6/96 Lauderdale Avenue

THE DEAL Wake up to shimmering views over yacht-jewelled North Harbour to golden beaches framed by national parkland and the ocean through Sydney Heads from this beautifully updated character apartment that rests in a prized pocket just metres from the harbour foreshore. Placed on the top floor of a boutique Art Deco building of six with only one flight of access stairs and no common walls, the exceptionally bright, spacious and versatile layout features an enormous living space with a gas outlet ready for use in the sandstone fireplace, a large formal dining room and a privately positioned entertainers' terrace, capturing northerly sunshine and an uninterrupted, leafy outlook, with no neighbouring properties behind. Furnished with high ceilings and engineered timber flooring, it includes a harbour-view sunroom with a daybed crafted into a rounded wall, a sleek stone updated kitchen with a s/steel dishwasher, three spacious bedrooms, two with built-ins and a stylishly renovated bathroom with a separate powder room. Complete with DA approval to go up and create an additional floor with a living room, bedroom, and balcony which would harness expansive harbour views. It also features sash windows, plantation shutters, a semi-private laundry, shared with just one other apartment, with ample space for your own washing machine and dryer and conveniently built-in shelves for additional storage. Nestled amid manicured near-level lawns and gorgeous landscaped gardens with its elegant exposed brick façade enhanced with semi-circular P&O-style feature walls, this bespoke and exclusive sanctuary is literally footsteps to the Manly to Spit Bridge Walkway, 280m from North Harbour Reserve, 400m to boté café on the historic Manly Boatshed Jetty, 700m to Fairlight Beach and Delwood Beach and just over a 15 minute walk to Manly's village hub, city ferry terminal and world-class beaches. Manly Wharf buses leave from the doorstep, and it's 500m to city buses, 600m to Balgowlah Village, 700m to Manly West Public School and a 15 minute walk to the B-Line bus service. SEALS THE DEAL Soaking in the ambience of yesteryear and the luxuries of today, the rare duality of harbour views and a leaf-screened north-facing entertainers' terrace and the spoils of an enviable walk-to-everything harbourside lifestyle.