November 1, 2026 — 3:35pm

An upsizing couple paid $2.14 million for a renovated Alexandria terrace with a rooftop garden at auction on Saturday, beating two others and still securing a discount to the reserve.

The three-bedroom home at 182 Henderson Road had a kitchen and dining area that led out to a courtyard and then a smart rooftop terrace for entertaining, set above the garage.

The property was one of 985 scheduled to go to auction in Sydney last week. By Saturday evening, Domain recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 48 per cent from 564 reported results throughout the week, while 208 auctions were withdrawn. Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate.

The clearance rate has edged up from the low it reached last week, when the preliminary result was 45 per cent, its lowest all year.…