Fairytale $13m sale is 57 years in the making

A rare, character-filled Sydney home hugging the waterfront has just hit the market after 57 years with a $13m price tag.

7 Werambie St, Woolwich has a $13m price guide.

A Federation fairytale home hugging the Woolwich waterfront, Fairhaven — also known as Wonga Wonga — is a renovator’s delight of epic proportions.

The stately five-bedroom home on Werambie St is on the market for the first time in 57 years with a guide of $13m via an expressions of interest campaign with Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty agents Frances Egan and Michael Pallier.

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There are five bedrooms.

The large formal and informal spaces have picture and bay windows.

There’s direct access to the harbour.

Built around 1900, the vast estate sits on two titles measuring 1542sq m surrounded by landscaped grounds, which once featured in the Australian Women’s Weekly, with rockeries, mature jacarandas, meandering paths and direct access to the harbour.

Records show it’s been owned by the Radke family for 57 years.

“It’s a rare example of a street-to-water block that is perfectly north-facing with a 19.63m water frontage,” says Egan.

It’s just an incredible block of land and a beautiful home.”

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Incredible views.

Amazing potential.

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The locally heritage-listed home has a host of period features including leadlight windows, ornate ceilings, original tiled fireplaces and elaborate fretwork arches.

Inside, the large formal and informal spaces have picture and bay windows with panoramic water views over the Lane Cove River from several rooms over two levels.

Ready for renovation, the versatile floor plan includes an upper level which was previously configured as six individual units.

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Originally published as Fairytale $13m sale is 57 years in the making