One of Sydney’s Best City Mansions
Set in one of Sydney’s best suburbs McMahons Point, Alta Mura was built in the 1880s and is one of Sydney’s Grand Old Mansions. The property is set high up from the road with sandstone walls and conifers surrounding the block providing security and privacy for the grounds and pool area.
A grand entrance hall with 15-16ft ceilings, large formal dining and lounge rooms open up to a large outdoor entertaining area including a large pool, built in bbq and terrace with retractable roof, pond and beautiful gardens.
The house features 5 large bedrooms including an extra large teenagers retreat or home office, a Library and media room.
The property has an internal wine cellar, working fireplaces, fully ducted gas heating, 2 car garage with security off street parking for one more car.
The kitchen is large and setup for entertaining. Gaggenau 120cm range with two Bosch ovens, two integrated fridge/freezers, two Miele Dishwashers & marble benchtops.
McMahons Point is one of Sydney’s best kept cosmopolitan secrets with great cafes, bars and resturants and only moments from the city by car, train, bus or ferry.
Inspection is by appointment, please call Mike Nicholls 0411 222 551
Expressions of interest $7,000,000
Delightfully private and minutes from transport, this renovated apartment represents excellent value for busy first home buyers or investors seeking a property with future potential. Ready to capitalise on a prime location in small block. Five minute walk to Neutral Bay, cafes, pub and supermarkets
• Second floor location
• Large combined open lounge and dining area
• District Views
• Two large bedrooms
• Newly renovated kitchen and bathroom
• Suit busy executive
• Internal laundry
• Easy access to transport, shops, parks, local cafés
• An affordable apartment in a convenient lifestyle setting
Call Mike Nicholls 0411 222 551 or Elders Mosman 9932 4488
Fantastic Renovation with top appliances and finishes and harbour views
Stylishly renovated, point blank views of the iconic Harbour Bridge & surrounding Bradfield Park, this property has been renovated to a very high standard by a fastidious owner.
Incorporating leading edge design, period features, superb inclusions & great feeling of space and natural light.
Features consist of:
- Generous open plan living areas with high ceilings.
- Deluxe kitchen with stone bench top and European appliances
- Integrated fridge/ freezer, coffee machine and microwave oven
- Stunning master bedroom with en-suite and entertaining terrace.
- Equally spacious 2nd & 3rd bedrooms with built-ins and en-suites.
- Ducted reverse cycle air conditioning with zonal options
- Spacious internal laundry with Miele© washer and dryer provided
- 1 secure car space + storage (inc. cellar storage).
- Parking permit available
Short stroll to Kirribilli cafes and restaurants and board walks around the harbour.
10 minutes to the city by car, train or ferry, 20 minutes drive to Sydney Airport.
For those who are seeking exceptional living standards.
Call Mike Nicholls 0411 222 551
SOLD in 12 days by Elders Real Estate Agents- We still have 3 buyers looking for Hunters Hill or Woolwich Waterfronts $3-5m please call Mike Nicholls 0411 222 551
One of Sydney’s best usable waterfronts, 69 The Point Road is privately positioned on the tip of the prestigious Woolwich Hunters Hill peninsula with fantastic views across the harbour to Birchgrove, Greenwich and Woolwich.
The property has a secure walled street frontage and is located at the quiet end of The Point Road.
The house and grounds have been maintained to a high standard by a fastidious owner and are spacious yet low maintenance.
Impressive formal entrance opening to large loungeroom and separate dining/sitting room all with postcard views across the harbour, both have sliding doors opening onto the entertaining terrace and garden.
Chefs kitchen with center island and lots of bench space and a large Family/Media room with wall mounted projector screen open up onto a sunny entertaining terrace and pool.
Upstairs there is an extra large Master Bedroom with walk in wardrobe and ensuite, french doors open up to a massive private sun deck with 180 degree views of the harbour and additional two bedrooms and bathroom.
Boat owners will love this property, it has a very usable wharf with floating pontoon, deep enough to bring a Palm Beach 50 or Riveria 51 alongside the wharf (1.5m deep at dead low tide according to owner) and a boat shed with a large waterside deck. Possibility of installing a boat pen or additional pylons subject to Waterways approval.
Downstairs there is a separate studio which could be used as an office, studio or teenagers retreat.
Double Garage with storage completes the checklist.
The property is a short drive to excellent schools including Riverview, St Josephs, primary and preschools, Short walk to the Ferry Wharf with regular services running to the city during working hours, 20-25 minute trip to the CBD.
Sell your House in Spring – Day 2 .
Clutter is the enemy of selling your house. Clutter turns buyers off. Clutter makes it hard for buyers to visualise how the house could look with their stuff in it. We are not suggesting you change your life dramatically, you need to go on living while you are selling, however its in your best interest to make your house as appealing as possible to buyers and removing everyday clutter is one of the easiest cheapest ways to do this.
10 Steps to reduce clutter and Increase your house price
Step 1 Recognize the Problem. Acknowledge you have a clutter problem and that the pain of eliminating it will be outweighed by the pleasure of a tidy house and a good selling price
Step 2 Get the resources. Get garbage bags (lots of them), boxes, tape and a marker. Some of the clutter may be coming with you to the new home, but much of it should be on the footpath for council cleanup or in the local charity clothing bin.
Step 3 The Kitchen.
Fridge magnets are not homely or fashionable. Under the clutter, Im sure there is a nice kitchen in there.
Whilst this is an extreme example, you get the picture.
- Get rid of the fridge magnets and clean the fridge with spray and wipe
- Remove everything from the horizontal surfaces and clean them
- Dont put anything back except a bowl of fruit, coffee machine, a bottle of wine, nice plant and maybe a big pepper grinder.
- Get rid of all your cooking books except the big thick french one with the nice cover.
- All the stuff you took off the surfaces, either throw, pack or donate. Unless you need it to cook with, eat or hold food in the next 30 days, do not put it back in the cupboard or back on the benches.
- Remove any spices, grinders, sauces or anything else in racks, pack or throw, only put spices back into rack if you have nice containers
- Any strong cooking odours such as curry or fried food need to be controlled, get rid of the plastic containers, remove anything that has been holding spices and then coffee and flowers are good.
- Kids drawings and art, I know you love them, buyers dont. Pack them up.
- Get to the back of all of your cupboards, if you haven’t used the dried food/spices/pasta etc in the last year, bin them.
- Clean all the surfaces of all the cupboards and drawers with spray and wipe.
- Donate all the old tupperware, crockery and wacky cooking devices (donut maker, egg poacher etc) and utensils that you have never used.
Step 4 Bedrooms
- Pull everything out of the wardrobes and drawers
- Throw out anything you didn’t wear last season, anything which is in poor repair (except favourite rugby or sailing tops) or anything which you never actually liked
- Ditch all the odd socks
- Old shoes need to go in the bin
- Remove everything from your bedside tables except the Lamps and maybe a candle
- Remove everything from your dressers and tables, clean them and only put back the jewelry box and a few nice perfumes,
Step 5 Bathrooms
- Get rid of anything in the shower or bath and the vanity which is not absolutely neccessary
- Get a nice candle for the inspection days
- Fresh towels
- Clean all the grout, in fact, get a dedicated cleaner in for the 6-8 week campaign and make them scrub the bathroom each week
- Mirrors cleaned, toilets spotless with nice toilet disinfectant/blue rinse.
Step 6 Lounge Rooms
- Get rid of any book you dont want to keep for reference or read again, give them to your friends or the book exchange
- Pare down the number of photos on your bookshelves, tables or fireplaces, keep 1-2 family photos, but buyers dont want to hundreds of photos, they also gather a lot of dust.
- Get rid of all of the collectibles, perhaps leave one very special piece. I know you love them, buyers just see clutter and dust
- Get rid of any non essential electronic equipment, game consoles, stereos, video/DVD/CDs and pack them away
- Try to either hide all your power and stereo cables or use cable ties to tidy them, you can also use the cable tidy’s that nail the cable to the skirting boards just make sure all cables are hidden or unobtrusive as possible
- Get rid of everything on the coffee tables except one or two nice coffee table books and a candle or two and some flowers
Step 7 Garage
- Anything you havent used this year, things you think you are going to repair/restore either pack them off to storage (ask yourself the question am I willing to pay Kennards Storage $200 per month in storage to keep these items) or throw them to the council cleanup
- Get yourself some hooks for the walls and get the bikes, chairs, whipersnippers, camping equipment, roof racks and anything else which can be hung from the walls up off the floor
- Put all the tools off the bench/shelves and into a tool box
- Get rid of old wood scraps, you wont use them before you sell, you wont take them in the removal truck, might as well get rid of them now.
- Clean out all the old paint, oil, garden stuff etc and arrange a drop off to your council processing centre.
- Sweep the garage out
Step 8 Closets & Linen Presses
- Get rid of all the old linen, towels and blankets that you dont use or are past their use by date. Buyers want to see lots of storage space, there is no point keeping it if it is going in the bin when you move anyway.
Step 9 Courtyards, balconies and yards.
- Get rid of any dead pot plants or any pots that are not beautiful
- Sweep up all leaves and trim back any hedges, climbers or creepers
- Pot some nice seedlings that are just about to flower
- Any dog or cat stuff such as litter trays etc must be hidden away, tidy.
Step 10 Hallways and Entrances
- Coat and Hat rack, either get rid of it, or reduce it to a minimum of 1-2 nice hats and coats, these things get bound up with every coat you have and often you havent worn any of them for months.
- Get rid of the change jar, the key hooks, the place where you stick the bills, the widget holder and everything that seems to accumulate on the hall table.
- Keep one nice bowl or flower vase and perhaps a candle again
- Anything at the door such as dog leads, shoe boxes get rid of them
Hope this was helpful, now you deserve a nice bottle of wine 
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Impala Kitchens
This new luxury waterfront home has to be seen to be believed. It has been designed and built by a perfectionist with no expense spared to create a world class trophy residence.
Situated on the upper reaches of Sydney Habour in the exclusive Sydney Waterfront suburb of Linley Point it is surrounded by some of Sydneys best homes and is the ultimate entertaining lifestyle property.
Three massive decks look directly out onto Hunters Hill and up the Lane Cove river with views of the Harbour Bridge in the distance.
Gourmet open plan kitchen with CaesarStone benchtops and Miele stove and oven opens up to a large balcony with big barbeque and then onto the large loungeroom. There is both casual dining space and a formal dining room directly off the kitchen.
On the lower level, the pool and massive deck looking out over the water make entertaining a crowd easy and is complimented by an additional full entertaining kitchen with 90cm luxury gas stove, oven and built in drinks fridge.
Boating types will love this house. It has a real usable waterfront with boat mooring directly out front. There is also a DA approved for a new boat ramp and the vendor advises that Waterways has recently advised that an application could be made for a full pontoon to replace the existing moorings.
Light wells and Beautiful Spotted Gum floors and stairs join the living spaces together and each level is also connected by a built in elevator.
The main bedroom has a very large walk in wardrobe and his and hers sinks in the en-suite and all other rooms have built-ins.
Top security system with camera feeds available on every TV, foxtel and CBus automation system throughout all the living spaces.
Inspection is by appointment only please call Mike Nicholls 0411 222 551
Note Elders Mosman often have Luxury Apartments and Houses from $AUD3-15 million that are private listings, that is the seller does not want a public sale process.
If you are seeking a luxury property in Sydney please contact Mike Nicholls +61 411 222 551.
This is the first in a series of articles to help you get your house ready for the spring selling season.
If you think about the things that are going to take the longest to achieve you really need to start these now. Jobs like a lick of paint can be reasonably cheap but make the house much easier to sell for a better price.
If your timber floors are in poor condition or have been painted previously, consider painting them white, whilst its hard to keep clean it looks fantastic, adds almost a holiday feel and works really well in older houses.
So its really time to book your painters now. From a selling perspective paint is very subjective what appeals to some turns others off. The secret for the potential vendor is to go neutral but classy colors.
Its tempting to look at some of the speciality paints such as Lime washes and distemper finishes and strong colors, but here is the problem, they are very acquired tastes and its easy to knock out a whole section of your potential buyers or make your house look small/dark/unattractive just by choosing the wrong paints.
Also a modern variation is the modern muted theme, check it out at Color Lovers
Depending on where you live and the style of house a coat of paint on the front of your house could make a big difference.
Consider modern classy colors on your Kirribilli, McMahons Point or Neutral Bay Terrace, Semi or Duplex. Beige, tan, biscuit lighter colors for the walls, dark browns, blacks for the windows, doors, eves and barge boards.
More modern houses around Mosman and Balmoral may be repainted whites, beiges, tans or greys with timber work refinished or replaced
Thanks to Porters Paints Dulux Color Lovers Build Report Napier Properties
Secluded style and privacy with stunning view
Relaxed stylish quality Secluded style and privacy with stunning viewall combine to give this apartment enormous appeal to buyers seeking boutique living in a superb location.With stunning views this apartment is intimately private yet wonderfully convenient. Spacious design with in/outdoor living space
Light filled interiors feature open formal and casual spaces
Generous bedrooms include a master with robes and ensuite
Gourmet granite kitchen plus an internal laundry
Beautiful leafy surrounds
Downstairs storage directly under master bed. Opportunity to incorporate into media / games room / cellar
Transport at your doorstep
Craig Williams 0414 360 320 Elders Mosman 9932 4444
Beautiful views, balcony overlooking Lavender Bay $1,059,000.00
Live a life of luxury and convenience just a short stroll from shops, restaurants, cafes and Milsons Point railway station. Balcony overlooking Lavender Bay.
Located in the sought after Colonnades security building with 24hr concierge, indoor heated pool, spa and gymnasium.
This unit has a contemporary kitchen with gas stove, dishwasher and abundance of cupboards. The bedrooms are enormous with built-ins, master with large en-suite.
Milsons Point is a truly remarkable position. A brilliant location with convenient proximity to the city.
Lock up storage room and 2 secure parking spaces underneath the building.
Contact Craig Williams on 0141 360320 craigw@eldersmosman.com.au
Amazing Light-filled Contemporary Residence With Harbour & District Views $3,699,000.00
Architecturally designed with luxurious appointments and generous proportions, this residence exudes style and a resort style living.
With panoramic views of Manly and the Pacific ocean, this due north aspect home, boasts amazing natural light throughout, with all rooms having glass doors opening onto private courtyards and garden areas. Downstairs, the internal blends with the external with magnificent travertine floors leading you from the inside out, spilling onto a sundrenched entertaining area,sparkling blue mosaic heated pool and alfresco BBQ area. The private, resort style garden reminds you of holidays abroad with its Balinese statues and fountain areas. A 5 minute stroll takes you to Dobroyd park with stunning views of Sydney harbour ,or walking 5 minutes in the other direction to the water’s edge and Forty Baskets beach with its own enclosed swimming area, safe for children and providing year long enjoyment at the beach.
Features:
Sophisticated European designed kitchen and appliances with CaesarStone island bench
2/3 entertaining areas
4 bedrooms, with access to private patios and courtyards,
Parents retreat with internal/external entertaining area
Study/home office
Underfloor heating and Jetmaster fireplace
i-Control smart home system
Security front gate, alarm
Double lock-up garage with internal access
Contact Craig Williams 0414 360 320 craigw@eldersmosman.com.au
