A great apartment in Balmain within a historic house close to the harbour

Description

A well-appointed spacious apartment on the entire ground floor of a distinctive historic house with garden views to Mort Bay and Sydney Harbour. It's a quiet and welcoming place with a separate entrance and lots of living space both inside and out. There's a contemporary stone-walled kitchen with a large separate lounge/dining room. The bedroom is spacious and comfortable with a queen size bed with quality linen and plenty of storage. The hallway to the bathroom and bedroom is filled with books and art. Weekly cleaning can be arranged at a reasonable additional charge. There's a 15 metre verandah overlooking a tropical garden of frangipanis, magnolias, birds nest ferns and kitchen herbs. Summer watering of this garden is welcome. From the verandah and the outdoor dining table under the pergola there are views of Mort Bay and Sydney Harbour. There is no off-street parking, but there is always street parking nearby, especially over summer. The ferries from Balmain Wharf or Balmain East Wharf are frequent and run 7 days/week and provide a very practical way to access Circular Quay, the city and the art galleries - Museum of Contemporary Art and Art Gallery of NSW. Circular Quay is an excellent transport hub to other urban and rural destinations including buses to Bondi Beach and ferries to Manly beach. It's a 5-10 minute walk to the local Balmain shops and supermarkets. Woolworths is open from 7.30 am to 10pm every day. There are also very good weekend markets nearby - an organic farmers market - Orange Grove Markets - every Saturday morning. The wonderful second hand market at Rozelle Primary School is also open every Saturday.