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QLD › Kuranda › Crothers Rd

16 Crothers Rd, Kuranda QLD 4881

House

$485,000

Last sold

11 Oct 2024

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

6,915 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 $485,000 (11 Oct 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 6,915 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Kuranda (last 5 years) with land size: median $163/m² of land (n=33). 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

$485,000

11 Oct 2024 · 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 Kuranda (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $163/m² of land (n=33). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Kuranda at a glance

3,343

People

$840,000

Median sale

$735/wk

Median rent

4.55%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Kuranda report →

Vs Kuranda

-42.3%

Median sale

Suburb $840,000

+3.33 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.55%

Suburb median $840,000 from 12 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.

For more information on this property, visit Queensland Globe↗.

Records

Property history

202220232024$450k$485k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$485,00011 Oct 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 May 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 May 2024
  4. Sold$450,0007 July 2022
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 May 2022
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 May 2022

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

Capital growth

QLD

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 (processing). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” 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 $735/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.

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. 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?

    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 (processing). 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

Kuranda in one glance

Kuranda at a glance

3,343

People

$840,000

Median sale

$735/wk

Median rent

4.55%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Kuranda report →

Keep researching

  • Why Kuranda? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Kuranda →
  • Other records on Crothers Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Cairns Property Office City

Acreage Hideaway Home ! Rural Retreat !

New Listing, rush to inspect this comfortable well presented, renovated 3 bedroom home on 1.7 acres at 16 Crothers Road & within an easy drive of Kuranda. Travel on Myola-Oak Forest Road until you arrive at Crothers Road. It is the first property on the right on Crothers Road. The exciting home, situated on an elevated location enjoying a sunny position, breezes & privacy. A peaceful country escape with room to host many types of hobby farm activities. With a modern functional kitchen, spacious, fully tiled bathroom with generous shower, huge shed and recent paint work there is nothing to do, just move in and enjoy.

Features:

- Well Maintained , just move in.

Read the full description

- Modern kitchen with: diamond gloss bench tops, gloss white cabinets, stylish 900mm wide stand alone cooker, pantry, overhead cupboards and wide fridge cavity

- Open plan living room with near new flooring and air-conditioning

- A patio facing the eastern side will allow you to enjoy the morning sunshine

- Master bedroom is king size with tiled floor, B in robe.

- Bedrooms 2 & 3 are also spacious with tiled floors, B in robe.

-Fabulous fully tiled bathroom with: double shower with rain head, floating vanity and separate toilet

- Double single lane carport

- Small workstation at end of carport

- Large stand alone shed 10m x 5m with high roof - perfect for boat or caravan parking

- Rain water tank

- Generator inlet

- Internal laundry as new

- 1.7 acres (6,915 m2.)

Ideally suited to buyers who want to escape to the serenity of country life, live off the grid, grow your own veggies or enjoy trail bike / horse riding, the weekend activities are endless.

Within such close proximity to Kuranda township, local shops and cafes, public transport, local schools, short drive to Smithfield Shopping Precinct and mere metres to the entrance of many idyllic walking trails and Barron Falls.

The picturesque mountain retreat of Kuranda Village is just 25km northwest of Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia. Surrounded by the world’s oldest living tropical rainforest, the colourful village of Kuranda is well known as the Village in the Rainforest attracting visitors for well over a century.

Getting here is an extraordinary journey through World Heritage rainforest whether you drive up the mountain range, float above the canopy on Skyrail Rainforest Cableway or wind through the Barron Gorge on the world famous Kuranda Scenic Railway. Discover the famous Kuranda Markets and village shopping, rainforest walks and plenty of wildlife experiences, Kuranda Riverboat cruises, tours and attractions.

Kuranda has many restaurants and cafes, where outdoor dining is one of the joys of our cooler mountain climate. Kuranda is a delightful mix of quirky surprises, colourful characters and natural beauty, perched at the top of a rainforest clad mountain.

Call Keith Masotto 0418772306 and book your private inspection.

Listing description written by Keith Masotto, Cairns Property Office City — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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