In 1982, a couple came from Lebanon to Australia and later raised four children in a Melbourne home; when it sold for A$960,000 in October 2026, the buyers' promise not to demolish it moved them to tears

• The four-bedroom house in Maidstone, in Melbourne's west, had been their family home since they arrived in Australia from Lebanon in 1982.
• Although the sale marked the end of their time there, the buyers' decision to retain the existing house rather than demolish it brought them to tears.