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SA › Balhannah › Carawa Ave

14 Carawa Ave, Balhannah SA 5242

House

$750,000

Last sold

3 July 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

690 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $750,000 (3 July 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 690 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Balhannah (last 5 years) with land size: median $832/m² of land (n=41). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Township (T) under the Planning and Design Code.(Location SA · 31 Aug 2026)

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. 1No 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

$750,000

3 July 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Balhannah (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $832/m² of land (n=41). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Balhannah at a glance

1,815

People

$1,015,000

Median sale

$608/wk

Median rent

3.11%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Balhannah report →

Vs Balhannah

-26.1%

Median sale

Suburb $1,015,000

+1.11 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.11%

Suburb median $1,015,000 from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Planning and Design Code

Zone

Township

T

Jurisdiction

Adelaide Hills

Adelaide Hills, SA

Planning overlays

  • Data unavailable

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Location SA
  • Dataset: Planning and Design Code Zones
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 5672051460

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

i

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

201820222025$400k$750k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$750,0003 July 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 June 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 June 2025
  4. Sold$400,0003 Aug 2018
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted13 May 2018
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted13 May 2018

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

Capital growth

SA

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Confidence: low

Zoned Township (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 695 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. 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: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Street frontage and true lot geometry are not confirmed without open cadastre. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $608/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. This lot’s own applications are a separate question. 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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownlow

    Zoned Township (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 695 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

  • 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 695 m² — land size can look like optionality. No material overlays were returned that would explain a discount. That is not proof the price is fair. Nearby DAs, easements, and flood-layer gaps can still explain a cheap-looking listing — those are not all loaded.

  • 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

    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

Balhannah in one glance

Balhannah at a glance

1,815

People

$1,015,000

Median sale

$608/wk

Median rent

3.11%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Balhannah report →

Keep researching

  • Why Balhannah? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Balhannah →
  • Other records on Carawa Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Adcock Real Estate

Invest or start afresh!

With scope to take it to new contemporary levels, a conventional home opposite Camac Reserve keeps a low-key lifestyle on the ready for a young family or quality tenant.

Where starting out or leasing out means three-bedrooms, one bathroom and up to three car parking in Balhannah's rising market...

L-shaped living and dining zones connect with the original central kitchen, and to the rear, a second living or family room invites the enclosed alfresco zone through glass sliding doors.

Read the full description

Prime the palette, choose your style and watch home pride lift as high as your potential rental return; the fundamentals are here on a fully-fenced family-sized block, with value-adding options wide open (STCC.)

A re-dress has already begun; starting with fresh carpets to the master (with walk-in robe) and its line-up of second and third bedrooms; along with the lounge, dining and family living zones.

Sitting within easy freeway reach, its position makes Mount Barker and Hahndorf appealing extensions to its rural surrounds, the city (should you need it) asking for just 30 minutes of your time.

Closer to home is Balhannah Junction Shopping Centre, the Olive Branch Caf, plus Oakbank Area School, the oval, tennis courts and playground for the fresh and energetic - just the ticket to sweeten the charm of a low-maintenance home in the hills' next go-to destination...

You'll love:

Renovation-ready family first starter or investor (1980)

Security roller blinds

20 solar panels (rebate at 60 cents until 2028)

Ducted heating & cooling throughout

2nd living area

New carpets

Rainwater plumbed mains available

Concrete driveway & 2-car garage

Minutes to shopping & opposite Camac Reserve

Adcock Real Estate - RLA66526

Andrew Adcock 0418 816 874

Nikki Seppelt 0437 658 067

*Whilst every endeavour has been made to verify the correct details in this marketing neither the agent, vendor or contracted illustrator take any responsibility for any omission, wrongful inclusion, misdescription or typographical error in this marketing material. Accordingly, all interested parties should make their own enquiries to verify the information provided.

The floor plan included in this marketing material is for illustration purposes only, all measurement are approximate and is intended as an artistic impression only. Any fixtures shown may not necessarily be included in the sale contract and it is essential that any queries are directed to the agent. Any information that is intended to be relied upon should be independently verified.

Listing description written by Andrew Adcock, Adcock Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Ducted Cooling
  • Ducted Heating
  • Fully Fenced
  • Living Areas: 2
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Solar Panels
  • Toilets: 1
  • Water Tank
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