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 … [...]