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TAS › Shearwater › Alexander St

16 Alexander St, Shearwater TAS 7307

House

$551,000

Last sold

29 Sept 2021

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

2,031 m²

Land

99 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 $551,000 (29 Sept 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 2,031 m² against a 99 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Shearwater (last 5 years) with land size: median $989/m² of land (n=46). 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

$551,000

29 Sept 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Shearwater (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $989/m² of land (n=46). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Shearwater at a glance

2,105

People

$732,500

Median sale

$536/wk

Median rent

3.81%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Shearwater report →

Vs Shearwater

-24.8%

Median sale

Suburb $732,500

+1.25 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.81%

Suburb median $732,500 from 18 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$551,00029 Sept 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted21 Sept 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted21 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

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 $536/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

Shearwater in one glance

Shearwater at a glance

2,105

People

$732,500

Median sale

$536/wk

Median rent

3.81%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Shearwater report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Halliwell Property Agents

Fabulous Lifestyle Opportunity

A unique opportunity has popped up in Shearwater, be quick or you just might miss it!!

If you have been looking for that larger than usual block, a good solid home and somewhere for the kids to kick a footy or backyard cricket without annoying the neighbours, well you can't go past this great property situated on a magnificent 2031m2, at the Hawley Beach end of Alexander Street.

Set back off the road far enough for privacy and peace and quiet, and hidden away with a garden full of established trees, you will love the outlook and location of this private oasis. This neat as a pin, two-bedroom home is a great starting point for the investor, first home buyer, down sizer or holiday maker, with so many options available.

Read the full description

A large lounge room with internal brick feature wall, light filled kitchen with plenty of cupboards, two bedrooms with built in robes, and a good-sized bathroom and laundry plus separate toilet.

An undercover BBQ area at the rear is a great place to entertain all year round and offers a space to hang your clothes in the winter months away from the elements. This brilliant home is light filled and sunny for most of the day keeping the house warm and cosy plus a reverse cycle air conditioner for the days when you need it.

Beyond the gates is the biggest backyard you could imagine, it just goes on forever. Plenty of room for dad to accommodate his precious caravan, boat and other toys, and plenty of room for the kids to build cubbies, climb trees and explore. A large shed is screened away by established gardens and trees and will come in handy for all those toys and more.

A potential development opportunity subject to Local Council approval, could be an option for the savvy investor to build a couple of units, or maybe you just want to sit back and enjoy the space that a property like this affords and is rarely found.

Only a short walk to the beautiful sands of Hawley Beach and Freers Beach for swimming and water activities and Port Sorell Surf Club and Shearwater Park for recreation and fun. You will love the lifestyle that this area brings, with its lovely golf courses, shopping facilities, school and sporting facilities, walking tracks and much more…..so get in early if this sounds like the property that you have been waiting for and start living your sea change dream now!

Listing description written by Donna Bellinger, Halliwell Property Agents — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Living Areas: 1
  • Toilets: 1
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