Pittwater Life June 2023 Issue

Hot Property
Where home is where the hearth is
During the colder months a fireplace often becomes the heart of the home, drawing us in and providing
comfort with its warmth and flickering flames. Even if you live for Summer and the great outdoors, these
three homes which are currently on the market boast fabulous fireplaces that make it easy to hunker down.
The large, original wood-burning stone
fireplace in the lounge room of this luxurious
residence creates a charm that’s hard to beat.
The fireplace is one the original features
retained in a flawless transformation of one
of the area’s original sandstone cottages at
32 George Street Avalon Beach. Designed to
embrace laidback beachside glamour, the fourbedroom,
three-bathroom light-filled split-level
home is full of warmth with original timber
beams and French Oak timber floors and
high-end inclusions including Calcutta marble
island kitchen bench, brass fittings, induction
appliances and bespoke cupboards. Outside
you’ll find north-facing entertaining areas,
newly landscaped gardens and a striking inground
pool surrounded by a spacious level
lawn. For sale through LJ Hooker Palm Beach.
The stunning Bronpi wood-burning fireplace
at 5 Kookaburra Close Bayview can be
appreciated from several vantage points in this
contemporary tri-level home. Stylishly built
into the vast split-level first floor, this modern
fireplace is the perfect fit for this off-centre
space, housing a raised kitchen and dining, main
living area and open lounge room with sliding
doors leading to a terrace. With soaring ceilings
and floor-to-ceiling windows, the bold angular
design of this solidly built three-bedroom, twobathroom
home is softened by curved features
inside and out, soaking up spectacular northly
views across Pittwater from its natural bushland
setting. Heated flooring throughout will help
keep you warm underfoot. For sale through
Ray White Prestige with a price guide of $3.5
million to $3.7 million.
New data has confirmed what
our local real estate agents have
been telling us – the Northern
Beaches has experienced some
of the strongest property price
growth in Sydney in the past
five years.
Several local suburbs
featured in lists, published by
Sitting on 693 square metres of land within
a magical rainforest garden, this characterfilled
original three-bedroom beach house
retreat is a lovely setting from which to
reflect and relax this Winter. Northern light
streams through large windows from the deck
into the open plan living area of the cottage
at 127 Avalon Parade Avalon Beach where
the crackling fireplace is complemented by
Big gain hunting: local property market review
Channel Nine Entertainment
Co, of the top 10 suburbs
based on the median prices for
units and houses recorded by
Domain data in the five years
to March 2023.
Narrabeen topped one list;
its unit prices rose most over
the past five years, growing
42.7 per cent to $1,245,000.
Also, Collaroy recorded a 27.8
per cent growth to $1,185,000,
Mona Vale had a 23.5 per cent
growth to $1,135,000 and
Newport came in at 10th place
with a 19.4 per cent growth to
$1,015,000.
Avalon Beach’s median
the warmth of the exposed beams and timber
floors. A split-level floorplan with flexible
spaces offers plenty of scope to put your
own stamp on this charming property – and
whenever you are up for a swim you’ll be
spoilt for choice, with the surf and Pittwater
only minutes away. For sale with an asking
price of $2.27 million through Laing +
Simmons Young Property.
house price grew by just over
50 per cent to $2,715,000,
placing it 6th on the list while
Newport’s median house
price was up 48.4 per cent in
five years (despite the price
dropping 14.3 per cent in the
last year to March 2023 to
$2,785,000). – Lisa Offord
Hot Property
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