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ACT › Hughes › Colvin St

19 Colvin St, Hughes ACT 2605

House

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

867 m²

Land

205 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationLand 867 m² against a 205 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Hughes (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,598/m² of land (n=16). 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Hughes (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,598/m² of land (n=16). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Hughes at a glance

3,159

People

$1,260,000

Median sale

$400/wk

Median rent

1.65%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Hughes 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 unknown12 Oct 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Aug 2022
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Aug 2022

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

Capital growth

ACT

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 $400/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. This jurisdiction has no comparable official bond series in the free set.

  • 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

Hughes in one glance

Hughes at a glance

3,159

People

$1,260,000

Median sale

$400/wk

Median rent

1.65%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Hughes report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Hayman Partners

Executive family home in prime location backing Federal Golf Course

This executive home backing the Federal Golf Course offers over 200sqm of living and generously-scaled interiors that capably satisfy the needs of a modern family. The interiors are light, bright and airy, with soothing outlooks onto nature and the perfect north-facing aspect to the rear. With a choice of casual and more formal living areas, plus a downstairs rumpus room/office, good-sized bedrooms and a sprawling backyard, the flexibility of the floorplan works perfectly for families with children of any age. Situated in one of Hughes' most sought-after streets, this is an idyllic environment that offers easy access to Hughes & Garran Primary Schools and The Canberra Hospital, and is only minutes to Woden Town Centre.

FEATURES

- Executive double brick family home backing Federal Golf Course (great for walkers, nature lovers, golfers)

Read the full description

- Four good sized bedrooms, two with built-in robes (bedrooms 3 & 4 with freestanding robes)

- Master bedroom with ensuite

- Formal open plan living and dining area with access to outdoor deck

- Family room and meals area adjacent to kitchen, also with direct access to outdoor deck

- Renovated entertainer's kitchen with high end kitchen appliances, stone bench tops and ample bench and cupboard space, servery to lounge room and pantry

- Spacious study with built-in robe

- Separate laundry with great storage

- Downstairs multi-purpose room, great for home office, gym, additional living space or additional bedroom

- Double glazed windows throughout

- Ducted gas heating

- Freshly painted throughout

- Security alarm system

- Large rear north facing private entertaining deck

- Oversized single lock up garage with automatic door

- Single carport

- Abundant under house storage (for wine cellar, workshop, general storage)

- Huge backyard

- Beautifully established gardens with fully automated watering system

- Direct access to Red Hill lookout

- Large walking reserve at rear

- Easy access to quality local schools, shops and hospitals (Woden Plaza, Woden Valley Hospital, John James Hospital, Hughes Primary, Deakin High School, Canberra Grammar School, etc)

WHAT THE SELLERS LOVE ABOUT THE HOME

1. We love the large open windows and the way the house catches the sun in the morning and all through the day from front to rear.

2. We love the feeling of privacy and spaciousness as the home opens up to the nature reserve and the golf course at the rear and being able to enjoy a lovely cup of tea on the back deck watching the native birds.

3. We love the friendly neighbourhood community, proximity to schools and shops and being able to walk up to Red Hill lookout not to mention enjoyable rounds of golf.

STATISTICS (all figures are approximate)

EER: 2.0

Home Size: 205m²

Garage Size: 49m²

Carport Size: 22m²

Land Size: 867m²

Construction: 1965

Land Value: $1,189,000 (1 Jan 2022)

Land Rates: $1,406 per quarter

Land Tax: $3,309 per quarter (only applicable if not primary residence)

Rental Range: $980 - $1,020 per week

Listing description written by Anthony McCormack, Hayman Partners — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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