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QLD › Jensen › Macquarie St

20 Macquarie St, Jensen QLD 4818

House

$450,000

Last sold

25 June 2020

6

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

4,288 m²

Land

241 m²

Building

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $450,000 (25 June 2020).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 4,288 m² against a 241 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Jensen (last 5 years) with land size: median $236/m² of land (n=40). 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

$450,000

25 June 2020 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Jensen (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $236/m² of land (n=40). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Jensen at a glance

2,347

People

$1,005,750

Median sale

$533/wk

Median rent

2.76%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Jensen report →

Vs Jensen

-55.3%

Median sale

Suburb $1,005,750

+3.40 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.76%

Suburb median $1,005,750 from 10 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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

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.

For more information on this property, visit Queensland Globe↗.

Records

Property history

  1. Soldprice unknown21 Mar 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 Feb 2022
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 Feb 2022
  4. Sold$450,00025 June 2020
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted16 Jan 2020
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted16 Jan 2020

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

Capital growth

QLD

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. 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 $533/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.

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. 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?

    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

Jensen in one glance

Jensen at a glance

2,347

People

$1,005,750

Median sale

$533/wk

Median rent

2.76%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Jensen report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Ray White Townsville

SOLD by Allison Gough

Contact us for a digital video walk through!

It is certainly difficult to describe the uniqueness of this private hill side property. It is an absolute labour of love created through the use of timeless hardwood features. The three-level family home also offers a separate relative's residence. Think ‘large' with room for everyone!

Liveable Features:

Read the full description

• Open plan large living room and entrance area with cathedral ceilings of exposed hardwood, as well as a fifth bedroom/study on the lower level.

• Modernised kitchen with garden views, dining, back garden access and a spacious master suite are found on the second level. Subway tiles, generous preparation space, cook top and separate oven feature in the family size kitchen.

• Three additional double family bedrooms on the upper level, spacious with built in wardrobes, bathroom/toilet, along with a generous mountain views from verandah and balcony.

• Renewed bathrooms.

• Hardwood timber floors.

• Distinctive hardwood timber staircases.

• Solar hot water

• Solar power

• 6x6 mtr powered work shed with 15 amp power outlet.

The self-contained relative's residence or prefect home office/rental opportunity. This space incorporates kitchenette with laundry, lounge room, separate bedroom, air conditioning and bathroom.

Set on a hillside 4,288sqm, with expansive views toward the coast, the Pinnacles and Hervey Range. The property features a labyrinth of garden paths around establish gardens with scope to create much more. This is a unique property that will provide its new owners an abundance of space, within a cleverly designed home with space for everyone.

Get to Know Jensen

Jensen is an outer suburb of Townsville, located approximately 18.5 kilometres west of Townsville CBD. Jensen is mainly a rural-residential suburb characterised by Black River on its northern border. The suburb is close to various shopping complex's that provides Northern Beaches residents access to supermarkets, a post office, fast food and large brand outlets, medical, veterinary services, some recreational businesses and service stations.

The Bruce Highway borders Jensen to the north. The final stage of the Townsville Ring Road has been completed and is now a high-speed bypass road for traffic between Jensen and Townsville General Hospital, James Cook University and Lavarack Barracks.

A police station, Community Recreation Hall, churches and private and public schools are also located in Jensen.

Inspections Welcome, call #AllisonGough 0421583168.

All interested parties should make and rely upon their own enquiries in order to determine whether or not this information is in fact accurate.

Listing description written by Allison Gough, Ray White Townsville — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Air Conditioning
  • Secure Parking
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