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20 The Grove, Lower Mitcham SA 5062

House

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

822 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 822 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lower Mitcham (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,156/m² of land (n=45). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Suburban Neighbourhood (SN) 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Lower Mitcham (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,156/m² of land (n=45). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lower Mitcham at a glance

2,196

People

$1,587,500

Median sale

$604/wk

Median rent

1.98%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Lower Mitcham report →

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Planning and Design Code

Zone

Suburban Neighbourhood

SN

Jurisdiction

Mitcham

Mitcham, 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: 0802395008

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. Soldprice unknown29 June 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted12 June 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted12 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 Suburban Neighbourhood · SN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 825 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 $604/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 Suburban Neighbourhood · SN (Planning and Design Code). Official parcel area about 825 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 825 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

Lower Mitcham in one glance

Lower Mitcham at a glance

2,196

People

$1,587,500

Median sale

$604/wk

Median rent

1.98%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Lower Mitcham report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lower Mitcham? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lower Mitcham →
  • Other records on The Grove →

Listing material

Listed by Harris Real Estate Kent Town

Make the best years count in a C1955 deco darling in Lower Mitcham's leafy heart

Auction 10am Saturday 29th June

Whether it's the deco details, the sweeping corner allotment on a prestigious street, or all the leafy lifestyle that defines Lower Mitcham, there's so much to love about 20 The Grove before you've even set foot in the door.

Set on an enviable 822sqm, a sandstone frontage is expertly offset by manicured gardens, lush lawns, and terrazzo porch, harmonising flawlessly with the streetscape and offering the ideal introduction to the detail layered across the family footprint.

Read the full description

Canopied by high ceilings, lined with wide picture windows, and centered by combustion heater for toasty winters, a formal lounge connects to both expansive living room and dedicated dining room, ensuring seamless flow and plenty of footprint to configure exactly how you like.

Two spacious bedrooms – each with extensive built-in robes - are fully serviced by a deco bathroom, bathtub, walk-in shower, and separate WC united by a terrazzo floor on trend for 1955 and 2024 simultaneously. An additional bedroom to rear expands the scope even further, whether it's the ideal work-from-home suite, playroom, or semi-separate slumber zone for independence-craving teens.

A nostalgic sit-in kitchen boasts north facing window for no shortage of sunrays, with vast slate-floored alfresco entertaining area further harnessing that orientation to create an epicentre sure to host everything from a quick coffee (or cocktail) alfresco to extended family Christmas day.

Cottage gardens, raised veggie beds, and established fruit trees complete the allotment with botanical bliss, while a garage workshop and side-access driveway take full advantage of corner composition to make it easier than ever to navigate boat and caravan storage or house passion projects.

If you do need to leave your empire, you don't need to journey far, with Local Crowd and Bond & Lane on hand for your caffeine hit, as well as a plethora of amenities on Goodwood Road and Mitcham Square Shopping Centres just a short drive away. Perfectly positioned walking distance to Colonel Light Gardens Primary School and Scotch College, and zoned to Unley High School, for a streamlined school run, while it's only 15 minutes to the city with the Torrens Park Train Station on hand for a straightforward commute.

Renovate, extend, or simply thrive exactly as is – the next era is entirely, blissfully, up to you.

More to love:

• Solar panels

• Split system reverse cycle air conditioning and combustion heater to lounge

• Expansive laundry with external access

• Irrigation system

• Light-wash polished timber floors

• Heritage features throughout – high ceilings, picture windows, decorative cornices

• Freshly repainted with neutral colour palette

Specifications:

CT / 5730/386

Council / Mitcham

Zoning / SN

Built / 1955

Land / 822m2 (approx)

Council Rates / $2,401.80pa

Emergency Services Levy / $208.75pa

SA Water / $236.38pq N/D

Estimated rental assessment / $620 - $650 per week / Written rental assessment can be provided upon request

Nearby Schools / Colonel Light Gardens P.S, Clapham P.S, Mitcham P.S, Edwardstown P.S, Unley H.S, Mitcham Girls H.S, Springbank Secondary College, Urrbrae Agricultural 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 Georgie Todd, Harris Real Estate Kent Town — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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