Erskineville
‘We will end up like Green Square’: Erko goes berserko over one extra storey
Dozens of objections to an additional level and baroque roof at a massive redevelopment in Erskineville have revealed fears the suburb will turn into Zetland or Waterloo.
- by Michael Koziol
Latest
Doctor buys lavish $7.1 million Strathfield home with 10-car basement
The home also features five bedrooms and a pool, and a collection of well-to-do bidders contested the auction.
- by Carmen Forward
Young couple beats 14 others to splash $3.2m on trend-defying red brick house
The home was in a local heritage conservation area, not traditionally as popular, but had features that proved a standout.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Lane Cove investment property bought in 1990 for $250,000 sells for $3.5 million
Eleven buyers – a mix of young families and developers, who were eyeing it for its knock down potential – registered to bid. But one group didn’t even get a look in.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Opinion
City life
Sydney’s most controversial public toilet. A constipated story
If it’s this hard for a council to build a single public toilet on land it owns, what hope do we really have of fixing housing, infrastructure, transport and the myriad other challenges facing our city?
- by Michael Koziol
Review
The Erko
Former Chiswick chef swaps fine-dining for fancy pub classics at this inner west favourite
This beloved inner west local’s menu has been given a luxurious twist.
- by Lenny Ann Low
‘Big money’: Police arrest five men, seize $15 million worth of drugs in two-day blitz
Detectives executed 13 warrants, seized $15 million worth of drugs and froze $8 million worth of assets during the two-day blitz of international crime syndicates.
- by Sarah Keoghan
Priscilla’s pub changes hands in $20m sale
Universal Hotels group has added the iconic Imperial pub in Sydney’s inner west – which features in the first and final scenes of the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to its growing property portfolio.
- by Ben Grubb and Carolyn Cummins
Exclusive
Commercial real estate
Sydney’s Imperial Hotel up for sale after $6 million in renovations
The iconic LGBTQ venue in Sydney’s inner west shot to fame after it featured in the Australian ’90s movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
- by Ben Grubb
Erskineville home sets $4.2 million suburb record
The four-bedroom semi sold for $600,000 above the reserve and more than double its 2021 sale price.
- by Carmen Forward
Investor beats young couple for $1.4m fixer-upper in Sydney’s most advantaged suburb
Ten parties registered to bid on a house, straight from 1920s Sydney, that had scant building works completed during the past 105 years.
- by Carmen Forward
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