It’s a well-known fact that living by a park with nature at your doorstep has so many benefits and is more desirable than ever as the inevitable urban sprawl continues. Access to outdoor space and recreational facilities is proven to lift your spirits, improve wellbeing and have a positive impact on both physical and mental health. The ‘green factor’ also has a significant impact on the capital growth potential of a property. Any home with a park across the street or direct access to open space is going to be highly sought after and we have a fantastic range of parkside homes that mean you can exercise, seek solace, walk your dog or play with your kids in your own neighbourhood.

Trumper Park is one of the east’s best with its cricket oval, athletic track and walking tracks through regenerated bushland giving it an oasis-like feel in the heart of the east. Catherine Dixon’s listing at 197 Sutherland Street, Paddington is just 250m to the park grounds in a lifestyle-driven location footsteps to local institutions including the Lord Dudley Hotel and Flat White Cafe. Catherine says, “In the catchment for Woollahra Public School, this is a perfect home for the young family with a great backyard and acres of parkland and the tennis club virtually at the doorstep. The tastefully renovated 1890s terrace is an easy level walk to Queen Street’s cafe and social scene and across the park to the station and offers excellent value for its location with a guide of $2.41m.”

The elegant European-style residence at 43 Fletcher Street, Woollahra holds a prized address on a north-facing block with dual street frontage just 200m to Cooper Park. The impeccably renovated four-bedroom home comes with northerly harbour views and a lock-up garage accessed via View Street and a buyer’s guide of $4.25m. New to the market, the freestanding Edwardian home at 10 Edward Street, Woollahra is one of only two homes with direct access to Cooper Park’s wide open spaces with the park grounds as a natural extension of its idyllic north-facing backyard.

Tucked away in a leafy pocket in the catchment for Clovelly Public School, the architect-designed beauty at 15 Wallace Street, Waverley fronts Varna Park with unobstructed park views as a stunning counterpoint to the four-bedroom home’s polished monochrome interiors. A spacious three-storey layout features a self-contained lower level apartment ideal as guest/teen accommodation or as an income earner with its own entry and a deep cobblestone drive with double parking.

Opposite Bronte Bowling Club, this designer haven is an easy walk across the park to Macpherson Street village. On the other side of the park, 16 Barclay Street, Waverley delivers a creative contemporary spin on mid-century style with an exceptional design by Design King Architecture with a family friendly four-bedroom layout and a lush north-facing garden with a sundeck and sprawling lawn.

Holding a private elevated setting above the wide open expanse of Queens Park, 259 Darley Road, Randwick faces north with a 10m frontage to the park action and views to the city skyline that are magic at sunset. The newly refurbished four-bedroom home offers a superb opportunity to buy in this tightly held row and, although perfect as is, offers potential to add a second storey in the future in line with neighbouring homes (STCA).

This week the sales team secured 15 sales with an average price of $3.3m and listed 13 new properties and the management team secure 6 tenancies and listed 21 new properties for lease. Check out the full details of our listings below and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like any further information.