Sandstone Woollahra cottage sold for $4.3 million

A sandstone cottage in Woollahra redesigned by Burley Katon Halliday Architects has been snappily sold for $4.3 million.

Set on Holdsworth Street, the freestanding home was modernised by the local architecture firm in 2008.

Glass doors open from each area of the ground floor to the internal north facing courtyard garden.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms, including a master with an ensuite.

The Agency's Ben Collier had a guide in the early $4 millions for its scheduled late June auction.

It had traded at $2,601,000 in 2005.

House sales so far this year in Woollahra have ranged from $1.75 million to $5.7 million.

Holdsworth Street only sees a handful of sales per year, the last coming late last year when a an unrenovated 1890s terrace sold for $1,654,000.

This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian.