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SA › Happy Valley › Sherwood Ave

20 Sherwood Ave, Happy Valley SA 5159

House

$802,500

Last sold

13 Jan 2025

5

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

640 m²

Land

185 m²

Building

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $802,500 (13 Jan 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Happy Valley (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,025/m² of land (n=159). 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 · 31 Aug 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

$802,500

13 Jan 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Happy Valley (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,025/m² of land (n=159). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Happy Valley at a glance

12,016

People

$865,250

Median sale

$637/wk

Median rent

3.83%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Happy Valley report →

Vs Happy Valley

-7.3%

Median sale

Suburb $865,250

+0.30 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.83%

Suburb median $865,250 from 12 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

Onkaparinga

Onkaparinga, SA

Planning overlays

  • Data unavailable

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Location SA
  • Dataset: Planning and Design Code Zones
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 1463324006

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$802,50013 Jan 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Nov 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Nov 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 633 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 $637/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 General Neighbourhood · GN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 633 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 633 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

    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

Happy Valley in one glance

Happy Valley at a glance

12,016

People

$865,250

Median sale

$637/wk

Median rent

3.83%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Happy Valley report →

Keep researching

  • Why Happy Valley? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Happy Valley →
  • Other records on Sherwood Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Magain Real Estate

SOLD BY MIKE DOBBIN AND ZOE BALL

Please contact Mike Dobbin and Zoe Ball from Magain Real Estate for all your property advice.

Positioned on the high side of the road with lovely sunset views this spacious and very versatile family home offers up to five bedrooms for a large or growing family. Along with large living & entertaining areas both inside & out this home is sure to tick plenty of boxes for many buyers. The location is also family friendly, with schools, childcare, shops, parks & playgrounds and transport all very close by and easily accessible.

The master bedroom offers a walk-in robe and a stunning renovated ensuite with floor to ceiling tiling and quality modern fixtures. Bedrooms 2, 3 & 5 have built in robes while bedroom four has timber doors leading outside. This could be used as a bedroom, a third living area or even a home office where clients come straight to the door, the choice is yours. To the front of the home is the large lounge & dining room, complete with lovely tree lined views, floating floors, gas space heater and timber doors out to the entertaining area from the dining room. Just off the dining room is the lovely kitchen, it offers a dishwasher, gas cooking, an abundance of cupboard space, including a pantry, large windows overlooking the entertaining area. The kitchen overlooks the family room, a great space for day to living, with floating floors that flow through, skylight and again, those beautiful timber doors leading outside. Down the hallway is the main bathroom, with separated vanity & toilet this bathroom has also been renovated with modern styling. There is also a laundry with added storage space. The whole home is serviced by fully ducted reverse cycle heating & cooling, plus a large 21 panel solar system for added energy efficiency.

Read the full description

Stepping out through one of those many timber doors you will find a fantastic pitched entertaining area, finished with outdoor lighting and a BBQ area this space spills out onto an open paved courtyard for fair-weather entertaining, but also blends into the two-car lockup carport if you need added undercover space for those rainy days. The back gardens have been beautifully terraced with sandstone retaining walls creating beautiful garden beds with established roses and other shrubs. There is also a large garden shed to rear of the block for added storage. The front of the home also offers a beautiful landscaped gardens adding Bull nose verandah to this Colonial style fronted home a lovely street appeal.

Don't miss out on this updated & spacious family home, contact your local property consultant Zoe ball for inspection details.

All floorplans, photos and text are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to be part of any contract. All measurements are approximate and details intended to be relied upon should be independently verified.

Magain Real Estate Woodcroft

RLA | 222182

Listing description written by Zoe Ball & Mike Dobbin, Magain Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Living Areas: 2
  • Toilets: 2
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