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18 Essex Street North, Goodwood SA 5034

House

$1,010,000

Last sold

13 July 2024

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

477 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 $1,010,000 (13 July 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 477 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Goodwood (last 5 years) with land size: median $3,116/m² of land (n=35). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Established Neighbourhood (EN) under the Planning and Design Code.(Location SA · 1 Sept 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

$1,010,000

13 July 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Goodwood (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,116/m² of land (n=35). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Goodwood at a glance

3,171

People

$2,106,000

Median sale

$546/wk

Median rent

1.35%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Goodwood report →

Vs Goodwood

-52.0%

Median sale

Suburb $2,106,000

+1.46 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 1.35%

Suburb median $2,106,000 from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Planning and Design Code

Zone

Established Neighbourhood

EN

Jurisdiction

Unley

Unley, SA

Planning overlays

  • Data unavailable

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Location SA
  • Dataset: Planning and Design Code Zones
  • Retrieved: 1 Sept 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 0903714477

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

  1. Sold$1,010,00013 July 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted19 June 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted19 June 2024

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 Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 457 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 $546/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 Established Neighbourhood · EN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 457 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

    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

Goodwood in one glance

Goodwood at a glance

3,171

People

$2,106,000

Median sale

$546/wk

Median rent

1.35%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Goodwood report →

Keep researching

  • Why Goodwood? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Goodwood →
  • Other records on Essex Street North →

Listing material

Listed by Harris Real Estate Kent Town

A resplendent character cottage to light up your life

Following a far-reaching parcel that inhales light through its many northern windows, the sun shines brightly on this C1860 semi-detached character cottage - and the lifestyle it affords on the leafy brink of Goodwood's cosmopolitan precinct and the CBD beyond.

With that deceptively spacious footprint comes bright and airy living zones at its bookends and two double bedrooms in between, ensuring active downsizers, young families and career-focused couples will feel liberated by this regal and tastefully renovated abode.

How you utilise the front sitting room and central lounge is up to you. Either way, it's easy to escape and embrace one another in this free-flowing haven that reaches its crescendo at a checkerboard tiled eat-in kitchen with an arched opening, timber tops and quality appliances.

Read the full description

A peaceful and private rear yard ensures this isn't a life confined to the indoors, while the lock-up garage (with mezzanine storage) keeps the elements off your pride and joy.

Not that you'll need a car all that often when home stands just a stroll from the Glenelg-City tram stop; Goodwood's library, cafes, cinema, shopping/services, and buzzing bars; not to mention the Adelaide Showground and its weekend markets. It's your time to shine.

More to love:

⁃ One of Goodwood's first homes

⁃ Updated front facade/brush fencing, with new porch and stonemasonry/repointing

- Freshly painted throughout

- Underpinning strengthening the longevity

⁃ Efficient split reverse cycle air conditioning for year round comfort

⁃ Dishwasher and gas cooktop

⁃ Pergola and lawned area to spacious rear yard

⁃ Storage includes built-in robes to bedroom one

⁃ Private access to rear garage with remote entry and mezzanine storage

⁃ New carpets to bedrooms and second living zone

⁃ Updated roofing

⁃ Storage recently added to separate laundry

⁃ Walking distance to Unley Swimming Centre

⁃ Moments from attractive parks eg. Soutar Park, Goodwood Oval, Forrestville Reserve

⁃ Zoned for and close to Goodwood Primary School, and zoned for highly sought after Adelaide Botanic High School and Adelaide High School

⁃ Strong rental history with potential for high returns

⁃ The scope to build a second storey (STCC)

Specifications:

CT / 5482/468

Council / Unley

Zoning / EN

Built / C1860

Land / 477m2 (approx)

Frontage / 9.0m

Council Rates / $1,652.65pa

Emergency Services Levy / $183.05pa

Estimated rental assessment: $550 - $600 p/w (Written rental assessment can be provided upon request)

Nearby Schools /Goodwood P.S, Sturt Street Community School, Richmond P.S, Adelaide H.S, Adelaide Botanic H.S, Mitcham Girls H.S.

Disclaimer: All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition). Interested parties should make their own enquiries and obtain their own legal and financial advice. Should this property be scheduled for auction, the Vendor's Statement may be inspected at any Harris Real Estate office for 3 consecutive business days immediately preceding the auction and at the auction for 30 minutes before it starts. RLA | 226409.

Listing description written by Kris Casey, Harris Real Estate Kent Town — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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