Higgins family affair – North Bondi apartment formerly belonging to singer hits market

The year 2005 was a good one for Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins – winning five separate ARIA Awards and Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the MTV Australia awards. It was also the year she bought this North Bondi art deco apartment.

1/57 Wairoa Avenue was home to the musician for 10 years – until she sold it to her parents in March 2015 – who then sold it on to her sister, artist Nicola Higgins, in November of the same year.

Records show Higgins bought the beachside apartment for $636,000 in June 2005 – now it is being sold with a price guide of $1.5 million.

In a block of four with a private garden, the two-bedroom North Bondi pad might prove tempting for those looking for a property with a creative pedigree.

It’s not the only property Higgins has parted with in the last few years – she also listed and sold her Abbotsford warehouse conversion, scoring over $2.2 million for the Melbourne apartment in March 2016.

Higgins broke onto the Australian music scene with her 2004 album The Sound of White, followed up by On A Clear Night.

The hit Australian singer-songwriter stepped back from the music scene in 2009 and took an extended break. She returned with the album The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle in 2012, touring again in 2016 – including performing at the 2016 ARIAs – and releasing a song inspired by the Syrian refugee crisis.