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In a private, eastside address, with light-filled interiors, this vibrant two storey home has fabulous outdoor entertaining facilities. There’s a swimming pool and landscaped gardens. Interiors are immaculately presented. In a quiet, leafy street, it’s close to rail, village shops, PLC and Pymble Public School. The loungeroom (with a Jetmaster wood fireplace) opens to a front terrace, and there’s a separate dining room. The new Impala kitchen has Miele appliances and there’s a spacious family room with access to the covered deck. In addition there’s an expansive under-house rumpus room with its own bar and access to the outdoor terrace. The inground pool is solar-heated and the gardens are beautifully landscaped. Other features include a double garage with internal access; and polished tasmanian oak floorboards. Inspect this property Saturday and Wednesday, noon to 12.45pm. [...]
Blending an innovative architect’s design with stunning finishes, this chic house is set over three distinct levels, with water views. This home is styled to showcase state-of-the art appointments and distinctive modern luxuries, the agent says. Living area is expansive. The master bedroom has a spa ensuite. A rooftop terrace also takes in the bay views and there’s plenty of alfresco living space. A games room has pool table lighting. The sleek kitchen has Gaggenau appliances. The heated, indoor pool has a waterfall and spa. There’s also a study of floor-to-ceiling rock maple joinery. Other features include a security system; a fully wired sound system; a fireplace; italian travertine flooring throughout; extensive under-house storage; and an automatic three-car garage. Inspect Saturday and Wednesday, 1.30pm to 2.15pm. [...]
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… [...]
ABOVE ASKING PRICE Gayle Alpert of Greg Williams Real Estate exchanged contracts on 1 Varna St, Mt Colah, at $670,000, which was $5000 above the asking price. The two-storey home has four bedrooms plus a study and under-house storage. She also sold a unit in the Pacific Gardens complex at 75-79 Jersey St North, Hornsby. Unit 80 is a one-bedroom unit with a large balcony. Its buyers paid $275,000 for the privilege of being within walking distance of the shops and railway station. MASSIVE BALCONY WINS First-home buyers picked up a one-bedroom unit in Waitara for $369,000. Keith Soames Real Estate agent Giuseppe Princi said the unit at 1806/41 Waitara Ave has a huge 58sq m balcony as well as a modern kitchen, internal laundry, security car space and access to the pool in the complex. WIDE FRONTAGE A somewhat unusual offering in Turramurra was sold recently by McDonagh Blake agent Noel Zammit. The home at 17 May St sits at the end of the cul-de-sac on a 930sq m block of land, but includes a wide 20m street frontage. It has four bedrooms and elevated views. Daniel Dennis from the same agency sold 11 Robinson Close, Hornsby Heights, for $640,000. That property was a three-bedroom, two bathroom … [...]
IT’S been evident for some weeks now that the market is entering its annual winter hibernation, but this slumber appears patchy with certain pockets and streets refusing to rest. McGrath agent Kit Chan reported a good turnout of about 60 groups at the auction of 46 Parkes St, Ryde, with five bidder registrations. All five registered bidders had shown keen interest, and only one refrained from bidding after proceedings started at $700,000. Auctioneer Sean Redpath brought the hammer down on the four-bedroom fully renovated home – just down from Top Ryde City – at $755,000. Mr Chan said the home, which was marketed with a price guide of $720,000, was sold to the Tse family from South Wentworthville, while the vendor is planning a seachange to a Caves Beach property with ocean views. But it was nothing short of staggering what happened just a few minutes drive away at another McGrath auction. Ermington is often a forgotten about pocket of suburban Sydney, and that’s just the way its residents like it. But that may be changing as the auction of 5 Massie St demonstrated, with the property achieving a strong $928,000 result for the sleepy suburb and smashing its reserve price by $128,000 in the process. According to RP Data, the property last traded in 1998 for $246,500, representing a near 400 per cent increase in 12 years. Selling agent Kevin Dearlove said a massive 36 parties registered to bid… [...]
THERE has to be something special about an apartment complex yet to see the light of day that has all bar two apartments sold off-the-plan in less than two weeks, including one by the agent. And so it was with a new apartment complex planned for the end of the cul-de-sac in Hutchison Ave, Kellyville, which is being marketed by Michael Govorko, of Castlehaven Realtors. Construction on the new complex is expected to begin in the next couple of weeks, with building works due to take about 15 months to complete. Mr Govorko said the complex was being developed by a small building syndicate, which had already had success in the Hills apartment market. “They’ve done three in the past 18 months; they’ve just sold out another development,” he said. Mr Govorko said one of the keys to the success of this, and other projects, had been picking up sites of unrivalled location. “This one is 200m from Woolworths and Coles and the northern ones face on to a creek,” he said. “The stamp duty concession has been another major factor. They actually delayed construction so would-be buyers could access the 100 per cent stamp duty concession.” At the time of going to press, 30 of the 32 apartments in the complex had been sold in space just 10 days. Prices had started at … [...]
THE property, construction, disability and ageing industries and the Federal Government have agreed on new principles to promote disability-friendly housing construction. Following from last year’s National Dialogue on Universal Housing Design, which was convened by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten, a set of voluntary Livable Housing Design guidelines have been agreed upon under which all new homes will be built by 2020. “These are homes which are easier to live in, can be adapted more cheaply, and will be easier to sell,” Mr Shorten said in a statement. “A few simple design features such as reinforced bathroom walls, a flat entry to the house and wide corridors and doorways can make a home suitable for an older person or a person with disability at minimal cost.” He said such properties would also benefit anyone who suffers a temporary injury or families with young children. As well as allowing elderly people to stay in their own homes longer, building new homes with such specifications would allow home owners to appeal to a broader market come sale time, tapping into the 3.9 million people living with a disability, as noted in 2003 ABS figures. [...]
WHEN Greg and Jenny Andrew were looking for a family home 14 years ago, they found it hard to go past the peaceful, private and convenient property at 12 McLeod Rd, Middle Dural. The remarkable five-bedroom resort-style home is set in a cul-de-sac among some of the best properties in the area, and is ideal for entertaining guests. “We’ve had a wedding here and an engagement party, 30th birthdays, and we’ve had up to 100 people inside at the same time,” Mrs Andrew said. The remarkable gardens and birdlife are also a notable feature of the property. “We’ve done a lot of clearing and planting, and the garden is quite different to when we moved in,” Mrs Andrew said. “We planted a lot of natives because we love birds, and it really brought them to the property. “There were plans for an aviary, but it got to the point where every time you’d walk past a tree, it would just explode with little finches, so we thought ‘what’s the point?’ because the yard is a natural aviary without a cage.” The … [...]
THE property, construction, disability and ageing industries and the Federal Government have agreed on new principles to promote disability-friendly housing construction. Following from last year’s National Dialogue on Universal Housing Design, which was convened by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten, a set of voluntary Livable Housing Design guidelines have been agreed upon under which all new homes will be built by 2020. “These are homes which are easier to live in, can be adapted more cheaply, and will be easier to sell,” Mr Shorten said in a statement. “A few simple design features such as reinforced bathroom walls, a flat entry to the house and wide corridors and doorways can make a home suitable for an older person or a person with disability at minimal cost.” He said such properties would also benefit anyone who suffers a temporary injury or families with young children. As well as allowing elderly people to stay in their own homes longer, building new homes with such specifications would allow home owners to appeal to a broader market come sale time, tapping into the 3.9 million people living with a disability, as noted in 2003 ABS figures. [...]
THE property, construction, disability and ageing industries and the Federal Government have agreed on new principles to promote disability-friendly housing construction. Following from last year’s National Dialogue on Universal Housing Design, which was convened by Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities Bill Shorten, a set of voluntary Livable Housing Design guidelines have been agreed upon under which all new homes will be built by 2020. “These are homes which are easier to live in, can be adapted more cheaply, and will be easier to sell,” Mr Shorten said in a statement. “A few simple design features such as reinforced bathroom walls, a flat entry to the house and wide corridors and doorways can make a home suitable for an older person or a person with disability at minimal cost.” He said such properties would also benefit anyone who suffers a temporary injury or families with young children. As well as allowing elderly people to stay in their own homes longer, building new homes with such specifications would allow home owners to appeal to a broader market come [...]
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