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Sydney to Hobart skipper lists North Sydney home

Sydney to Hobart skipper lists North Sydney home

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Sydney to Hobart sailors and yacht owners Andrew and Amber Butler listed their renovated North Sydney family home this week and received interest from 50 buyers on the first day.
In between elite racing and Covid the pair transformed a 100-year-old terrace in a quiet precinct of the suburb into a luxury family home with private guest retreat and triple parking.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home at 4 Neutral St, North Sydney close to cafes, restaurants and the new Metro has a $4.1m guide and goes to auction on August 2.
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Adrian Bridges, of Atlas Lower North Shore, said North Sydney is pumping and feels like the Paddington or Woollahra of the north.
'Within 24 hours of launching the home we had 50 inquiries and I put that down to low stock and a shortage of family homes close to transport, schools and a restaurant scene,' Adrian said.
Number 4 Neutral St extends back into Little Alfred St where the Butlers have created a retreat cum gym cum home office above a three-car garage.
They landscaped the level garden, created an entertainer's courtyard and installed a dormer window upstairs to match the neighbour's home.
'This area is a hidden sanctuary, accessible to everything yet also a close and amazing community,' Andrew said.
Andrew is a retired managing director of an energy company and now full-time dad and keen sailor.
He sailed in his first Sydney to Hobart race in 2015, competed in two more in 2022 and 2024 and owns the two-handed yacht Rumchaser.
This month he will also take part in the Sydney to Gold Coast ocean race.
Amber is also a keen sailor and she and her team are leading the women's winter series out of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia at Darling Point.
The family plans to relocate northside to a home with a pool.
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