Brookvale has a new residential suburb record at $4.25 million for a house that will be pulled down to make way for development.
No. 29 Pine Ave is one of the last of the original Italian-owned family homes on a large block in the heart of Brookvale.
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The five-bedroom deceased estate was offered for the first time in 60 years by a brother and sister who had grown up in the house with a mini market garden in the big yard.
The battleaxe block was 1650sqm in size and level. Three developers competed for the property which is zoned R3 allowing for a two-storey 8.5m high medium density building.
Bidding opened at $2.8 million and the hammer fell 45 minutes later with northern beaches developers the new owners.
Agent Matt McEwan, of McGrath Manly, said Brookvale was undergoing a rejuvenation, shrugging off its blue-collar image and morphing into a hip place to live with good public transport, microbreweries and gyms and cafes.
“Medium density in Brookvale has been well-received with ground floor apartments with courtyard appealing to buyers priced out of the house market,” he said.
But courtyard apartments have been growing in value too. Mr McEwan said five years ago a typical two bedroom, two bathroom Brookvale apartment with deck or courtyard traded for $780,000, today that same property would sell for north of $1.2 million.
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A knockdown house on a large block in the northern beaches suburb of Brookvale has caught the attention of developers – one paying a record price to make it his own.
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