Semi-like in proportion and appeal, this transformed c1910 apartment provides an elegant yet luxurious entertainer in a wonderfully central coastal address. Occupying approximately half of a boutique building of only three and buffered below road level with near level access, its light filled layout features an enormous living space with a slow-combustion fireplace and an adjoining oversized dining room, a sleek stone kitchen with a breakfast/cocktail bar and bi-fold windows sharing northerly sunshine and leafy district vistas with a private entertainers' deck. Move straight in and live it up within a few steps of the popular Effie's Cafe and Manly Wharf/city buses, less than a five minute stroll to the primary school or shopping and eateries at either Fairlight Village or Balgowlah Village, and within walking distance of Fairlight Beach or Manly Beach. Accommodation Features: * Near level access to a skylit entrance hall * Vast living space and an oversized dining room * Slow combustion pot-belly fireplace with a flue * Sleek stone/gas kitchen with s/steel dishwasher * Sunny bi-fold windows open to the rear deck * Stone stool bar with bi-folds capturing NW views * Spacious bedrooms with built-in wardrobes * Sunroom/office with built-ins and leafy outlooks * Modern bathroom with a shower over the bath * Concealed internal laundry, louvred windows * High patterned ceilings and picture rails * Timber floors, plantation shutters and gas outlet External Features: * Elegant boutique c1910 building of only three * Set behind a brick wall and tropical gardens * Ornate façade with leadlight inlaid lobby doors * Large sunlit north-facing entertainers' deck * Leaf-screened with sweeping northwest vistas * Enormous designated lock-up basement storeroom * Private enclosed common courtyard at the rear * Scope to go up in union with the neighbours (STCA) Location Benefits: * 70m to Manly Wharf and express city buses * 150m to the popular Effie's Café * 400m to Manly West Public School * 550m to Fairlight Village or Balgowlah Village * 730m to picturesque North Harbour Reserve * 850m to beautiful Fairlight Beach * 1.5km to Manly "Boy" Charlton Swim Centre * 1.66km to Manly Beach Strata rates: $1,650pq approx. Disclaimer: All information contained here is gathered from sources we believe reliable. We have no reason to doubt its accuracy, however we cannot guarantee it.