A tennis court, a pool, and 977 square metres of Strathfield.
32 Wallis Avenue, offered for the first time in 46 years. Move in, renovate, or rebuild, subject to council approval.
Arrange a Private InspectionThe Grounds
The grounds decide this one.
Most homes within fifteen minutes of the city cannot fit a tennis court, a pool and a garden behind the house. 32 Wallis Avenue carries all four on 977 square metres: a tennis court, an in-ground pool, established gardens with year-round colour, and a double-brick home set behind them.
That combination is the reason the property matters. Land of this size, configured for this kind of use, is the part of Strathfield the market is no longer producing.
A private tennis court
Held privately, behind the home. The single feature most inner-west blocks can no longer accommodate.
Pool and established gardens
An in-ground pool framed by mature hedging and landscaped gardens, screened from the street and the neighbours.
977 square metres
One landform that gives the court, the pool and the garden room to coexist. The scarce part, and the durable one.
The Home
Built for a large family, held by one for 46 years.
The home is double-brick across two storeys, designed for a family that needed room to grow. Five bedrooms and a substantial study or sixth bedroom, with the main bedroom on the ground floor. Two oversized bathrooms, including a three-way family bathroom. Formal lounge and dining for entertaining; an open-plan kitchen and family room at the centre, with a gas fireplace, a butler's pantry and French doors to the gardens. A separate study and library. Six-zone air conditioning, and secure parking for five behind an oversized garage.
It has been one family's home for 46 years, and it reads that way: comfortable, considered, and ready to be lived in now. It is also 977 square metres in a market where that is the hard part to find. A home to enjoy as it stands, or a position to renovate and reimagine over time.
The accommodation
Five bedrooms plus study, a ground-floor main, and two oversized bathrooms across two double-brick storeys.
The living
Formal lounge and dining, an open-plan kitchen and family room with gas fireplace and butler's pantry, and a separate study and library.
A home to enjoy now
Sound, comfortable and well-kept, with formal and casual living, six-zone climate control and established grounds. Live in it as it stands; the land keeps your options open.
A Closer Look
What 977 square metres actually looks like.
The grounds carry this home: the pool and pergola, the colonnade, established gardens, and a tennis court best read from the air. A closer look, in ten frames.
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The Film
See what the photographs can only suggest.
What a photograph can't hold: motion, light, the true scale of 977 square metres. And the feeling of the place. A Saturday game on the court out back. The schools close enough to talk about between points. A home built to be kept, lived at the pace you would keep it. The film holds all of it.
The Position
The schools are why families arrive and do not leave.
Strathfield is the inner west's school suburb. Within a short distance sit four of Sydney's most sought-after independent schools, alongside the local public catchment. For a family, that is rarely a one-house decision. It is a fifteen-year one, which is why homes of this size are bought to be held.
The address is wired into the city without sitting on top of it. Strathfield Station, around five minutes' drive, is one of Sydney's major rail interchanges, and the CBD is roughly fourteen minutes by train. Australian Catholic University is two minutes away; the M4, the city and the airport are an easy run.
Schools nearby
- Santa Sabina CollegeIndependent, Pre-K-12
- St Patrick's CollegeIndependent, Years 5-12
- Trinity Grammar SchoolIndependent, Pre-K-6
- Meriden SchoolIndependent, Pre-K-12
- Strathfield South Public SchoolGovernment catchment
Trinity Grammar's preparatory campus (Pre-K to Year 6) is in Strathfield; boys continue to Year 12 at its Summer Hill campus nearby. Public catchment per Domain school-zone data; confirm with the NSW Department of Education School Finder.
Connections
- Strathfield Station~5 min drive
- Sydney CBD by train~14 min
- Australian Catholic University~2 min drive
- M4 MotorwayDirect access
- Sydney AirportEasy run
Strathfield Station is a major interchange carrying every western and northern line, plus intercity and regional services.
The Opportunity
Move in, renovate, or build new.
The reason 977 square metres matters is the optionality it carries. Move into a sound, comfortable home and enjoy it as it stands. Renovate it over time. Or, subject to council approval, build new on one of the larger blocks left in the suburb. Whether the plan is a long-term family home or a resale, each path starts from the same scarce thing: the land.
What that land supports is on the public record. Established Strathfield homes with a pool and a tennis court have traded around the $6.7 to $7 million mark. New homes built on comparable blocks have sold well beyond it.
| Address | Result | Land | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 Wallis Avenue | $6,700,000 | 1,282 sqm | Established home, pool and tennis court. Street record. |
| 62 Barker Road | $7,000,000 | 1,416 sqm | Established home. Sold in about 20 days, Feb 2025. |
| 47 Newton Road | $12,050,000 | - | New build. Sold May 2026. |
| 23 South Street | $16,880,000 | 1,208 sqm | New build. Suburb record. |
"Pretty much the only place in the inner west within close proximity to the city where you can buy properties like this." Local agent, on the Strathfield large-block market, Domain, 2025
Any renovation or rebuild is subject to council approval. The sales above are recent results, not a forecast, a valuation, or a representation that any return will be achieved. They show what Strathfield has paid for land like this, and how rarely it comes up.
Sales sourced from McGrath, Domain and Sydney Morning Herald listings and reporting, Strathfield NSW 2135. Comparable sales are a guide to the market, not a valuation or a price for this property.
Floorplan
The layout
Private Inspection
32 Wallis Avenue is for sale by private treaty, open for private inspection by appointment. Every enquiry receives the full information pack and a link to the contract for sale, so you have everything in hand before you visit. Complete the form and a member of the team will be in touch within four hours to arrange a time.