How to transform a Sydney terrace
IT WAS an unliveable wreck when they bought it. But this ugly duckling offered an eastern suburbs’ couple something very special, thanks to a decision made by council in the 1970s.
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How seller doubled his dough
IT was the one silver lining on what was an otherwise gloomy auction in inner-city Surry Hills today. Despite only having three registered bidders for his terrace, a vendor managed to almost double his money in six years.
Bondi block sells for $2.4m above reserve
A BLOCK of eight Art Deco units overlooking Bondi Beach has sold for $11.6 million, a huge $2.4 million above reserve.
What $1m buys in Merrylands
A YOUNG couple snapped up a two-bedroom house in Merrylands at auction today. The 91-year-old seller, now living in a retirement home, paid just 4000 pounds for it 65 years ago.
Home sells $1.77m over reserve
THE reserve price for a Victorian-style house in Sydney’s inner west was smashed during a crazy bidding war during the biggest auction day in Sydney so far this year.
Real Housewife knows real estate
FROM cooking up a storm in a designer kitchen to slurping flutes of champagne in an egg-shaped bath with water views — here’s why Krissy Marsh is set to be one of the stars of Real Housewives of Sydney.
‘The market is incredibly strong’
ONE of the strongest auction results in the north was the sale of a five-bedroom Chatswood Federation home.
Is this the next Sydney hotspot?
REAL ESTATE agents are pegging the southeastern suburb of Little Bay as a suburb with potential — beaches on three sides, just 14km southeast of the CBD, why wouldn’t you want to live there?
Charity head finds a buyer
THE head of the Painaustralia charity Lesley Brydon — who first moved to Tamarama in 1980 with her late car-journo cross-dressing hubby Peter Wherrett— has sold her Tamarama home ahead of its February 25 auction.
Property fit for a princess
WHEN a little girl called Mary Elizabeth Donaldson needed a place to stay in Sydney, this was it. Of course, that was long before she became Princess Maryof Denmark. Now, this home could be yours.
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