturn in metropolitan Melbourne in the same period.
It’s no surprise then that a real estate agent is opening a new office in Shepparton. However, the move isn’t so much a calculated market move rather than a homecoming for Dash and Rosaria Barolli.
Dash Barolli, 30, a country boy at heart, left Shepparton to pursue a career in football in Melbourne. In 2014, he got into real estate and opened his own business in Hoppers Crossing.
This week he and Rosaria opened their new office in the Star Bowl Arcade on Fryers Street.
“This is a lifestyle change,” he said.
“I thought three years ago, if I was going to start my own business, I’d want to be in an area where our family has been around for three generations.
Rosaria, whose parents run a dairy farm with 400 cows in Congupna, agreed it was nice to be home.
“It’s good to see family. You walk down the street and you bump into people you know,” she said.
For Dash however, a return to Shepparton doesn’t mean a return to the football field.
“I’ve got no plans to play footy,” he said with a laugh.
“It’s just too busy. I’d like to get involved, help out, show my face, but not on the field. I’m 10kg overweight post-COVID! I’ve done that. I grew up, played footy, now it’s time to get to work.”
