A one-car garage has been sold for $500,000
An oversized garage in Roslyndale Ave, Woollahra, has been sold off market by retired estate agent Robert McGuaig.
Ben Collier at The Agency secured $500,000.
The separately titled 30sq m offering was a few doors away from where a family spent $6 million in 2022 with no enclosed parking.
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It’s almost as expensive as parking in council spot. Source: realestate.com.au
The garage has power. There was a pesky section 39 strata schemes restriction to be a Claverton apartment owner.
Roslyndale Ave, Woollahra is one of Sydney’s oldest streets and boasts some of its grandest homes.
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Lock it up at night. Source: realestate.com.au
That includes the celebrated but mysterious Hawthornden. The grand colonial five-bedroom Georgian residence — it was built in 1858 — sits in a century-old garden with a pool and tennis court on a massive 6,521 sqm block.
In 1995, the then-owner had plans to demolish the historic house and replace it with 11 five-storey dwellings — fortunately there was community uproar and the house was saved.
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The incredible Hawthornden, which was built in 1858.