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TAS › West Hobart › Melville St

166 Melville St, West Hobart TAS 7000

House

5

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

2,108 m²

Land

550 m²

Building

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationRecorded House sales in West Hobart (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,182/m² of land (n=104). 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in West Hobart (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,182/m² of land (n=104). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

West Hobart at a glance

6,452

People

$1,055,000

Median sale

$553/wk

Median rent

2.73%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 29 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full West Hobart report →

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. Soldprice unknown24 Dec 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Nov 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Nov 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 $553/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

West Hobart in one glance

West Hobart at a glance

6,452

People

$1,055,000

Median sale

$553/wk

Median rent

2.73%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 29 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full West Hobart report →

Keep researching

  • Why West Hobart? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in West Hobart →
  • Other records on Melville St →

Listing material

Listed by Peterswald for Property

Stanwell Hall - Tasmania

Almost 200 years after it was built in 1826, Stanwell Hall retains a unique artistic pedigree – once immortalised by the celebrated colonial painter John Glover and then called home by another famous landscape painter, William Charles Piguenit, this historic and culturally unique property is even now, in the 21st century, home to a contemporary artist in residence.

While Stanwell Hall is indisputably a picturesque property worthy of being captured on canvas or of inspiring artistic tendencies there can be no doubt that this impressive home, has a flexible layout which can be utilised for myriad expressions of contemporary living.

Privately positioned in a picture perfect, estate like setting behind high hedges and established trees, Stanwell Hall is a world away from the hustle and bustle of Australia's southernmost capital city which is just minutes away. Once through the electric gate a magnificent Edna Walling inspired garden is revealed– mixed borders are relaxed and are a symphony of interesting plants with flowers and foliage, gravel paths meander through lawns and garden beds and lead to enclosed garden rooms and to the cellar, garden shed, potting shed and workshop, vegetable beds grow a profusion of berries and five types of apple. The views are mesmerising and stretch from The Wellington Range and Tasman Bridge in one direction and to Mt Nelson in the other – the elevated house and garden seem to float above the city.

Read the full description

Stanwell Hall is a stage-set of architectural elements spanning the last two centuries– wandering through the house you can recognize the different styles and feel the subtle shift between eras. The original 1826 Georgian features are still in evidence – step through the original front door complete with fanlight and twin columns into two symmetrical and well proportioned front rooms where the timber floors wear the patina of age and a dramatic timber staircase leads to the upper storeys.

All this was enhanced by Edwardian alterations made in 1917 – bay windows to maximise views, timber fretwork, wrap around verandas on two levels, decorative leadlight windows and to crown it all, a miniature wrought iron widow's walk with a flagpole. In addition to the plethora of unique historic features, recent renovations and restorations have ensured that Stanwell Hall in 2021 is fully equipped for luxuriously comfortable and functional modern life.

Rooms are like jewel boxes painted in warm neutral tones and provide the perfect backdrop for how we live today. At all times of the day light spills through windows, bathing the interiors in sunshine and warmth while hydronic central heating throughout the house makes sure that it is warm in a Hobart winter. French doors around the house open into the garden or onto the veranda and make them practical extensions of the house. The floorplan is flexible enough to have multiple living areas, a dining room and accommodate up to 7 bedrooms. Or retain four bedrooms and keep the home office, dressing room and studio spaces. The expansive light filled ground floor artist's studio is accessed by a hallway behind the kitchen and could easily be reconfigured as a separate apartment – there are multiple possibilities at Stanwell Hall.

The centrally located kitchen is firmly placed at the heart of the home as it is part of a spacious open plan living and dining area. In the fully equipped cook's kitchen classic shaker style cabinetry is topped with warm timber benchtops, an English ceramic sink is a prominent feature as are the stainless steel Smeg cooker with 4 gas burners, Qasair rangehood, double fridge/freezer and Bosch dishwasher. The bespoke kitchen is complemented by a spacious butler's pantry with plenty of open shelving for storage and granite work surfaces for practicality and pastry.

A separate and functional laundry room and two slick, modern bathrooms are located on the ground floor - one with a stand alone bathtub and decorative grey and white floor tiles and the other is cleverly hidden behind the stairs with a shower. A spacious ensuite opens off the master bedroom on the first floor and is complete with a shower, bath, his and hers handbasins and spellbinding views.

Stanwell Hall really is a landmark property which incorporates the best of old and new.

Listing description written by Kim Morgan, Peterswald for Property — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Alarm System
  • Balcony
  • Built-in Robes
  • Courtyard
  • Deck
  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
  • Gas Heating
  • Living Areas: 6
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Shed
  • Study
  • Toilets: 3
  • Workshop

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