Five Dock
Collette Dinnigan’s former Paddington home sells for $12.1 million
The four-bedroom home sold for almost three times what the fashion designer paid for the cottage in 2009 to a local family who were looking to upsize within the suburb.
- by Kristy Johnson and Tawar Razaghi
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Cop who beat child abuse material possession charges wins reinstatement bid
Multiple courts have accepted the senior sergeant’s claim that the videos downloaded automatically from WhatsApp without his knowledge.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
I lined up for 65 minutes for this $15 sandwich, and I’d do it again
There’s no menu at this family-run inner west Italian deli. Instead, let the experts, who’ve been doing it for 43 years, guide your panini adventure.
- by Sarah Norris
The unlikely Sydney suburb in line for new 30-storey towers
A plan to build 1200 apartments in Five Dock is one of dozens of major projects lodged under the Minns government’s new incentive scheme for affordable housing.
- by Michael Koziol
Church v state: The battle over density around Sydney’s metro stations
Everybody agrees Metro West will change Five Dock. But how much? A proposal by the Anglican Church for 20-storey towers has brought the question into focus.
- by Michael Koziol
Renovators pay $5 million for Five Dock house, $1 million more than its reserve
The home in Norman Street attracted fierce competition and a huge crowd, some of which planned to take a bulldozer to the home.
- by Carmen Forward
Felicia’s rental is a good deal, but she’s about to be priced out of her suburb
Rents in almost every Sydney suburb are higher than a year ago, but could there be a glimmer of hope for tenants?
- by Tawar Razaghi
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Several injured as multi-vehicle crash shuts down Parramatta Road
Two people were seriously injured and several others taken to hospital after a major peak-hour incident involving eight cars and a truck.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Property values are now rising in four out five suburbs. Can it last?
The property market upswing is becoming more widespread, defying interest rate rises. But there’s a test of the market coming up soon.
- by Elizabeth Redman and Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
Five Dock house attracts $5.95 million at auction, a 40 per cent profit in three years
Records show the family paid $4.18 million for the five-bedroom house in 2020, which has now paid off to the tune of $1.77 million.
- by Carmen Forward
Five Dock home fetches $3.5 million at auction in first time on market in six decades
More than a dozen bidders turned out to compete for the federation home on the market for the first time since 1959. Though the bidding stalled at one point, two investors fought it out to the end.
- by Kate Burke
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