Local Beaches

Manly, One of the first seaside resorts to allow daylight swimming and surfing back in 1903, Manly offers the unique combination of wide ocean beaches on one side and serene sandy harbour coves and inlets on the other.

Try the oceanside surfing beaches and coves of Manly for active water sports: surfing, windsurfing, parasailing, snorkelling and scuba diving. Or simply sunbathe, take a dip in one of the saltwater swimming pools or swim off the patrolled beaches.

For a different beach experience enjoy the sheltered sandy beach and gentle waves of Manly Cove, on the harbour side right next to the Wharf – ideal for family picnics, sailing, fishing, building sandcastles or just relax in the sun.

Join the visitors and locals on the long beachfront promenade and cycleways to stroll, jog, rollerblade or bike ride.

For safety in the surf you should only swim between the red and yellow flags which mark the safest swimming areas. Manly’s beaches are patrolled all year round by lifeguards.

Warringah, Home to some of Sydney’s most scenic coastline and cleanest beaches. There are nine patrolled beaches covering 185 hectares of sand, forshore, dunes, lagoons and bluffs, and six rockpools.

Over many years Warringah’s beaches have played host to a number of national and international surfing championships and have since gained a reputation for being among the top surfing beaches in the world.

Beaches Include:

Collaroy
Dee Why
Freshwater
Long Reef
Narrabeen
North Curl Curl
North Narrabeen
South Curl Curl
South Narrabeen

These beaches are patrolled weekend and public holidays by lifeguards and volunteers and Monday to Friday by lifeguards from October to late April.

During the summer school holidays – these beaches are patrolled seven days a week by professional lifeguards and also volunteers on the weekends and public holidays.

Local Market Update

Many buyers are already wondering why they didn’t take advantage of the opportunities that existed from the market only a few of months ago. Hindsight does give you 20/20 vision!

Looking at the current trends, a number of vendors have been taking the opportunity to sell first, and then knowing exactly what they have in their ‘pocket’ they head out to find their next home.

Relatively low stock levels have meant that purchasers have had less choice and this has assisted Seaforth, Balgowlah & surrounding suburbs in holding its value better than many other areas during the G.F.C. and in the past couple of months we have started to see prices moving up again.

Coupled with this in recent weeks we have seen very strong clearance rates emerge at auction with a number of the prices being achieved above expectations.

We believe this is a good market for both vendors and purchasers. Australia has been seen to have weathered the financial turbulence well and we are seeing slightly more desperate purchasers, who have been in the market for up to 12 months & are now keen to buy.

Many of our clients use us as “real estate advisors,” whether they are looking to sell or buy. As with any good investment advisor, our focus is to help you plan for your long term success, in line with your expectations and ideals. We assist, educate and empower every purchaser to proceed, and, at the same time, focus on exceeding the expectations of our vendors.

If you need constructive property advice, we would be delighted to contribute to your knowledge base, so don’t hesitate to pick up the phone.