North Bondi

A boutique apartment building looks set to rise on one of North Bondi's most sought-after streets.

Plans have been filed for a four-storey apartment block at 181 Blair Street, with the small project to comprise just nine apartments.&nbsp;

The architects at Bureau SRH have designed the apartments, which will deliver a mix of layouts, with two studio apartments on offer, in addition to three one-bedroom, one two-bedroom and three three-bedroom apartments. A portion of the apartments will also be dedicated to affordable housing.&nbsp;

The top level of the building will be extensively recessed from the rest of the building, with the building mass presented as a two to three-storey building, with an articulated roof top form.&nbsp;

Apartments will face both the front and the rear of the site, with fixed privacy screens added to side windows to maintain privacy from the surrounding residences.&nbsp;

A majority of the apartments will achieve solar access, while each will benefit from cross flow ventilation.&nbsp;

The building will be divided into two parts, with the north-east section encompassing views to the Bondi Golf and Diggers Club, as well as Hugh Bamford Reserve and beyond, with the other section of the building oriented towards North Bondi.&nbsp;

The design concept for the proposal has grown simultaneously from the consideration of the surrounding natural landforms and future urban requirements, said the architects in their design statement.&nbsp;

Protruding balconies and the articulated roof form establish a significant street presence, while the rear balconies and planters establish a distant presence from the rear neighbours and provide another level of privacy protection.

A public domain will be curated across the ground floor space, with an open landscaped private space.&nbsp;

Future residents will benefit from being within close proximity to the bus stops on Military Road, with the closest stop just 30-metres from the site, servicing regularly to both Bondi Junction and the CBD.&nbsp;

Plans have been filed for a four-storey apartment block at 181 Blair Street, with the small project to comprise just nine apartments. 

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A mixed-use North Bondi block on Campbell Parade has sold at auction for $25.4 million.
There were five registered bidders in the social distanced room as the hammer fell after a heated auction following a $15 million opening bid.
There were mixed pre-auction guides including $17 million while another report suggested it would be more like $20 million on its listing last month.
There were too many in the room for the auction to go ahead, so auctioneer Damien Cooley ushered anyone not registered to bid or family in to an adjoining room.
In the end it was two feuding brothers, who were part of the family who had owned the block for decades, who drove the price above $25 million.
Tony and Anna Tsakiros took the keys, with Tony's rep beating his brother Nio's.
Colliers International agents Matt Pontey and Miron Solomons secured the sale in conjunction with McGrath's Will Manning.
The block at <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-286-294a-campbell-parade-north-bondi-nsw-2026-503544382" target="_blank">286-294A Campbell Parade</a> comprises four ground floor retail outlets, leased to The Depot, Doughboy Pizza, Sage Beauty and grocery store Nio &amp; Tony's.
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Upstairs there are six apartments, four two bedders and two one bedders, with the net income of the commercial and residential tenancies yielding $687,891 per annum.
The 689 sqm site with a gross floor area of 1,004 sqm was offered as 100 per cent freehold interest.
"This calibre in a location such as this is unlikely to be seen again in our lifetime," the Colliers marketing advised.
 
 
 
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North Bondi mixed-use block sells for $25.4 million at auction

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Channel 7 Sunrise presenter Sam Armytage has listed her North Bondi home of the past six years.
It comes a week after the news of engagement to the equestrian businessman Richard Lavender.
The breakfast television presenter - who now works just four days a week - intends to downsize with plans to spend more time in her beloved Southern Highlands.
Marketed as laid back luxury with a breezy beach feel, the three bedroom home has $2.8 million hopes for its late July auction.
There's been no extensive renovation for the home that cost $2.15 million in 2014, just as the Sydney price-boom was kicking in to gear, although she's modernised the two level, freestanding house.
These days Armytage is preferring life away from Sydney with her fiancee, Lavender, who she began dating last year after meeting at a party in the Highlands.
Lavender has a 40 hectare farm at Berrima which cost $1.95 million in 2007.
Her own weekender cost $2.2 million in 2017, with local agents anticipating the weekender could be listed as they move into together.
Her North Bondi home has a number of alfresco living areas and a level landscaped garden, complete with a striking sandstone wall.
The ground level is dedicated to living and entertaining, with three bedroom upstairs where there are ocean views. 
The article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Channel 7 Sunrise presenter Sam Armytage lists North Bondi home for $2.8 million

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Channel 7 Sunrise presenter Sam Armytage has sold her North Bondi home of the past six years.
It comes after the news of engagement to the equestrian businessman Richard Lavender.
The breakfast television presenter - who now works just four days a week - intends to downsize with plans to spend more time in her beloved Southern Highlands.
Marketed as laid back luxury with a breezy beach feel, the three bedroom home had $2.8 million hopes for its late July auction. It sold for around $3.2 million.
There's been no extensive renovation for the home that cost $2.15 million in 2014, just as the Sydney price-boom was kicking in to gear, although she's modernised the two level, freestanding house.
These days Armytage is preferring life away from Sydney with her fiancee, Lavender, who she began dating last year after meeting at a party in the Highlands.
Lavender has a 40 hectare farm at Berrima which cost $1.95 million in 2007.
Her own weekender cost $2.2 million in 2017, with local agents anticipating the weekender could be listed as they move into together.
Her North Bondi home has a number of alfresco living areas and a level landscaped garden, complete with a striking sandstone wall.
The ground level is dedicated to living and entertaining, with three bedroom upstairs where there are ocean views. 
 
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Channel 7 Sunrise presenter Sam Armytage sells North Bondi home for around $3.2 million

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The North Bondi apartment passed through the family of singer-songwriter Missy Higgins has sold in double quick time.
It fetched $1.72 million prior to its auction and $220,000 over expectations through Raine &amp; Horne agent Monique March.
Higgins paid $636,000 in 2005, the year she won five ARIA's and an MTV Australia award.
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She called it home for nearly 10 years before selling to her parents in 2015.
A few months later her parents sold to Missy's sister, artist Nicola, who was the vendor.
The two bedroom beachside apartment is set in a block of four with a private garden.
 
 
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North Bondi apartment passed through Missy Higgins family sells

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Downsizing former horse breeder Dean Fleming, heir to the Fleming's grocery fortune, has spent $3,025,000 on a North Bondi apartment.
The Ramsgate Avenue apartment was secured off-market by the Einfeld family after it had been a $1,450 rental last year.
Comprising two bedrooms and one bathroom, the renovated apartment in a boutique block of just eight offers view of the entire Bondi bay from its outdoor terrace.
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It's the first time an apartment in the block has sold in a decade.
Fleming had been North Bondi based for five years having sold a six bedroom Clyde Street home after renovating in 2011 for $3.82 million.
Dean Fleming is the son of former model Lois and the late Jim Fleming, and has spent the majority of his working life in retail and horse racing.
The article first appeared in the Saturday Telegraph.
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Former horse breeder Dean Fleming purchases North Bondi apartment

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A North Bondi retail and residential block is on the market to help fund a hotel development in Melbourne.
The property, 50 Blair St North Bondi, is owned by Melbourne’s coffee king Salvatore Malatesta and is on the market through CBRE agents Gemma Isgro, Michael Khouri and Nicholas Heaton.
The property features four one bedroom apartments, two car spaces, a retail tenant on a five year lease with options until 2031 and a net passing income of $148,428.64 per annum.
The property is up for auction Tuesday, 1 August 2017 at 10.30am AEST at AuctionWORKS, Mezzanine Level, 50 Margaret Street, Sydney.
 
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North Bondi retail and residential block on the market

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They've only owned in Bondi for three months, but former Channel Nine boss David Gyngell and his TV presenter wife Leila McKinnon are already jumping ship.
The Dover Heights based couple listed the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-north+bondi-126318850" target="_blank">apartment</a> they bought for $1,675,000, having completed a full renovation of the unit they settled on in May.
It was expected to be an investment for the couple who had Gyngell's sister and interior stylist Briony Fitzgerald undertake the renovation and styling.
They put the apartment up for lease in July at $1,700 a week. It proved too ambitious and was dropped to $1,500 a week by the end of last month.
Now they've decided to list the Ramsgate Avenue apartment.
Spanning a large 114 sqm, the first floor apartment has three bedrooms and one bathroom.
Raine &amp; Horne Double Bay agents Ric Serrao and Dion Markovics have a short marketing campaign with a September 19 auction looming.
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The long line of weekend inspectees were being told the price guidance was $1.85 million to $2 million.
The couple, who married at Byron Bay in 2006, spend much of their time too in the Byron Bay district where they have substantial property investments.
Gyngell, the son of the late former Channel Nine boss, Bruce Gyngell and interior designer mother, Ann, had business links to Bondi going back to the late 1980s when he was selling beachwear and surfing equipment.
Late last month it was reported Gyngell pulled out of a proposed $12 million injection of his personal funds into a bid for the Ten Network.
It was believed Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello and chief executive Hugh Marks told Gyngell he would have to step down from the Nine board should he go through with the proposal.
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It was a humble beachside cottage that showed Sydney's stellar price potential. Although it's weekend auction outcome came from a Melbourne buyer keen for its Bondi Beach panorama.
Three bidders competed for the 1920s home on the Ben Buckler headland at North Bondi (above). Bidding opened at $6.1 million for the three-bedroom home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-north+bondi-126902458" target="_blank">159 Hastings Parade</a> and went up mostly in $200,000, $150,000, $100,000 and $50,000 jumps until the hammer fell at $7.55 million.
It sold to a family relocating from Melbourne, through Peter Starr of McGrath Group who had a price guide of $6.1 million to $6.6 million.
They plan to build their dream home on a 398-square-metre block, with Bondi Beach views.
Reflecting almost $19,000 per square metre, Starr said the sale sets a record for land-value property in Bondi.
It last sold for $3.15 million in 2006 and at $148,000 in pre-boom 1985.
With auction volumes slightly lower, the national preliminary clearance rate improved marginally, according to CoreLogic.
There were 3,276 auctions held across the capital cities, returning a 63.5 per cent success rate, up on last weekend’s final auction clearance rate of 61.1 per cent when it was the third busiest week so far this year with 3,438 offerings.
Over the same week last year, auction volumes were similar at 3,207, although the clearance rate was considerably higher at 72.3 per cent, Kevin Brogan, the CoreLogic auction analyst noted.
Across the two largest auction markets, Melbourne and Sydney, both saw an increase in the sales clearance.
Canberra recorded the highest clearance rate of 75.6 per cent, while only 44.9 per cent of homes sold across Brisbane.
Across Canberra 105 auctions were held, compared to 128 last weekend. Canberra’s clearance rate was well up on the previous weekend's 61.7 per cent.
Brisbane’s preliminary clearance rate was 44.9 per cent, down from 52.1 per cent last week. There were 191 Brisbane auctions this weekend, compared to 153 last weekend. 
In Melbourne, Australia’s largest auction market, a preliminary auction clearance rate of 66 per cent was recorded across 1,652 auctions this week.
The wet results included retired Carlton star Andrew Walker’s house <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-preston-126884130" target="_blank">at 28 May Street Preston</a> (below) which sold through Hocking Stuart at $1.74 million, well above the $1.3 millions to $1.4 million price guidance.
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<div class="x_image-wrapper">Walker, who played 202 games for the Blues, bought the California bungalow in 2011 with wife Kylie.</div>
<div class="x_image-wrapper">They are moving back to Walker’s hometown of Echuca, which saw high weekend rainfall.</div>
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Last week, Melbourne’s final clearance rate was recorded at 65.5 per cent across 1,736 auctions, making it the lowest clearance rate the city has seen since June 2016. While one year ago, 1,416 homes were taken to auction across Melbourne and a clearance rate of 77.3 per cent was recorded. 
Melbourne's auction clearance rate was "likely to revise lower as final results are collected and potentially surpass last week as the lowest seen since June 2016," Kevin Brogan tipped.
A Caulfield North apartment was Melbourne's cheapest at $280,000. The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-caulfield+north-126880566" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">12/113 Eskdale Road</a> offering had been marketed with a $270,000 to $290,000 price guidance. Last traded in 2001 at $225,000, it was most recently a $300 a week rental.
Melbourne's top sale was in Toorak where <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-toorak-126885042" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">7 Springfield Avenue</a> fetched $4.6 million. The four bedroom 2008-built Wendy Nettle-designed home last sold in May 2014 at $3.53 million.
Sales included a pre-auction deal on <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-brighton-126914706" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a Dendy Street, Brighton</a> bathing box. It sold for a record price, likely more than $330,000 through Marshall White agent Barb Gregory. The record was $326,000.
Figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria suggest about 4300 homes will be sent under the hammer this month, which would top last year’s record 3877.
Across Sydney, 1,126 auctions were held this week, down from 1,215 over the previous week. The preliminary clearance rate of 62.4 per cent is up from 56.8 per cent last week, however still lower than this time last year, when a clearance rate of 75.2 per cent was recorded across 1,182 auctions.
Looking at the sub-regions of Sydney, the Ryde region recorded the strongest clearance rate of 73.9 per cent across 75 auctions. Ryde sales included a six bedroom home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-ryde-126911222" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">3 Burke Street</a> which fetched $2.15 million.
This week, Adelaide saw a preliminary clearance rate of 64.6 per cent, with 99 reported results across a total of 141 scheduled auctions. In comparison, over the previous week Adelaide’s clearance rate was 63.4 per cent and 65.3 per cent one year ago.
Adelaide had the nation's cheapest sale when $220,000 was paid in Aldinga Beach. It was a mortgagee sale of a three bedroom house at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-sa-aldinga+beach-126907886" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">43 Butterworth Rd, Aldinga Beach</a>. It last traded at $157,500 in 2008.
Perth’s clearance rate of 47.6 per cent across 50 auctions was up from the previous week, when 43 auctions were held and a clearance rate of 33.3 per cent was recorded. 
 
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Bondi Beach panorama offering sees Sydney prices riding the wave 

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Interior designer Analisa Hegyesi, who is the daughter of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, has sold her North Bondi duplex before its scheduled auction.
The <a href="http://www.raineandhorne.com.au/doublebaybondibeach/properties/1-142-brighton-boulevard-north-bondi-2026-new-south-wales-a487b41a-f807-4a60-a717-1147ac39c13f" target="_blank">Brighton Boulevard home</a> had $3.8 million hopes through Raine &amp; Horne, who have not indicated its sale price.
Hegyesi is not the daughter of the former first lady.
She is the daughter of the Sydney-based Evelin Hegyesi, a former Playboy magazine and bikini model of the 1960s and 1970s.
The North Bondi duplex has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large entertainers terrace.
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It cost Hegyesi $2.1 million in 2012.
Hegyesi's father Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii in 1989.
Her half-brother Ferdinand Marcos jnr has returned to political life in the Philippines.
In 2004 there was a global search for the Marcos family's hidden US$13.5 billion fortune.
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