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95 lots of rugs, and unusually forgiving stock: they clean and repair well and carry none of the structural risk that catches people out on timber and upholstery. Lot 1 is a vintage Persian Kashan hand-knotted wool rug at $600 to $700 and lot 2 a vintage Persian Hamadan at $300 to $400. Same Thursday viewing window as the Estate room, then it sells that evening.

📍 80-86 Highbury Road, Burwood VIC 3125

One operator clearing Campbellfield, Dandenong South, Clayton, Coburg, Highett, Northcote, Port Melbourne, Richmond, South Wharf, Frankston, two at Cranbourne West, two at Hoppers Crossing, two at Breakwater and two at Wallan, all inside a 25-minute window. Nine are still at $35 or under. Third Thursday running that this operator has cleared a metro batch, so pick one corridor and run two or three on a single collection route. As-is, 17.5% premium, clear within 72 hours, $200 refundable bond.

📍 Various facilities, Melbourne metro (see each unit)

Five StoreLocal units close at 8am and three of them are still at a dollar: Hallam, Campbellfield and Northcote, with two Narre Warren units at $11. Then Ezebox West Footscray puts up two more at 1pm, both also at $1. This is the cheapest entry point on the board all week, so open each unit page for photos and treat the clearance cost, not the bid, as the real price.

📍 Various facilities, Melbourne metro (see each unit)

Still at $10 and the best-shaped single unit of the week. Removalist units hold whole-household moves rather than the long-tail clutter that fills self-storage, so the odds on furniture volume are materially better than a self-storage unit at the same price. Mount Duneed is on the Geelong run, so pair it with something else if you are making the drive.

📍 Crichton Removals, Mount Duneed VIC 3217

Storage King Melton and Storage King Sunbury both sit at $1 closing 8pm, then three StoreLocal Sunshine units close together at 10pm at $11, $21 and $241. Roomia Sunshine North goes at midday for $10. Four sites inside the north-west corridor on one night, which is the only configuration where winning several is actually clearable in the 72 hours.

📍 Various facilities, Melbourne north-west (see each unit)

Free, kerbside, completely uncurated, and the last publishable street-level date of the whole annual round. Monash moves to booked at-call collection in 2027, so there is no equivalent window next year and this is the end of the channel. Yield concentrates in detached-housing streets across Clayton, Oakleigh, Mount Waverley, Glen Waverley, Mulgrave and Wheelers Hill. Enter an address on the date finder to confirm the zone, then walk it the evening before, because everything has to be kerbside by 6am.

📍 Various streets, Monash LGA (check your address)

The strongest walk-through of the week: full street address published, a ten-hour window nobody else offers, and a downsizing three-bedroom house whose owner was young in the 1970s, so the retro claim is credible rather than decorative. Named in the listing: a large desk in excellent condition, office chair, two filing cabinets, banana lounges, oil heater, wall mirrors, framed prints, a large collection of garden pots and a possibly Turkish carpet. Cash, no buyer's premium, and you inspect everything before you pay.

📍 13 Elysee Court, Strathmore Heights VIC 3041

Moving house, no reasonable offer refused, covering indoor and outdoor furniture, rugs, crystal, silver and kitchen items. It has now been live a fortnight without clearing, and a seller with that much exposure and no result will take an offer. Glenroy and Strathmore Heights are about 4km apart and both open at 8am, so one north-west run covers both.

📍 Melbourne Avenue, Glenroy VIC 3046 (street number withheld until the sale opens)

Moving into aged care, everything must go, no reasonable offer refused: kitchen table, fridge, washer and dryer, indoor furniture, kitchenware, bric-a-brac and tools. Aged-care clearances are the best-shaped garage sale there is, because the seller has a hard move-out date and no interest in holding stock. The listing is explicit about not arriving early.

📍 Duosa Road, Altona North VIC 3025 (full address unlocks 6pm the night before)

258 lots with one in-scope pocket: generators, chainsaws and DeWalt, Husqvarna, Makita, Milwaukee and Ryobi hand and power tools. No furniture and no homewares this round. Be honest about the ratio before you go, because a $250 cash registration, mandatory in-person attendance and a 22% premium is a lot of friction for one narrow category. Viewing is the morning of the sale only, 8am to 9.50am, and registration is refunded if you buy nothing.

📍 15-19 Sunshine Road, West Footscray VIC 3012

75 live Victorian units this week, up from 54 last week and the deepest board we have tracked. StoreLocal has become the reliable source of sub-$5 opening bids and they cluster at 8am, so that is the slot to watch. Soft close, 17.5% premium, clear within 72 hours, $200 refundable bond, and the clearance cost is the line most people underestimate.

📍 Various facilities, Melbourne metro (see each unit)

A daily habit rather than a drive. Sort newest across furniture, homewares, lighting and outdoor, and always check the seller's other ads, because one listing often hides a whole-house clearance behind it. Gumtree publishes full addresses where Garage Sale Finder withholds the street number, so it is the better source for route planning.

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