9 Violet Street, Balgowlah

Tucked along a quiet, leafy street on a prized 594sqm parcel, this dual-level residence has been freshly updated so you can move in and settle straight away, with scope to expand further down the track (STCA). Two sunny living spaces let the household spread out or gather in, and the dining area sits beside the kitchen, so meals stay close to the action. Two of the three generous bedrooms reveal sweeping northerly outlooks and catch a glimmer of the ocean in the distance. Set slightly on the high side with near-level rear lawns wrapped in established gardens and crowned by soaring palms, it features a sparkling pool centrepiece watched over by a spacious studio or cabana that could serve as a retreat, a workspace or a place for occasional guests. Family life is a breeze from here. Schools, city buses, Balgowlah Golf Course and Balgowlah Oval are all footsteps away village shops and North Harbour Reserve are a short stroll, while Manly's beaches and lively village hub are only a few minutes' drive down the street.

* Elegant Cape Cod style façade, stucco rendered with a high-pitched roof studded with dormer windows
* Near-level front lawn, landscaped gardens and a covered front verandah all bathed in northern sunshine
* Sunny lounge room plus a north-facing living room warmed by a fireplace with an original tiled surround
* Enormous kitchen with modernised laminate benchtops, ceramic cooktop, dishwasher and a large dining area
* Spacious bedrooms with built-ins on the upper level; two enjoy sweeping northerly vistas and ocean cameos
* Welcoming entrance foyer, tidy bathrooms on both levels, high ceilings, predominantly full brick downstairs
* Freshly treated timber floorboards upstairs, new carpet, new hinged plantation shutters and freshly painted interiors
* Oversized studio retreat with built-ins, glass sliders opening to the garden and an adjoining modern bathroom
* A sunny terrace frames the in-ground pool, deep private near-level lawns, gorgeous gardens with towering palms
* 140m to NBSC Balgowlah Boys Campus, 180m to St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School, handy to a selection of high schools
* 350m from bus services to Manly Wharf, Milsons Point, Chatswood, Northern Beaches Hospital and the Sydney CBD
* 400m to Balgowlah Golf Course and Balgowlah Oval, 500m to Balgowlah Heights Village,660m to Seaforth Village
* Auto lock-up garage, 800m to Balgowlah Village, 860 to North Harbour Reserve, close to Balgowlah Heights Public School

Council: $3,852pa approx
Water: $807pa approx