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No. 15 Eastbourne Rd, Darling Point has sold.

Yet another one of Sydney’s grand old homes — sitting on the shelf since before COVID-19 struck — has been snapped up in continuing positive signs for the prestige market.

A 1920s landmark residence in Darling Point owned by Rita Hamlin for 45 years, with spectacular harbour views, has sold for more than $10m, reliable sources say.

However its sales agents, Richardson and Wrench Double Bay agents Michael Dunn and Andrew Birbeck, wouldn’t comment on the sale price when contacted due to a confidentiality agreement.

The five-bedroom home Kendall Lodge, with Florence Broadhurst wallpaper on an 892 sqm block at 15 Eastbourne Road, has taken a substantial trim on its January lofty price guide of $12m.

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The lounge and dining room featured Florence Broadhurst wallpaper. She had lived around the corner.

The home had beautiful harbour views over Double Bay and Seven Shillings Beach.

But it’s believed to be not far off its most recent guide of $10.8m.

Tuesday’s sale is one of a string of recent sales of slow-movers.

“An eastern suburbs family has bought it,” was all Dunn was permitted to say.

It follows Dunn’s sale on July 24 of investment banker Paul Espie and his wife, Ros’s gothic mansion Callooa at 5 Bennett Ave, Darling Point.

The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was originally listed two years ago with hopes of $27m, but its most recent guide had been $25m.

It’s understood the buyer, Jason Huljich — joint CEO of fund manager Centuria Capital Group — paid pretty close to that.

No. 21A Nelson St, Woollahra originally had lofty vendor expectations of $8.25m in January.

It sold this week for close to its most recent $5.5m guide.

Another home to have sold after a long time on the market is “Maroomba’ at 21A Nelson St, Woollahra.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom Victorian residence built over three levels is owned by the chief executive of Colonial Leisure Group, Brett Sergeant, and his wife, Iris, according to property records.

It was first listed pre-COVID-19 in early March with $8.25m price hopes in an expressions of interest campaign.

But its understood there was growing interest after the guide was revised to $5.5m after its August 11 auction and it sold close to that through Brad Pillinger of Pillinger.

So that was seven months on the market — but vendor expectations were evidently too high at the start.

No. 98 Victoria Rd, Bellevue Hill had resort-like features and sold for more than $21m.

That makes the four months that it took LJ Hooker Double Bay’s Bill Malouf to sell former Sleeping Giant owner Fred Bart Bellevue Hill Art Deco mansion for more than $21m seem like a blink of an eye.

The six-bedroom mansion with pool and tennis court on a 2415 sqm block at 98 Victoria Road appeared as the Wentworth Courier House of the Week at the start of April and it was sold in mid July to property developer Willi Phillips.

It sold within its original price expectations of between $21 million the mid $20s.

Other slow movers were retired car dealer Laurie Sutton’s Darling Point mansion listed more than a year ago for $35m — that sold for $32m in March — and the Berthong waterfront in Elizabeth Bay that sold for $33m after being listed for $35m four years ago.

The grand dining room in the Art Deco mansion.

Those two sales were linked: Sutton was the buyer of Berthong, with his Double Bay agent, Alison Coopes, negotiating with the listing agent for Berthong, Ken Jacobs of Christies.

The Vaucluse waterfront of Nicholas Vass and his wife, Marion, at 31 Coolong Road — negotiated by Peter Anderson of Christies — also took a while to sell.

It was listed with $55m price hopes last October, finally selling for $34m to stockbroker Robert Fiani a few weeks ago.

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31 Paterson St, Hinton goes under the hammer soon.

It’s country Australia’s answer to the trendy inner city warehouse conversion – the rural farm shed turned into a chic residential home.

The former hay shed from the 1880s that’s been turned into a house will go under the hammer Saturday in what will be one of the more unusual homes going to auction this weekend.

The home roughly 30 minutes’ drive north of Newcastle features heritage ironbark timber, exposed steel beams and a polished concrete floor.

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The structure itself includes over 20 tonnes of steel framing and five tonnes of timber, along with 10 inches of reinforced concrete.

The shed dates back to the 1880s.

Its history as a farm shed is apparent in the living areas which have retained the open setting normally associated with a barn.

Known as ‘Vintage Steel’ the property on Paterson St in Hinton has a custom wood heater that could double up as large pizza oven, according to the listing.

Selling agent Scott Hunter of Ray White-Dungog said the property has been attracting a steady stream of visitors since it was listed for sale.

The home has attracted a mix of buyers.

“We’ve been inundated with inquiries, actually,” Mr Hunter said, adding there were more than 80 groups through the first open home.

The buyer interest was from a mix of owner occupiers and business types interested in using the premises as a cafe, restaurant and other hospitality businesses, he said. The property is nearby a range of vintage and artisan stores.

Price expectations were around the $1m mark, Mr Hunter added.

There are six bedrooms.

Price expectations are near the $1m mark.

Also on the property is a workshop, car hoist, garden shed and fully landscaped gardens, along with a 15,000 litre rain water tank.

Inside, the kitchen is decked out with industrial style fittings. There is also an internal clothes drying room. The interior is kept cool with multiple airconditioning units.

The property is one of close to 900 properties going under the hammer across NSW this weekend – with about 680 of the auctions in Sydney.

Airconditioning is included.

Sydney recorded a weekend auction clearance rate of 68.1 per over August, which was marginally higher than the 65 per cent reported over July, My Housing Market analysis showed.

Clearance rates increased over the final two weekends of August to over 70 per cent, indicating rising pre-spring buyer momentum.

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Cricketer Scott Muller in his heyday at the Gabba.

Former Australian cricket fast bowler Scott Muller has sold his waterfront home for close to $700,000 more than he paid for it six years ago.

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8 Kilkenny Court Bundall, sold for $1.44m.

Mr Muller modernised the property substantially.

CoreLogic data shows Mr Muller landed $1.44 million for the property in Bundall on the Gold Coast.

He paid $749,000 in 2014, according to the data showed, but has carried out a substantial renovation since.

Listings show that in 2014, he bought an “entry level” waterfront property with three bedrooms, which also had a floating pontoon.

It was marketed at the time as a property to which you could “add value for future capital gain”, and gain he has.

The lucrative renovation turned it into a five-bedroom home with two bathrooms, a chef’s kitchen, and multiple living zones.

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No. 26 Jansz Crescent, Griffith is up for sale.

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stepped into a 1960s time warp when visiting this mid-century Griffith abode.

And selling agent Leanne Palmer is pulling out all stops to ensure prospective buyers walk into a home reminiscent of the swinging 60s in every way possible.

“I’ve been finetuning my open for inspection playlist and there’s a whole lot of Aretha Franklin and Beatles classics on it,” said Ms Palmer, from Belle Property – Kingston.

“I’m going to have the 1960s vibe playing in the background for all the opens.”

Set on a landholding of 1106sqm, the four-bedroom property at 26 Jansz Crescent still pays homage to the home’s vintage almost 60 years after it was first built.

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On a landholding of 1106sqm.

Interior decor has been styled to meet the era, complimenting existing built-in timber cabinetry, the original kitchen and kitsch stone fireplace mantle with a gas heater.

There is also a separate study/library space with custom hardwood shelving in tune with the home’s origins.

“It was a privately built house in 1961 and I sold it two years ago to the current vendors and that sale was the first-ever sale. The family had it from 1961 until 2018,” Ms Palmer said.

Outside there are mature fruit trees and berry vines, as well as a single garage with internal access, an adjoining laundry and workshop, store room and hobby room.

Ms Palmer said the property had appeal for both mid-century enthusiasts, keen to restore the unique property, and those with a vision for a potential knockdown-rebuild.

The dated kitchen.

“There’s two possible buyers for this – there’s the buyer who wants the location. The location is superb. Jansz Crescent is a wonderful street – nice, quiet and tree-lined,” she said.

“It’s an 1100sqm block with the reserve at the back and Canberra Grammar across the road from the reserve.

“But it’s bang in the pocket of a really good location so the property would lend itself beautifully to a redevelopment. It could be a knockdown-rebuild of a magnificent home with views to Red Hill out the back.

It goes to auction on September 19.

“On the other hand, the buyer could be someone who really loves the ‘60s and the mid-century vibe of the house and restores it. There’s good bones and it’s structurally sound, it just needs some cosmetic decoration or restoration to bring it back to that sexy 1960s house that it used to be.”

She said the property would go to auction on 19 September at 10am.

“I don’t think it’s any secret that it last traded for $1.641 million so we would be expecting well in excess of that this time around,” she said.

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