Property Advert of the Week: Red Gum Estate, Northmead (1968)

A few weeks go, I shared a  1966 newspaper advertisement by Parkes Developments for a land release at Northmead. This week, I stick to the same suburb but fast forward two years to 1968 and HookerRex were offering homesites for a $100 deposit on the Red Gum Estate. 

 

Source: Hooker-Rex Pty. Ltd. 1968. "Northmead Homesites" (Advertisement). The Daily Mirror, April 5: 48. 

Property Advert of the Week: Northmead Land Release (1966)

Our Property Advert of the Week is from 1966. Parkes Developments were promoting a land release at Northmead. Published two days before the changeover to decimal currency, a £25 deposit secured your block of land.

Going by the map, the lots encompassed an area bounded by Reillys Road and Barnetts Road, incorporating Kelvin Grove and Stephenson Street. 

  

Source: Parkes Developments. 1966. "Land First Release Northmead" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, February 12: 43. 

Property Advert of the Week: Stocks and Holdings Projects Ad (1966)

Below is a double-page newspaper advertisement that was published in The Daily Telegraph on April 9 1966 by Stocks and Holdings Projects to showcase a selection of land releases that were on offer across Sydney.

Source: Stocks & Holdings Projects. 1966. "For Sydney's Best Land Values Follow These Signs" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, April 9: 36-37. 

Property Advert of the Week: Land Bargains by John L. Nichols & Co in "The Daily Telegraph" (1965)

Below is a 1965 newspaper advertisement by John L. Nichols & Co that promoted land releases in suburbs across Sydney.

Source: John L. Nichols & Co. Pty. Ltd. 1965. "A page of bargains!!" (Advertisement). The Daily Telegraph, October 16: 51. 

Source: John L. Nichols & Co. Pty Ltd. 1965

Property Advert of the Week: Sherwood Park Estate, Northmead (1969)

This will be our final property advert of the week for 2014. Today, I will share an advert for the first release of home sites at the Sherwood Park Estate at Northmead in 1969. An unsewered block cost you just $2190 while a sewered site would cost you $3390. According to the RBA inflation calculator you could have your (un sewered block) for $23 986.
 

Source: Parkes Developments Pty. Ltd. "Northmead (Advertisement)." The Daily Telegraph, August 15: 47.

Our weekly property advert feature will return from January 31.