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20 Dresden Rd, Modbury Heights SA 5092

House

$900,000

Last sold

11 Nov 2024

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

677 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 $900,000 (11 Nov 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 677 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Modbury Heights (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,265/m² of land (n=108). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned General Neighbourhood (GN) under the Planning and Design Code.(Location SA · 30 Aug 2026)
  • Fact25016266 — gable verandah (Decision Made), lodged 4 June 2025.(Location SA · 4 June 2025) source ↗
  • Fact21007162 — Carport and verandah (Decision Made), lodged 19 May 2021.(Location SA · 19 May 2021) source ↗

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. 1Read 25016266 — gable verandah in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  2. 2Read 21007162 — Carport and verandah in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  3. 3No 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

$900,000

11 Nov 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Modbury Heights (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,265/m² of land (n=108). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Modbury Heights at a glance

6,957

People

$910,000

Median sale

$596/wk

Median rent

3.41%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Modbury Heights report →

Vs Modbury Heights

-1.1%

Median sale

Suburb $910,000

+0.03 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.41%

Suburb median $910,000 from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Planning and Design Code

Zone

General Neighbourhood

GN

Jurisdiction

Tea Tree Gully

Tea Tree Gully, SA

Planning overlays

  • Data unavailable

Development activity

  • 25016266

    gable verandah

    Decision Made · Lodged 4 June 2025

    Council site report
  • 21007162

    Carport and verandah

    Decision Made · Lodged 19 May 2021

    Council site report

Source

  • Provider: Location SA
  • Dataset: Planning and Design Code Zones
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 281580800*

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. Sold$900,00011 Nov 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Oct 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Oct 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 General Neighbourhood · GN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 655 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. 2 development applications on this parcel. Code Assessed - Deemed to Satisfy (Decision Made); Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Decision Made) Latest lodgement recorded 2025-06-04. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline. 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 $596/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.

4 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownlow

    Zoned General Neighbourhood · GN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 655 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

    Official parcel about 655 m² — land size can look like optionality. 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

    Knownmedium

    2 development applications on this parcel. Code Assessed - Deemed to Satisfy (Decision Made); Code Assessed - Performance Assessed (Decision Made) Latest lodgement recorded 2025-06-04. These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline.

  • 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

Modbury Heights in one glance

Modbury Heights at a glance

6,957

People

$910,000

Median sale

$596/wk

Median rent

3.41%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Modbury Heights report →

Keep researching

  • Why Modbury Heights? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Modbury Heights →
  • Other records on Dresden Rd →

Listing material

Listed by First National Real Estate Burton Groves

READY TO MOVE IN AND ENJOY LOCATED NEAR KINGFISHER RESERVE

Fantastic opportunity to secure this great family home in a high demand area with an easy walk to Kingfisher Reserve that boasts open wetlands, magnificent gum trees, vast array of walking and bike trails all providing an excellent lifestyle opportunity. Well presented throughout this family home offers a versatile floor plan with the potential to convert one of the multiple living areas into a fourth bedroom. Spacious sunken lounge is highlighted with a bay window and adjacent is a formal dining area with gas log fire.

Centrally located the well equipped kitchen is complete with stainless steel appliances, ample bench and cupboard space all overlooking the open plan casual meals/dine area that flows into a huge family/games room. The good sized Master bedroom boasts an ensuite and walk in robe and there are built in robes to bedrooms two and three.

Other features include fresh coat of paint throughout, stylish slate floors to main living areas, exposed feature brick walls, floating floorboards to lounge and bedrooms, ceiling fans, linen cupboards, roller shutters to selected windows and to keep the elements at bay there is gas log fire heating, reverse cycle split system air conditioner and zoned ducted reverse cycle air conditioning.

Read the full description

Outside offers multiple slide door access to an undercover entertainment area, plenty of off street parking provided by the double driveway that leads to the under main roof double garage with one auto door plus rear roller door drive through access to a good sized approx. 5.00mtr x 5.80mtr lined garage ideal for the home handyperson and an enormous underground cellar for added storage. Handy garden/tool shed, rear gate access to a delightful reserve, variety of fruit trees and established low maintenance gardens complete this fabulous family package all set on a generous approx. 677sqm allotment.

Located close to The Heights Primary/High School, Redwood Park Primary, St Francis Xavier, easy access public transport that connects to the O-bahn for direct transport corridor to the city, Modbury Heights Shopping Centre which includes Woolworths and an array of shops. Minutes to Tea Tree Plaza Shopping, Golden Grove Village Shopping, Pedare, Golden Grove High and Gleeson College.

RLA 1866

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 inquiries and obtain their own legal advice. Should this property be scheduled for auction, the Vendor's Statement may be inspected at our office for 3 consecutive business days immediately preceding the auction and at the auction for 30 minutes before commencement.

Listing description written by Connie Tripodi, First National Real Estate Burton Groves — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Air Conditioning
  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Rumpus Room
  • Toilets: 2
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