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139 Railway St, Teralba NSW 2284

House

$837,000

Last sold

20 Jan 2025

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

933 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $837,000 (20 Jan 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 933 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Teralba (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,847/m² of land (n=74). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Medium Density Residential (R3) under the Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 31 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactConservation Area - General intersects 96.7% of this parcel.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 31 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Conservation Area - General affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.

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

$837,000

20 Jan 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Teralba (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,847/m² of land (n=74). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Teralba at a glance

2,946

People

$1,150,000

Median sale

$651/wk

Median rent

2.94%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Teralba report →

Vs Teralba

-27.2%

Median sale

Suburb $1,150,000

+1.10 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.94%

Suburb median $1,150,000 from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014

Zone

Medium Density Residential

R3

Jurisdiction

Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie, NSW

Planning overlays

  • heightDetected
  • Conservation Area - GeneralDetected — 96.7% of parcel

Planning constraints

  • 1110

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer
  • Dataset: Planning Portal Principal Planning — Land Zoning Map
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 160950119

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

Detected — official

The official layer maps a heritage listed area on this parcel, intersecting about 96.7% of it (NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer, retrieved 31 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$837,00020 Jan 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Dec 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Dec 2024

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?

Confidence: medium

Zoned Medium Density Residential · R3 (Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014). Official parcel area about 886 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. This is a screen, not a planning certificate. Zoning and lot facts are a starting point, not proof this lot outperforms the suburb. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: medium

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Heritage constraint may block demolition or dual occupancy even on a large block. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 886 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site. 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 $651/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. Heritage constraints are a maintenance and alteration cost, not usually a rent premium by themselves.

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

Loaded constraints look like they kill a naive land-size story. Pay house money, or walk, until a planner confirms a pathway.

Detail

Official parcel about 886 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

Read more

Nearby competing dwellings and net yield are still unknown.

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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned Medium Density Residential · R3 (Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014). Official parcel area about 886 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • 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?

    Knownmedium

    Official parcel about 886 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. 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

    No DA adapter returned applications 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

Teralba in one glance

Teralba at a glance

2,946

People

$1,150,000

Median sale

$651/wk

Median rent

2.94%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Teralba report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by homeinthehunter

Locate your family by the lake.

This wonderfully maintained 1950's home is the perfect opportunity to locate your family in a sought-after lakeside suburb, within walking distance to the water, cafes and local primary school.

Perfectly liveable and ready to move-in-now with water views and a huge 933m2 parcel of land, they just don’t make them like this anymore!

We love the sea breezes, lush gardens and all the potential to maximise the multi-generational floorplan and renovate into your dream home.

Read the full description

The Highlights:

- Modern white kitchen with stone benchtops, breakfast bar, view of the garden and stainless steel appliances.

- Open-plan living and dining flowing onto 2 alfresco options for entertaining or simply your morning coffee.

- Additional downstairs kitchenette and living/bedroom perfect for teenage or in-law accomodation.

- Master bedroom with brand-new air-conditioning and balcony access.

- Lovely year-round deck overlooking extensive tiered lawns and gardens with room for a future pool and garden shed/s.

- Clean, tidy and impeccably maintained, ample storage, fans, drapes, air-conditioning, DLUG and plentiful off-street parking.

Location: 7min to Warner's Bay, 10min to the Freeway, 15min to Charlestown, 25min to John Hunter Hospital, 35min to Maitland. Only 1hr 10min to Hornsby.

Lifestyle: Enjoy coffee and breakfast at local cafe Maddz on York, cycle around Lake Macquarie or enjoy a sunset picnic at nearby Marmong Point Marina. Weekends you will love the local and waterfront Speers Point Farmers Markets or lunching on the esplanade at Warners Bay. Dinner is easy with the revamped Great Northern Hotel, recently a finalist for Best Casual Dining in Northern NSW, just a 250m stroll away. Luxury motor-enthusiasts will relish the opportunity to locate themselves just 4km from the coming $95 million Black Rock Motor Resort. 10min to local Coles, Woolworths, Kmart & Target, 20min to Kotara Westfields, 25min to Redhead Beach and 35min to the Hunter Valley Vineyards.

Listing description written by Daniel & Laura McMahon, homeinthehunter — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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