article_snippet: The four-bedroom family home, which was originally built by LJ Hooker as a showcase estate, is set to be auctioned next weekend at a price guide between $1.2 million and $1.3 million.
article_snippet: The suburb of Killarney Heights was bought by LJ Hooker for a showcase estate in 1960.
article_snippet: The estate was originally named Hooker Rex, boasting 1500 homes in 20 different designs.
article_snippet: The four-bedroom abode was originally built by LJ Hooker as a showcase estate .
highlights_snippet: It was first built by LJ Hooker as a showcase home inside a housing estate named 'Hooker Rex'
  The owner Kenneth Hall, who lived there until LJ Hooker was 99, didn't renovate because 'LJ Hooker didn't like change' 