Concord hits new heights with new suburb record for seven bedroom mansion

Concord hits new heights with new suburb record for seven bedroom mansion
Jonathan ChancellorJuly 7, 2014

A three storey, seven bedroom Concord mansion, with a very long lap pool, set a record price for the Sydney suburb on the weekend.

No. 11 Ludgate Street, Concord was sold for $2.79  million, some $90,000 above the $2.7 million reserve through listing agent Joseph Georges from Georges Ellis & Co.

Bidding opening at $2.3 million with a crowd 10 registered bidders amid the 150 people at the 1.30pm auction. Sold to a local family, the agents had been initially advising $2.45 million plus.

The 700 square metre block had cost $1,305,000 in 2010 for the owner builder.

Ludgate St, Concord had another sale on the weekend with No.13 selling later Saturday afternoon for $2.28 million, but it's sale was marked down by most to the successful piggybacking the neighbouring auction.

The Sidney Koh-designed house had been for sale since June last year, with an auction sign posted soon after 11's went up.

Property Observer gleans the Concord record was for the five-bedroom home at 7 Links Avenue at $2.61 million last November.

Jonathan Chancellor

Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.

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