Robert Terley is born and bred Eastern Suburbs and has been servicing the area for six years.
Popular spot for the South African Jewish community
There’s still a very strong ethnicity here, there’s a lot of Jewish people that live within this area, because you are still within walking distance to the Synagogue, so it’s a popular one for Jewish people to buy and live.
In particular the Jewish South Africans presence is very, very strong, anytime you jump around here you’d be hard placed not to hear the twang.
They’re great because they’re hugely community minded, they get things done, they’re efficient, and you combine those three things and things morph into great things because they are not prepared let things slide, they want things a certain way and they get it because that's the standard they’ve kept for that they do in here and what they do with their businesses.
Very attractive lifestyle
This part of the world has got virtually anything and everything, as far as lifestyle goes, you’re within walking distance to get to water, whether you go to the cliff side and you walk up towards the cliffs or whether you go down towards the harbour, it’s all within, call it a twenty minute walk of where you are in that spot, so you get to water which, especially the harbour, it’s the focus of what Sydney’s all about.
You’ve also got golf courses, you’ve got the Royal, you’ve got the Woollahra Golf Club, you’ve got Rose Bay tennis clubs, you’ve got literally anything and everything you want, now you’ve got Coles and Woolworths, so you’ve got shopping and there’s some cute boutiques in Rose Bay as well that you can shop at, and instead of it being daggy and old - it’s hip and cool.
Investment has cooled
It’s still an area that people will look to buy an investment, it seems to be generally cooling however and we could theorise about big brother as to why it’s been cooled, but the banks are making it a lot harder on the investment side, so hence there’s not as much in the way of investments but they are still investing.
Less appealing to buy fixer-uppers
Because the building industry has gone through a morph, today builders are asking seven and a half thousand, per square meter, a massive increase on where it used to be, and consequently people have been doing a lot renovation but we’re finding that there’s big morph now for people saying we want everything renovated and built and done before we buy, because they know that the costs and complexities involved and that's putting a lot of people off.
That having been said others are sitting on homes, and saying well we don’t want to live the way we are living, it’s too expensive to move, the next step up is to bridge the gap, so therefore we’ll renovate or we’ll build, so there is a lot of renovating going on for pre-existing owners but people that are buying are generally trying to buy something that's done.
Military Road used to known as "poor man's Vaucluse"
Essentially a lot of the old houses, especially on Military Road, all the old P&O style homes, have been bowled down and new ones have been built.
So people are bowling down what was existing and building very large homes, they are just massive, but they are taking advantage of the view.
When I was kid it used to be, and please pardon the expression, known as “poor man’s Vaucluse,” but it certainly has taken over, and it's not to the same degree as expensive as other parts of Vaucluse, we aren't seeing that 18 million dollar transaction but you do get up to 5-7 million dollar properties in the area, which you’d never ever expect in this pocket.
New housing stock is drawing Chinese investors
Recently we've been seeing quite a number of Chinese and offshore buyers that have come into the area and have bought here.
It's been surprising but then again with Chinese buyers the houses usually have to be full brick dwellings with a suspended slab, and there’s enough homes like that around this area to draw them.
Interesting they don’t necessarily come to move in and live, it’s just a place to maybe park money, but they can come here, they may have a house here and they may have a house in London and they may have a house in other cities, sometimes they set up home here but we’ve had a lot that haven’t, and there’s no one living there for months on end.
16 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
First floor extension , garage , new swimming pool and landscaping to dwelling
19th September 2017
Waverley Council
2 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification including alterations and additions to ground level and basement
8th September 2017
Waverley Council
286 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modifications to make alterations to sunhouse , louvre screens and carparking
14th July 2017
Waverley Council
7 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to include a roof terrace to approved dual occupancy
7th June 2017
Waverley Council
4 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Construction of new double garage , courtyard and bin store to dwellling
4th April 2017
Waverley Council
276 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of dwelling , construction of two semi-detached dwellings and land subdivision
15th March 2017
Waverley Council
58 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Substantial demolition of existing semi-detached dwelling; construction of a new semi-detached dwelling with basement garage, swimming pool and boundary fences
5th January 2017
Waverley Council
17 Ethel Street Vaucluse NSW 2030
Section 96 (1a) modification to windows along the northern elevation.
23rd December 2016
Waverley Council
2 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of existing dwelling , construction of a dual occupancy development
7th December 2016
Waverley Council
279 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to driveway levels and location of crossover
24th November 2016
Waverley Council
26 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Alterations and additions to existing semi-detached dwelling including rear extension and extension to garage.
29th August 2016
Waverley Council
279 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
New hardstand carspace and front fence
26th May 2016
Waverley Council
261 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to approved alterations to dwelling including removal of rear stairs and modifications to windows.
19th May 2016
Waverley Council
2/13-15 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Window alterations, external stairs and internal alterations to dwelling in a dual occupancy.
17th March 2016
Waverley Council
17 Ethel Street Vaucluse NSW 2030
Basement garage, internal alterations and rooftop service access to semi detached dwelling
22nd December 2015
Waverley Council
79 Oceanview Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Glass balustrade to a dual occupancy dwelling.
9th November 2015
Waverley Council
261 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Internal alterations, new windows and deck to dwelling
2 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of dwelling , construction of a new two storey dwelling and swimming pool
25th August 2015
Waverley Council
4 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Privacy screen to rear of dwelling.
12th August 2015
Waverley Council
307 Military Road Vaucluse NSW 2030
Alterations and additions to existing dwelling including creation of roof terrace and minor external modifications
7th August 2015
Waverley Council
286 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations and additions to Residential Flat Building to create two additional units
20th July 2015
Waverley Council
33 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to delete condition regarding glazing & make internal alterations to approved dwelling alterations and additions
8th July 2015
Waverley Council
42 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Internal alterations , new window and door to dwelling
29th April 2015
Waverley Council
5 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to court approved residential flat building including facade alterations and additions to unit
30th March 2015
Waverley Council
33 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
New garage with rooftop terrace, driveway, external stairs and landscaping to dwelling house
19th March 2015
Waverley Council
44 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Enlarge garage, new balcony, new stairs and landing, and changes to windows of dwelling house
16th March 2015
Waverley Council
26A Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Modification for extension to basement garage , change of roof style and deletion of condition 2a to retain front balcony
3rd March 2015
Waverley Council
9 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Strata subdivision of existing dual occupancy
2nd March 2015
Waverley Council
7/25-27 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Unauthorised works including the removal of internal structural walls and installation of supporting
9th February 2015
Waverley Council
46 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to cancel swimming pool, extend rear balcony, replace garage door and fencing
4th February 2015
Waverley Council
52 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Convert single width garage to double width , new entrance with awning , bi-fold doors at rear , internal modifications and new pool fence to dwelling house
23rd January 2015
Waverley Council
12 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification including 3 new windows
5th November 2014
Waverley Council
12 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification including 3 new windows.
5th November 2014
Waverley Council
255 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
First floor addition including rear balcony, minor ground floor changes and new front fence.
21st October 2014
Waverley Council
260 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Changes to facade, windows, roof, new pergola at rear and first floor window.
12th September 2014
Waverley Council
5 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of existing building , construction of a four storey residential flat building with seven units , basement carparking , landscaping and strata subdivision
8th August 2014
Waverley Council
26A Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
First floor including extension of garage
7th August 2014
Waverley Council
38 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Modification to include an internal staircase from ground floor level to basement
15th July 2014
Waverley Council
3/303 Military Road Vaucluse NSW 2030
Change of use for home base catering.
11th July 2014
Waverley Council
46 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations and additions including new swimming pool and rear balcony
16th June 2014
Waverley Council
12 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations & additions including internal reconfiguration & enclosure of rear under croft.
1st May 2014
Waverley Council
7 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of existing double storey & garage & construction of dual occupancy, consisting of car park space, terrace & pool.
31st March 2014
Waverley Council
241 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of dwelling ,construction of a two storey dwelling , lower ground double garage and swimming pool
7th February 2014
Waverley Council
57 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to extend basement level of approved dwelling
28th January 2014
Waverley Council
28 Peel Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
S96 modification to remove tree in rear yard previously required to be retained & protected.
52 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Demolition of dwelling, construction of a new dwelling & swimming pool.
19th April 2013
Waverley Council
9 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modifications to roof height and driveway and internal and external alterations
14th March 2013
Waverley Council
284 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to delete condition 2(a) regarding front setback.
5th March 2013
Waverley Council
8-10 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification including additional windows
18th December 2012
Waverley Council
284 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
First floor extension
6th December 2012
Waverley Council
21 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modify proposal to include new window with louvre and rear roof addition
3rd October 2012
Waverley Council
9 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Ground and first floor extension to existing dual occupancy , new lower ground and ground floor garage and rooftop terrace
13th September 2012
Waverley Council
8-10 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Deck along eastern side on the boundary and relocation of side door
15th August 2012
Waverley Council
38 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Modification to roof including raising height by 200mm and install fascia and gutter on first floor
16th July 2012
Waverley Council
16 Kobada Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations and a first floor addition to a detached dwelling
11th July 2012
Waverley Council
21 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
7th June 2012
Waverley Council
12 Elvina Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
New swimming pool and boundary fence to dwelling to replace existing pool and fence.
16th April 2012
Waverley Council
21 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Amalgamate two allotments into one and strata subdivide for dual occupancy
27th March 2012
Waverley Council
21 George Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alteration to semi-detached dwelling including internal alterations, new deck at rear plus landscaping works.
15th March 2012
Waverley Council
79 Oceanview Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modify plans to increase height of side privacy wall & to increase roof height of garage at street level.
12th March 2012
Waverley Council
21 Kobada Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Correct development consent description to include attic space.
14th February 2012
Waverley Council
33 Eastern Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations and additions to dwelling including ground and first floor addition to the rear.
10th January 2012
Waverley Council
258 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to consent conditions 2(a) & (b) relating to balcony depth reduction & design materials.
9th January 2012
Waverley Council
38 Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Alterations and additions to semi -detached dwelling including upper storey addition
14th December 2011
Waverley Council
59 Oceanview Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modify proposal by adjusting window locations on ground & first floor plus new steps & balcony for access to rear ground floor for dual occupancy.
1st November 2011
Waverley Council
29 Oceanview Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Swimming pool to rear yard.
20th September 2011
Waverley Council
79 Oceanview Avenue Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modify proposal to include privacy screen on lower ground floor on western side and increase in garage height at street boundary
6th September 2011
Waverley Council
20 Bulga Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Proposed infill on front elevation, rebuild rear rooms on two storey dwelling plus new pool & decking at rear.
17th August 2011
Waverley Council
291 Military Road Dover Heights NSW 2030
Replace window with doorway at front of ground floor duplex plus modified fences & landscaping.
12th August 2011
Waverley Council
16 Peel Street Dover Heights NSW 2030
Proposed alterations and additions to semi-detached cottage
19th May 2011
Waverley Council
42A Oceanview Avenue Vaucluse NSW 2030
Construction of rear carspace, rear deck & new retaining walls to dwelling.
4th May 2011
Waverley Council
42A Oceanview Avenue, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Alterations & additions to dwelling including rear carspace, rear deck & new retaining walls
4th May 2011
Waverley Council
26 Peel Street, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Construction of carport at dwelling
21st February 2011
Waverley Council
290 Military Road, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Inground concrete swimming pool and retaining wall
8th February 2011
Waverley Council
21 Oceanview Avenue, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of existing building and construction of 2 x 2 storey attached dwellings with basement carparking.
21st January 2011
Waverley Council
57 Eastern Avenue, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Demolition of existing dwelling & construction of two storey dwelling including basement parking & pool
24th December 2010
Waverley Council
23 Eastern Avenue, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Alterations and first floor addition to dwelling.
3rd December 2010
Waverley Council
309 Military Road, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Modification of window to door and addition to ground floor of dwelling.
25th November 2010
Waverley Council
283 Military Road, Dover Heights NSW 2030
Modification to delete conditions relating to rear
17th November 2010
Waverley Council
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Convenience Score:
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Tranquillity Score:
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Communications Score:
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Community Score:
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