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NSW › Birchgrove › Louisa Rd

16 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041

House

4

Bedrooms

4

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

657.6 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 658 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Birchgrove (last 5 years) with land size: median $18,504/m² of land (n=65). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned General Residential (R1) under the Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactPAN-125369 — Minor Internal Layout Configurations. Minor extensions to better deal with planning constraints. Minor glazing modifications Switching position of stair and lift to Lower Terrace (Approved).(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer) source ↗
  • FactPAN-303825 — Subdivision for the purchase of reclaimed land. (Cancelled).(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer) source ↗

What could make it worth less?

  • FactPAN-67239 — Minor Internal Layout Configurations, Lateral extensions to better deal with planning constraints, Western Elevation glazing modifications, Picnic shelter at Lower Terrace, Pool, Relocating stair to L (Rejected).(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer) source ↗
  • InterpretationA previous refusal on this parcel is valuable intelligence: the strategy has been tried, and execution risk is higher than the zoning alone suggests.
  • FactConservation Area - General intersects 99.7% of this parcel.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactItem - General touches the boundary of this parcel in the official layer.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 30 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Read PAN-125369 — Minor Internal Layout Configurations. Minor extensions to better deal with planning constraints. Minor glazing modifications Switching position of stair and lift to Lower Terrace in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  2. 2Read PAN-67239 — Minor Internal Layout Configurations, Lateral extensions to better deal with planning constraints, Western Elevation glazing modifications, Picnic shelter at Lower Terrace, Pool, Relocating stair to L in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  3. 3Read PAN-303825 — Subdivision for the purchase of reclaimed land. in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  4. 4Conservation Area - General affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  5. 5Item - General touches the parcel boundary — 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Birchgrove (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $18,504/m² of land (n=65). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Birchgrove at a glance

3,310

People

$2,660,000

Median sale

$984/wk

Median rent

1.92%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Birchgrove report →

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022

Zone

General Residential

R1

Jurisdiction

Inner West

Inner West, NSW

Planning overlays

  • heightNot detected
  • Conservation Area - GeneralDetected — 99.7% of parcel

Development activity

  • PAN-125369

    Minor Internal Layout Configurations. Minor extensions to better deal with planning constraints. Minor glazing modifications Switching position of stair and lift to Lower Terrace

    Determined · Approved

    Council site report
  • PAN-67239

    Minor Internal Layout Configurations, Lateral extensions to better deal with planning constraints, Western Elevation glazing modifications, Picnic shelter at Lower Terrace, Pool, Relocating stair to L

    Rejected

    Council site report
  • PAN-303825

    Subdivision for the purchase of reclaimed land.

    Cancelled

    Council site report
  • PAN-86858

    Minor Internal Layout Configurations Lateral extensions to better deal with planning constraints Western Elevation glazing modifications. Relocating stair to Lower Terrace Car port at street leve

    Determined · Approved

    Council site report

Source

  • Provider: NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer
  • Dataset: Planning Portal Principal Planning — Land Zoning Map
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 102132272

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

Detected — official

The official layer maps a heritage listed area on this parcel, intersecting about 99.7% of it (NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer, retrieved 30 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Soldprice unknown27 Feb 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 Feb 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 Feb 2025

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 General Residential · R1 (Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022). Official parcel area about 698 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 698 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. 4 development applications on this parcel. Modification Application (Determined, Approved); Modification Application (Rejected); Development Application (Cancelled) Plus 1 more on this parcel. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline. 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 $984/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 698 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.

4 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned General Residential · R1 (Inner West Local Environmental Plan 2022). Official parcel area about 698 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 698 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

    Knownmedium

    4 development applications on this parcel. Modification Application (Determined, Approved); Modification Application (Rejected); Development Application (Cancelled) Plus 1 more on this parcel. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline.

  • 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.

Nearby

Nearby properties

  • 47 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041
  • 25 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041
  • 126 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041
  • 63 Louisa Rd, Birchgrove NSW 2041

Area

Birchgrove in one glance

Birchgrove at a glance

3,310

People

$2,660,000

Median sale

$984/wk

Median rent

1.92%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Birchgrove report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by CobdenHayson Balmain

An absolute waterfront paradise on the peninsula.

Experience an unparalleled waterfront lifestyle and live the dream in this absolute waterfront property with the best boating facilities on the peninsula and uninterrupted 180-degree views as a dynamic backdrop to daily life. Remarkably private with a 20m frontage to the vista, the award-winning home is a true boat lover's paradise complete with a private jetty, deepwater mooring with a rare 50ft pen, mooring poles, slipway and a self-contained boathouse. A robust design inspired by the elements lets nature do the talking while a highly adaptable layout features a two-storey primary dwelling, home office suite or au pair accommodation and level lift access to the gardens, boathouse and water's edge. In a dress-circle setting, opposite Birchgrove Oval, this is no ordinary home but a waterfront wonderland with a north-west aspect bringing in the sunshine and creating a spectacular vista by night along with rare triple parking and a host of prestige features.

- Streamlined interiors wrapped in glass, 180-degree views

- Primary suite with a dressing room and skylit ensuite

Read the full description

- Fluid living spaces, custom banquette, Escea fireplace

- High-spec kitchen with Euro appliances, breakfast bar

- Lower level entertaining with a wet bar, heated floors

- 19m wide terrace with auto awnings, custom furniture

- Level lift access to tiered lawns leading to the water's edge

- Gorgeous fully equipped boathouse with Jetmaster fireplace

- Private jetty, deepwater mooring with a rare 50ft pen

- Mooring poles including a slipway, storage and fire pit

- Standalone home office suite or au pair accommodation

- Luxurious bathrooms, powder room and fitted laundry

- Ducted air, automated blinds, ambient lighting schemes

- Rare triple parking, ferry wharf at the end of the street

- Opposite the historic Birchgrove Oval and tennis courts

Listing description written by Matthew Hayson, CobdenHayson Balmain — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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