Harbour Mill resale, apartment 215 for $825,000

Some secondary market activity as settlement approaches in a few months ...

Resale of apartment 215 linked here.

215/280 Jones Street Pyrmont NSW 2009

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Sold Date: Fri 12-Sep-14

SOLD!

This project is perfectly located for lifestyle and convenience. The site adjoins the Wentworth Park Light Rail Station, which is cleverly linked via public domain improvements planned to encourage access by residents and the broader community.

- The apartment features 86 m2 internal area and 8 m2 balcony.
- Designer kitchen equipped with quality gas appliances.
- One secure car space.
- Residents can enjoy an easy stroll around Darling Harbour into the CBD.
- Also an easy walk to UTS and Sydney University.
- Sydney Fish Markets are also just moments away, as are the eclectic shops and restaurants along Glebe Point Road.

And a one bedder on the ground floor is for sale, linked here.

G09/280 Jones Street Pyrmont NSW 2009

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Modern One Bedroom Apartment With 2 Parking Spaces

An opportunity not to be missed! This one bedroom apartment is located on ground level of the Harbour Mill Apartments with everything at its doorstep and moments to Wentworth Park. It is conveniently located adjoins the Wentworth Park Light Rail Station, easy stroll to CBD, UTS & Sydney University. The bustling Sydney Fish Markets and Blackwattle Bay are just moments away. Anticipated completion by end of 2015.

- East facing balcony with full height floor to ceiling glass sliding door looking out to landscaped courtyard (common property)
- Gourmet kitchen with Quantum Quartz bench top & splashback
- Smeg cooking appliances, microwave & dishwasher
- Modern bathroom with Travertine floors
- Timber floorboards in living area & carpet in bedroom
- Reverse cycle split system air-conditioning
- Internal laundry with clothes dryer
- Secure parking for 2 cars
- Whole apartment is thoughtfully setup with quality audio and video electronics for modern lifestyle entertainment. These special inclusions are Bose surround AV system with surround speakers, Bose remote control, Samsung LED TVs on wall brackets, mini iPad control, wall mount docking...show more

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Darling Harbour update, making progress fast

'Darling Harbour Live' is the consortium appointed by the NSW Government to redevelop Darling Harbour. They regularly release newsletters to keep local residents up to date, and more infromation can be found linked here.

There's an interesting video called 'Darling Harbour Live Flythrough' which shows what the site will look like when it's finished, and HM is only a few minutes away. There'll never be a shortage of things to do in the area.

Here is an extract from their latest newsletter:

Excellent news on the new school next to Harbour Mill

Great news in my opinion, the State Government is finally buying the land below and next to Harbour Mill to build a new 1,000 pupil primary school (according to the Sydney Morning Herald on 16 December 2014, page 6).

In my previous blogs, I reported that discussions had been called off, but an agreement has been reached and the State will pay $74 million for council depot on the corner of Jones, Wattle and Fig Streets, right next to the light rail station, here:

This is rough highlighting but you get the picture.

The NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli said this week:

"Ultimo Public School has been on its current site for 100 years and it needs space to grow as it prepares to deliver quality public education for another century."

He said it would include a child-care centre and after-school care, and it will open on the first day of term one in 2018, three years from now.

Some of you may think having a thousand screaming kids next to the building is not so good, but the reasons I am enthusiastic include:

1. The land would have been sold at some time, it is valuable and almost vacant. If it had gone into private hands, it could have been developed into many tall buildings, potentially blocking views from HM and compromising some of the uniqueness of the location.

2. It will give the area vitality and energy. That's better than being the building at the end of the street with nobody around.

3. It will increase demand to live in HM, increasing the value of the property. This is a primary school, not a high school full of teenage kids. Many working families would love to live next to a school and then walk to work in the city.

4. The actual school is not on the same level as HM but at the bottom of the escarpment. It will not be accessible by car from Jones Street, so there may be little car traffic impact.

I am interested if anyone else feels otherwise. I can see some downside - the light rail station will be terribly busy at certain times of day, there may be more traffic nearby since primary school kids are often driven to school, there may be noise during the day.

But if I think of many uses for such a great location, a school must be one of the better outcomes.

Let me know what you think.

The covers start to come off ...

The south side of the building, facing the row of terraces, has had the scaffolding removed, and it gives us a much better indication of what the building 'macro' design will look like.

And something else I noticed - the crane has gone. Maybe all the really heavy lifting is completed.

What do you think? Looks pretty sleek to me.

This photograph is taken from the driveway on the western side of the building, looking at the four-storey section. Windows and other parts are not completed, and of course, the rest of HM is not this far advanced, but it's a shiny start.

This is taken from the other side, the eastern side at Jones Lane, looking down the driveway on the southern end.

This building will not disappear into the background like so many anonymous city apartment blocks.