The Lifestyle Vs Investment Conundrum

6 Sep 2024

With spring upon us and the market gearing up, we thought we’d showcase a selection of hot property available right now that strike a perfect balance between lifestyle and capital growth potential in key locations across the east. If you’re keen to get ahead of the pack and be settled by summer, check out the following homes and come along to the open homes on Saturday.

Starting off in Paddington, Catherine Dixon and her team have a choice of two great terraces with a buyer’s guide of around $2m that are in key lifestyle locations with easy access to the city and beaches with scope to add value in the future. With a 7m frontage, huge north-facing courtyard and packed with charm, 3 Comber Street, Paddington is tucked away just off Oxford Street in a historic pocket of Little Paddington just off Oxford Street.

The sun-filled two-storey home is perfect for the urbanite and entertainer just 850m to Toga Group’s upcoming Oxford & Foley precinct that will become a vibrant arts and dining laneway. On the Woollahra end of Paddington, 65 Sutherland Street, Paddington is on one of the area’s best streets on the doorstep of Trumper Park with the Lord Dudley Hotel and Flat White Cafe just around the corner and 600m to Five Ways.

A perfect entry to one of Sydney’s most fashionable harbour village settings with a buyer’s guide of $1m, the boutique apartment at 1/46 Rosyln Gardens, Rushcutters Bay offers a superb blend of parkside living and urban convenience on the doorstep of Rushcutters Bay Park. Set in the iconic Art Deco ‘Lakemount’, the 65sqm one-bedroom apartment is footsteps to the foreshore and has access to a superb rooftop terrace with its oversized layout offering scope to reconfigure as two bedrooms.

At the top end of the market, Kenji Fukushima’s listing as 29 Fern Street, Clovelly is a classic 1920s bungalow on 411sqm that’s perfect configured for family living with two living areas and a sunny backyard with a saltwater pool. In the catchment area for Clovelly Public School and equidistant to Bronte and Clovelly Beaches, this family classic is ready to move straight in with potential to add value and capitalise on ocean views from a second storey addition (STCA).

This week the sales team secured 456 sales with an average price of $1.3b and listed 26 new properties and the management team secure 19 tenancies and listed 16 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.

Kind Regards,
PPD RE – Sales