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NSW › Adamstown Heights › Russell Ave

12 Russell Ave, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289

House

$960,000

Last sold

9 Oct 2021

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

575 m²

Land

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Districts View

What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $960,000 (9 Oct 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 575 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Adamstown Heights (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,851/m² of land (n=142). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

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

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$960,000

9 Oct 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Adamstown Heights (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,851/m² of land (n=142). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Adamstown Heights at a glance

5,733

People

$1,385,000

Median sale

$848/wk

Median rent

3.18%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 34 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Adamstown Heights report →

Vs Adamstown Heights

-30.7%

Median sale

Suburb $1,385,000

+1.41 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.18%

Suburb median $1,385,000 from 34 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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. Sold$960,0009 Oct 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted22 Sept 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted22 Sept 2021

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?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $848/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

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.”

Read more

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.

1 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

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • 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

Adamstown Heights in one glance

Adamstown Heights at a glance

5,733

People

$1,385,000

Median sale

$848/wk

Median rent

3.18%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 34 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Adamstown Heights report →

Keep researching

  • Why Adamstown Heights? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Adamstown Heights →
  • Other records on Russell Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Century 21 Carkeet Johns Smith

Family Friendly Cul-de Sac

This original family home is in a quiet street location with a leafy outlook over the Council Reserve at rear. The home home features timber floorboards, generous eat-in kitchen and air conditioned loungeroom adjoining the back deck. An excellent opportunity for energetic buyers to renovate/refurbish/extend this home in a prized location so close and convenient to all that Newcastle and Lake Macquarie City can offer. Would also be an amazing block for knockdown-rebuild options for a new home site. A perfect first home for buyers looking for a high quality location or, set and forget investment to rent out and rebuild your dream home in the future. Ready to occupy and must be sold!

Features:-

Original family home

Read the full description

Weatherboard and terracotta tile construction

High ceilings

Timber floorboards

Cul-de Sac location

Russell Reserve Playground less than 50m

Large main bedroom with feature fireplace

Generous air conditioned living room

Leafy outlook to Council reserve at rear

Terraced back yard over 2 levels

Back deck overlooking yard and Reserve

Zoned for Belair Primary School (source:Schoolfinder website)

Zoned for Kotara High School (source:Schoolfinder website)

5 mins drive approx to Westfield Kotara

5 mins drive approx to Charlestown Square

10 mins drive approx to John Hunter Hospital

10 mins drive approx to Lake Macquarie Private Hospital

10 mins drive approx to Bar Beach

15 mins drive approx to Redhead Beach

15 mins drive approx to Newcastle City University Campus

15 mins drive approx to Newcastle University Callaghan Campus

15 mins drive approx to Newcastle City and Harbour

35 mins drive approx to Newcastle Airport

PEST & BUILDING REPORTS AVAILABLE UPON INSPECTION

Zoning: R2 Low Density Residential

Land Area: 575m2 approx

Council: Lake Macquarie

Land Rates: $2219pa approx

Water Rates: $798pa approx

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Listing description written by Suzanne Hill, Century 21 Carkeet Johns Smith — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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