Six Kimberley Street, Vaucluse, is a secure block of just eleven apartments tucked beside Diamond Bay Reserve, and this particular 336 square metre unit is one of only six sharing its entry. The agent’s copy leans hard into renovation potential, and sure, if that’s your thing, go for it. But we’d argue the actual drawcard here is what’s already in place: a completely intact original interior that hasn’t been touched since it was finished, and hasn’t needed to be.
The living areas do the heavy lifting. A full-height sandstone fireplace wall anchors one end of the main room, exposed timber ceiling beams running the length of it, while a suite of dusty coral velvet lounges faces off against the stone like the two have been in a respectful standoff for fifty years. Through the archway, the dining room commits completely to copper damask wallpaper, gilt cane-back chairs, and a crystal chandelier hanging over an oval timber table set for guests who, going by the finish on that timber, may never have actually turned up.
The kitchen is the boldest room in the apartment and knows it — dark timber cabinetry, a lattice-tiled orange splashback, terracotta floor tiles, and floral wallpaper in a pattern that has clearly never once considered blending in. The bedrooms keep the momentum going: gold damask walls and a coral tufted bedhead in the main, built-in timber shelving holding a modest figurine collection in the second, and a powder room so fully committed to red damask and an orange sink basin that it feels less like a bathroom and more like a mood.
Then there’s the rooftop terrace — exclusive to this apartment, looking straight out over Diamond Bay Reserve, the sandstone cliffs, and the Pacific beyond, with Rose Bay North village and a Coles just 500 metres away and Watsons Bay and Bondi both an easy run from the front door. It’s since sold, and we hope whoever’s there now appreciates what they’ve got, because honestly, there’s not much here we’d change. Just the one thing, really — somewhere between the fireplace and the coral lounges, this apartment is exactly one sunken conversation pit away from flawless.
