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125 Balook St, Lauderdale TAS 7021

House

$450,000

Last sold

21 Mar 2019

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

650 m²

Land

135 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $450,000 (21 Mar 2019).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 650 m² against a 135 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lauderdale (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,173/m² of land (n=60). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • InterpretationA large lot with a small dwelling means the value case rests on the land and what the zone allows on it, not the house.

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

$450,000

21 Mar 2019 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Lauderdale (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,173/m² of land (n=60). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lauderdale at a glance

2,694

People

$767,000

Median sale

$609/wk

Median rent

4.13%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lauderdale report →

Vs Lauderdale

-41.3%

Median sale

Suburb $767,000

+2.91 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.13%

Suburb median $767,000 from 15 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$450,00021 Mar 2019
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted21 Jan 2019
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted21 Jan 2019

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

Capital growth

TAS

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.” Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $609/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. Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property. 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. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

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

    Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.

  • 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

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Lauderdale in one glance

Lauderdale at a glance

2,694

People

$767,000

Median sale

$609/wk

Median rent

4.13%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lauderdale report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lauderdale? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lauderdale →
  • Other records on Balook St →

Listing material

Listed by Raine & Horne Sorell

LIFE BY THE SEASIDE - CANT BEAT IT

Currently under lease until the end of May, this home is in a truly amazing position virtually across the road from the beautiful Roches Beach which is ideal for swimming and all water sports. You may even catch a fish or two. The bay is a also renowned for enjoying dolphins that come and frolic in the bay and are a wonderful sight to behold. Bathed in all day sun, this lovely flat corner block is ideal for the family of all ages and is fully fenced creating a safe haven for all children and pets. It is quite a blank canvas and has plenty of room to grow a couple of fruit trees and put in a garden and vegie patch. Great space for swings and sandpit for the younger generation.

Internally the living is open plan with a neat retro kitchen complete with walk-in pantry, ample room for good family size dining table and lounge suite with a reverse cycle heat-pump/aircon to keep the home comfortable all year round. There is also a ceiling fan in the lounge area to help circulate the air. Off the living is a timber deck, a great area to entertain family and friends with our lovely traditional Barbies, can't beat them.

Along the hallway are three good size bedrooms, two with decent built-ins with room in the third bedroom to build some in. The family bathroom is opposite and has a bath, separate shower and vanity, and next door is a generous laundry with the w/c adjacent. Accessed through the laundry is the sunroom that has been fully enclosed and has created a well used rumpus and extra living space for all.

Read the full description

The long driveway lends that extra room to park a caravan or boat with a carport at the end and a very handy shed.

Quite simply, the lifestyle down here is relaxing and laid-back. With a beautiful beach at your doorstep the Lauderdale/Roches Beach area itself has much to offer. There is the local Tavern that offers great meals, Shopping centres, The Hill Street Store, Cafes, Doctors, Chemist, Nursery, Hair Salons, Newsagent/Post Office, to name a few. There is also an excellent restaurant on the Canal that offers both inside and outside seating, the perfect all year round venue.

With all this and more, what are you waiting for? Buy your yourself a temporary investment and then move in? Or keep as investment, you can't lose.

Please call Anne or Warren today today to organize an inspection for this wonderful opportunity.

Listing description written by Warren Stuart, Raine & Horne Sorell — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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