IT’S easy to recognise a good street when you are already a resident there, and so the buyers of a property auctioned recently by Laing and Simmons Hornsby recognised the opportunity being presented to them.
Agent Nathan Leuzzi said it was a family already living in Pulbrook Pde, Hornsby, who picked up the home at number 22.
There had been plenty of pre-auction interest, with more than 30 contracts issued, but on auction day it was a battle of two parties from the opening bid of $500,000.
It was all over when the price hit $621,000.
The older-style four-bedroom house has polished timber floors and pressed metal ceilings, as well as a single garage plus carport.
But it was the 1002sq m near-level north-facing block within walking distance of the Hornsby CBD and local schools that presented the most potential.
The same Saturday, Mr Leuzzi also auctioned a three-bedroom unit at 5/65 Albert St, also in Hornsby.
It had four bidder registrations at the auction after 10 contracts were issued, and it went on to sell $6500 above reserve at $466,500.
Its new owners are also already local residents, currently renting in Hornsby.
“Both showed lots of interest. We had taken offers on both properties before auction, but the owners chose to stick with the auction,” Mr Leuzzi said, noting that the results at auction in both instances had been higher than any of the pre-auction offers received.
SIX of the 17 newly-built townhouses and single-storey villas in the Curagal Greens development in North Turramurra have now been sold.
The gated community on Curagul Rd overlooks Turramurra Golf Course and comprises a mix of three-bedroom villas and three-bedroom-plus-study townhouses.
Selling agent Heidi Healy, of Chadwick First National, said each has its own garden and the complex is pet-friendly.
Of those sold, most have gone for more than $1 million, predominantly to downsizers from the upper North Shore.
The remaining properties are priced from $950,000.
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