Living close to nature can have an incredibly positive impact on our wellbeing and is widely known to have a beneficial effect on our quality of life from mental health and creativity to fitness and stress. One lesson that Covid and lockdowns has hammered home is the importance of having open green space and nature within easy reach to exercise, recharge or simply relax in the fresh air. There’s plenty of places in the east and inner east where you can find a connection with nature and we’ve selected a choice of apartments that will bring you just that.

Mary Anne Cronin’s listing at 17/142-144 Francis Street, Bondi is essentially a private haven perched above Thomas Hogan Reserve with leafy greenery all around underscoring a sense of peace and privacy. Mary Anne says, “This luxurious penthouse-style apartment is in the middle of Bondi, one of the busiest suburbs in the east, but is quite possibly the quietest and most restful sanctuary I have ever seen. It’s the biggest and best in the boutique Park View with every room enjoying an idyllic outlook and, although just an easy walk down to the beach, is like living out in the bush overlooking the tropical rainforest oasis but reassuringly close to the action.”

In Double Bay, Sean Poche’s listing at 1A/45 Ocean Avenue Double Bay is set well back from the street in the secure St Marks Square with a lush leafy outlook and an oversized 100sqm approx layout. Leafy treescape surrounds and soothing harbour breezes create a tranquil backdrop to the streamlined contemporary interiors and it’s just 500m down to the harbourfront and ferry wharf.

The inner city isn’t somewhere you would normally associate with nature but Nicholas Charles has listed a huge warehouse-style apartment in the Danks Street village precinct that’s surrounded by greenery. The first time ever offered for sale, the deceased estate at 44/189-195 Phillip Street, Waterloo offers exceptional value for its size and location in an urban village hotspot with fantastic scope to renovate making it an ideal first home for the urbanite.

Back in Bondi but at the north end of the beach, Alexander Phillips’ listing at 6/60 O’Donnell Street, North Bondi is tucked away in a peaceful cul-de-sac enclave with leafy treescape outlooks from its top floor setting. One of only eight in a classic Art Deco block, the stylishly renovated apartment comes with an upside with potential to add a second storey with innovative plans by CSA Architects to do just that (subject to council approval). There’s a big common garden at the rear with plentiful room to entertain alfresco and it’s an easy walk down to the sand, surf and locals-only Grassy Knoll.

We have a huge range of fantastic apartments within easy reach of the great outdoors whether that’s a park or a beach, so check out our full portfolio of listings below as you’re sure to find one that hits the spot. 

This week the sales team secured 19 sales with an average price of $3.3m and listed 17 new properties.