Thriller novelist Gilbert Mane on the balcony of the penthouse owned by way of his late mother, Break of day, in Bondi Junction. Symbol: Monique Harmer.

They’re not the the flashiest, on the other hand a couple of of the older towers in Bondi Junction are favourites for downsizers because of their facilities and views that can’t be built out.
Many consider the northerly outlook — which takes in the harbour, bridge and Opera House — from the Westpoint and Seapoint towers in Grafton St the easiest in Sydney.
Former solicitor and headmaster grew to transform thriller novelist Gilbert Mane says his late parents, Sam and Break of day Mane, never got in poor health of the view from their 15th-floor Westpoint penthouse.

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1504/79 Grafton St, Bondi Junction (above and beneath) has one in all the easiest views in Sydney.

“I remember my (Polish) father saying when he was looking out at the view of the harbour, ‘this is better than Poland in winter’,” he mentioned.
Mr Mane’s parents bought the three-bedroom rental at 1504/79 Grafton St off the plan for $650,000 in 1993, downsizing from an overly huge space in Bellevue Hill, and after his mum’s dying it’s up on the marketplace.
Century 21’s Nicholas Armstrong-Smith and Steve Brajak have a $2.3 million to $2.5 million data ahead of the auction on August 8.

The view from the penthouse at night (above) and the late Break of day Mane (beneath) celebrates her 97th birthday final November with her family in the rental.

“I think it could kiss $2.5 million,” Mr Armstrong-Smith mentioned.
Irrespective of the changing market necessities and a flood of new characteristics in Bondi Junction, history shows that the ones apartments have held their worth.
CoreLogic data shows a an identical rental on level six in Westpoint purchased for $2.5 million final January and an rental on level five of Seapoint moreover purchased for $2.5 million a 12 months in the previous.
Mr Armstrong-Smith mentioned as it’s right kind in front of Syd Einfeld Power no longer anything else can be built in front of it. “Buyers will always have that view.”

1301/79 Grafton St, Bondi Junction, on level 13, has a $2.3 million price data. ahead of this night time’s auction.

Ballard Property’s Paul Ephron and Clint Ballard also have a $2.3 million data for 1301/79 Grafton St — two floor beneath — going to auction this night time.
“We’ve got a bit of interest … it should sell,” Mr Ballard mentioned.
Belle Property’s Stella Gankin, too, sells devices in the towers and is of the identical opinion the view makes them not unusual, but it surely’s moreover because it’s a top quality Mirvac endeavor. “A lot of new apartments have issues, but people see these apartments as better value for their size and because they’re solid,” she mentioned.
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