dwell. on the Northern Beaches

Secret sales
Belle Property Manly agent Robert Killian is also busy
doing deals with buyers from the south side of the
harbour, with two recent off-market sales going to
purchasers from Clovelly and Bondi.
Perhaps it was an eastern suburbs buyer who has set a new
2020 Curl Curl/North Curl Curl record in a confi dential, offmarket
transaction this month. Killian can’t reveal the price to
<strong>dwell</strong> or the address but confi rmed the sale is the third highest
for North Curl Curl (where the record price of $10 million was
set last August with the sale of 18 Dee Why Lane) and the
latest in a run of off-market sales for Belle Property Manly.
“We’ve had seven off-market sales across the suburb
in the past 13 months, with an average sale price of $2.7
million,” he says. “I fi nd the buyers we’re working with know
the market, they do their homework and they’re pretty savvy.
They’ve looked at a lot of property so when we show them
the right property off-market they typically understand the
price point.”
Killian says activity is centred around family homes, with
buyers “really attracted to that little stretch from North Curl
Curl through to Freshie,” keen to be in the zone for Harbord
and North Curl Curl public schools.
Low stock levels are helping to fuel demand, but Killian is
expecting some sellers will list sooner rather than later on the
back of recent strong results.
The Stats.
Northern Beaches
Total sales
Houses:
27
(same
*Week ending July 12
Units:
24
(same
time last
year 56)
time last
year 54)
Median price for houses
$1,850,450
McGrath Double Bay, who has
also listed Iluka Road. With a price
guide of $17 million, Manning is
planning to smash the existing Iluka
Road record of $15 million set
back in 2007.
“It’s in one of the suburb’s most
prestigious roads,” says Manning.
“It’s been completely rebuilt
over the past six to 12 months
by architect Alexander Roth with
interiors by Marco Meneguzzi.”
Manning says Keighery has
a keen eye for architecture and
design and loves a new project, so
while she “adores this property”
she’s letting it go and looking to
diversify her portfolio.
He agrees with LJ Hooker Avalon
agent Tom Mackay that COVID-19
has resulted in a surge in demand
for high-end holiday homes as
buyers are denied their usual
overseas vacations. He’s already
fi elded “enormous enquiry” on the
fi ve-bedroom home and conducted
some promising inspections.
Meanwhile the inbox of Andrew
Blake from Blake Property took
a hammering last weekend as
38 email enquiries piled in after
he launched an iconic 1970s
residence up on the ridge in
Ralston Road (above). Blake’s
phone has since been running
hot for the home which boasts a
perfect northerly aspect, dazzling
views and a history hosting some of
Sydney’s A-list guests.
Blake says the fi ve-bedroom
property, once dubbed ‘The Palm
Beach Party House’, was “the place
to be” in the 1970s and 1980s, with
countless cocktail parties drawing
the cream of Sydney society.
It’s been tightly held by the same
family since it was built and boasts
an unobstructed, 180-degree
outlook over Ku-ring-gai Chase
National Park, the Central Coast,
Barrenjoey Headland and Cape
Three Points, with expansive views
of Pittwater and the Ocean.
Blake describes the architecture as
“ahead of its time” and is expecting
interest around $6 million.
Median price for units
$950,000
*based on 12 months to July 12
Top reported weekly sales
Houses
$4.125 million 157 Seaforth Crescent, Seaforth
$2.775 million 1 Hope Avenue, Manly
$1.885 million 52 Powderworks Road, North Narrabeen
*as of July 12
Units
$2 million 4/17 Fairlight Street, Manly
$1.55 million 6/15-17 Central Road, Avalon Beach
$1.43 million 928/17 Howard Avenue, Dee Why
*as of July 12
CoreLogic Data July 14
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