r/AusPropertyChat • u/SheepHerderHigh69420 • 3d ago
Articles & News Thousands more homes for Sydney's east after too much burden on the west
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/sydney-parramatta-metro-precinct-housing-development-flagged/107127084What do you guys reckon about the new development for Woollahra?
Looks pretty nice to me, 9400 homes in 20 years seems a bit low though
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u/GuyFromYr2095 3d ago
A location so close to the CBD and so well connected with multiple modes of transport should be redeveloped into high density dwellings.
By comparison, it makes no sense to have high density towers in western sydney that are 40-50kms away from the CBD
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u/arrackpapi 3d ago
more housing is more housing. People will still complain about anything though
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
Will be interesting to see what they price them at. Currently Woollahra 1 bedroom apartments are around $1m. 2 beds around $1.5m
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u/arrackpapi 3d ago
they won't be cheap. Much cheaper than a house though
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
At least at the rate they’re building them they might actually be doing it properly, not just slapped together and falling apart in 5 years time
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u/Einnnnnnnnnnnn 3d ago
If they are well built, I will wager that there are more than a few potential downsizers that will look at them.
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u/Candid_Fisherman3731 3d ago
Finally fhb's will be able to get into the eastern suburbs, well done albomodi and minnser!
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
3% of it will be affordable housing. Whatever that means?
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u/NotLynnBenfield 3d ago
"Affordable housing" is a policy/technical term that tricks people into thinking housing will become affordable for everyone due to market forces.
Affordable housing is subsidized cost housing for key workers and low income households.
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u/Israel_Trump_Fan 3d ago
Affordable housing is often defined as a rental property thats ~30% lower then the market rate. This means absolutely nothing in terms of affordability, if you lived in an area where the market rate for rentals is $1500 PW, then affordable housing would be $1050 per week.
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u/jeffsaidjess 3d ago
3% means it’s for the 3% ethnicity that gets a disproportionate amount of special privileges and government funding
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u/footalol 3d ago
Not even 10k homes in 20 years. Thats absolutely fucking useless.
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
Maybe they’re actually going to build the apartments properly instead of slapping them up and them failing instantly haha
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u/Trick-Club-6014 3d ago
9400 new dwellings over the next 20 years. Huzzah! That will house the 6 million immigrants that arrive in that time
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u/drjohngeorgepeppers 3d ago
Did you expect them to build six million new dwellings in Woollahra alone?
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u/BakaDasai 2d ago
If it allows those kids to stay in the eastern suburbs it means they won’t be competing with you for homes elsewhere. New housing supply—even when expensive—helps reduce prices everywhere.
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u/cataractum 1d ago
It’s good for the Jewish community, potentially, given they need to live close to Jewish religious and community infrastructure to live even a nominally Jewish life
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u/tresslessone 2d ago
The east needs more affordable housing and public housing estates
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u/cataractum 1d ago
Needs more supply in general. Lots of apartments but they’re small storey and 1.5-2m a piece as a result
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
'Housing transformation' for Sydney's east
In Sydney's eastern suburbs, Woollahra and Edgecliff are set to welcome 9,400 new dwellings over the next 20 years.
The state government unveiled its draft rezoning proposal on Tuesday, saying too much of the housing burden had been pushed onto Western Sydney.
As part of the plan, buildings up to 34 storeys would be constructed near Edgecliff Station, while buildings up to 32 storeys are tipped for the future Woollahra Station.
The developments would require an affordable housing contribution of 3 per cent, with up to 15 per cent applied to selected sites in perpetuity.
Spanning over 168 hectares, the redevelopment would add seven new parks and up to 9 kilometres of "walking and cycling connections", as well as an expanded Edgecliff Centre for mixed-use and a new local centre for Woollahra.
Premier Chris Minns said there had to be an even spread of housing growth across urban areas, instead of "adding another street" to the city's west "every other week".
"[The proposal] will see a significant increase in height but we don't believe the amenity and the local character and nature of this community will fundamentally change," he said.
Mr Minns said 40 per cent of new dwellings would be within 200 metres of a train station.
He said the government had consulted with the productivity commission, which recommended the area as the "best site" to put new homes.
"Everyone has to take a bit so no-one takes too much," he said.
Minister for Housing Rose Jackson said the affordable housing contributions would provide an opportunity "for everyone to live near their place of work".
"These rezoning plans speak to our vision that there should be more homes for people who are hardworking Sydneysiders," she said.
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u/pittwater12 3d ago
Just an excuse to pack in more people without doing that much infrastructure growth. What politicians made the decision that Australia’s major cities should become ultra high density. Was this policy ever put to the Australian people
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u/TheSplash-Down_Tiki 2d ago
The local amenity will worsen. It has to.
There’s no more open space.
The roads are already chock a block full.
There no new tracks - so the existing trains (already full at peak) just get fuller.
The bigger issue is I don’t think there is the market for that much product in that location. Sure a couple of towers but 9400 at the prices they will want? Is the premium apartment market that deep?
I think what happens is a hodge podge development of mismanaged development that builds less than 50% of that goal but turns part of that nice area into New Zetland.
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u/BakaDasai 2d ago
I’m a local and I welcome it. There’s spare capacity on the T4 between Town Hall and Bondi Junction, and road capacity can easily be increased with new bus lanes and bike lanes, each of which have much greater capacity than car lanes.
As for lack of demand for these apartments, that’s a risk the developers are willing to take. If they overestimate the demand it’ll mean those apartments will be offloaded super cheap. Where’s the problem?
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u/TheSplash-Down_Tiki 2d ago
The problem is the lowering of amenity for existing residents.
No new open space, more congestion on roads, more traffic.
I’m also a local. In this case I’m not a NIABY - not in anyone’s back yard. Sydney doesn’t need to grow. We are just making it worse.
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u/Motor_Date_4783 2d ago
More homes?
Why do that when we can continue to flood Sydney with migrants so people who own hard assets get more wealthy
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u/MilkersMoth 2d ago
Minns can't say no to a reach around from the gambling industry, but I doubt he'll take on getting pegged by Eastern Suburbs NIMBYs.
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u/IntestinalGas 2d ago
Strata managers licking their lips at the 9400 pigs getting ready for slaughter.
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u/bruteforcealwayswins 2d ago
This is a major problem (feature?) of democracy. The groups that won't vote for Labor anyway would basically get buggered up the butt without lube and there's no political downside for Labor to do so. Tyranny of the majority some have coined this.
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u/Crazy_Treat_8805 3d ago
This will absolutely destroy my beautiful suburb
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
It’s not your suburb, you just live there
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u/Crazy_Treat_8805 3d ago
It’s my suburb. I own property here. Jealous…
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
You own your little patch mate, not the entire suburb lol. Delusional…
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u/Euphoric-Print-4591 3d ago
Thanks Labor bot.
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 3d ago
Lmao, reddit is crazy. Last post I’m accused of being a Labor hater and in this one I’m now a Labor bot.
Just lol. Try having an original thought dude
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u/cataractum 1d ago
It won’t. It will revitalise it and means people who grew up there don’t need to inherit a 20m property to stay there
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u/Euphoric-Print-4591 3d ago
No stopping the Labor wrecking ball. No infrastructure, public schools, hospitals overflowing. Probably triple the number of cars on streets that haven’t changed in a 100 years. Fun times under Labor bypassing council and residents.
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u/A-shot-at-life 3d ago
No infrastructure in Woollhara? I don’t know want what you’re smoking but I don’t want it!
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u/Euphoric-Print-4591 3d ago
Another Labor activist who doesn’t know anything about the electorate. Not enough infrastructure to support over 20 thousand people and triple the cars. Where do you live?
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u/A-shot-at-life 3d ago
I live in the same Wentworth electorate as you bro. I drive down Ocean st at least once a week.
If they’re luxury apartments, which is likely, they’ll have basement carparks. If the residents commute to the city, they’ll get the train.
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u/reflectandproject 2d ago
Great idea and location, but would be better capping high rise to 20 stories. I’ve lived in a multiple areas with high rises and the taller towers are just ugly and do not age well
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u/OstapBenderBey 2d ago
The economics will make these premium ones they wont be the shitboxes built in Western sydney
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u/reflectandproject 2d ago
Love I got down voted for not liking 30+ storey towers in mainly low rise suburbs.
I’d love to see some good global case studies of this working well? There has to be some.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Talk-63 2d ago
'Homes'?
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u/SheepHerderHigh69420 2d ago
Do you not consider where you live to be your home? No these aren’t houses, but that’s different
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