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NSW › Watsons Bay › Cliff St

12 Cliff St, Watsons Bay NSW 2030

For saleHouse

$7,500,000

For sale

Asking

5

Bedrooms

4

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

247 m²

Land

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Given the $7,500,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $7,500,000(Listing record · 29 July 2026)
  • FactLand 247 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Official planning layers are still retrieving for this parcel — check back before relying on zoning or overlay absence.
  2. 2No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$7,500,000

Asking · $30,364/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Watsons Bay at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

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Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$7,500,000
Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
$451,197
Transfer/Registration Fee
$167
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$7,955,064

$455,064 on top of the price (6.1% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: New South Wales schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

No rent is recorded for this listing. Enter a weekly rent to model yield.

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Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

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Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

  1. Listed$7,500,000available29 July 2026

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

NSW

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

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Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

0 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Unknown

    No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Unknown

    The constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    Development applications have not been queried for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    NSW Valuer General land values are not loaded for this property yet.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

Area

Watsons Bay in one glance

Watsons Bay at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

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Suburb gross yield

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Keep researching

  • Why Watsons Bay? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Watsons Bay →
  • Other records on Cliff St →

Listing material

Listed by Ray White Double Bay

A Harbourside Treasure Where Maritime History Meets Artistic Legacy, 300m to Camp Cove Beach

Few Sydney homes can claim a legacy as rich or enduring as this remarkable c1860 double-fronted cottage. Originally positioned at the water's edge overlooking the harbour entrance, the historic residence was once home to the Harbour Master, who kept watch over the procession of ships arriving in and departing from Sydney Harbour. This intimate bond with the sea later captivated celebrated Australian artist John Olsen, who lived here during the 1960s and 1970s, with the shifting light and water inspiring some of his most significant works, including his Opera House masterpiece, 'Salute to Five Bells'. Beautifully renovated as a five-bedroom family residence, the freestanding weatherboard retains its authentic character while embracing an artful fusion of vintage and contemporary design. Lofty 3.4m ceilings, limewashed floorboards and whimsical bursts of colour bring creative energy to the interiors, while elevated harbour views reinforce its enduring connection to the water. Entrenched in Sydney's maritime history and woven into the cultural fabric of Watsons Bay, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure a home of extraordinary provenance and soul. In the heart of Australia's most picturesque seaside village, it's 300m to Camp Cove Beach and 350m to the ferry wharf, Doyles and Watsons Bay Hotel. Here, history, art and harbour life converge in a home that could never be replicated.

In conjunction with Alexander Phillips, PPD Real Estate 0418 404 337

- A property of rare historical pedigree

Read the full description

- Light-filled interiors, shiplap panelling

- Flexible family focused 5 bed layout

- 3 king-sized bedrooms on one level

- Master retreat with a harbour-view deck

- Family room anchored by a fireplace

- Chef's kitchen with an Ilve range cooker

- Stone breakfast island, walk-in pantry

- Spacious living/dining, custom joinery

- RealFlame fire, steel-framed bi-fold doors

- Seamless flow to an enchanting courtyard

- Bougainvillea-framed deck, sea breezes

- Lower level media retreat or 5th bedroom

- Designer marble-finished bathrooms

- Powder room, hydronic central heating

- 300m to the beach, 350m to the city ferry

Disclaimer: All information contained herein, including the description, floor plan, and images, is gathered from reliable sources. We have no reason to doubt its accuracy; however, we cannot guarantee it. All interested parties should make and rely upon their inquiries.

In conjunction with Alexander Phillips, Ray White Phillips & Co 0418 404 337

Listing description written by Adam Reichman, Ray White Double Bay — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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