Lane Cove home sells $660k over reserve, but auctioneer has sobering words on state of market realestate.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from realestate.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two cashed-up empty-nesters went head to head for the five-bedroom beachfront home, which was on the market for the first time in more than four decades.
Bob Carr was a journalist at the now defunct magazine The Bulletin and his late wife Helena was running a cheque-printing factory in late 1979 when they purchased a house on the high side of the street in Maroubra.
Bob Carr was a journalist at the now defunct magazine The Bulletin and his late wife Helena was running a cheque-printing factory in late 1979 when they purchased a house on the high side of the street in Maroubra.