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ACT › Red Hill › Scarborough St

23 Scarborough St, Red Hill ACT 2603

House

6

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,297 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 1,297 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Red Hill (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,516/m² of land (n=12). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

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 Red Hill (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,516/m² of land (n=12). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Red Hill at a glance

3,551

People

No data

Median sale

$500/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Red Hill 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 unknown27 May 2017
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 Apr 2017
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 Apr 2017

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 $500/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.”

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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

Red Hill in one glance

Red Hill at a glance

3,551

People

No data

Median sale

$500/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Red Hill report →

Keep researching

  • Why Red Hill? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Red Hill →
  • Other records on Scarborough St →

Listing material

Listed by Luton Properties Manuka

Spacious and Gracious

Nestled within magnificent gardens in a picturesque street, this character home awaits a new family in search of an Inner South lifestyle. Built in 1961 the home is warm and welcoming and retains much of its original charm.

Set on approximately 1,297 square metres of land the front façade belies what lies within as there's plenty of room inside and out. The entrance foyer opens to the spacious formal lounge room featuring an open fireplace and built-in bookshelves with cupboards underneath. The lounge room flows to the dining area and through to the light-filled sunroom with double doors opening to the beautiful rear garden. Adjacent to the dining area is the centrally located kitchen.

There are six bedrooms, or five plus study, and two bathrooms. The master bedroom is well proportioned with two walk-in robes and opens to the rear terrace and garden. Bedroom six or study includes built-in shelving and cupboards and has outside access. The master bedroom, bathroom and study provide the perfect "parents' retreat". The study could also be utilized as a nursery. The enormous family or rumpus room also flows out to the terrace and garden.

Read the full description

Additional features include ducted gas heating, an open fireplace, abundant cupboard space throughout the home, single garage and workshop and single carport.

The garden will be a joy to spend time in with an abundant variety of plants, trees and shrubs including Banksia Rose, Sasanqua and Japonica Camellias, Kalmia, Hellebore, White Wisteria, Kiwi Fruit, Ginko, Crab Apple, Dogwood, Magnolia, Persimmon and Chinese Elm trees. An in-ground swimming pool caters to Canberra's hot summers while family and friends enjoy leisurely al fresco dining under the natural arbour of mature trees.

Offering a perfect blend of old world charm with exquisite gardens this much loved family home provides three options. Move in and enjoy all the current home has to offer, renovate and extend the solidly built double brick house or build your dream home in this fabulous location.

The location is superb - close to Canberra Grammar School, Red Hill and St Bede's Primary Schools and in close proximity to Narrabundah, St Clare's and St Edmund's Colleges, the Parliamentary Triangle, Red Hill shops and the Manuka shopping precinct.

Features:-

Six bedroom, or five bedroom plus study, spacious family home

Large block of 1,297 m2 (approx.)

Formal lounge room with open fireplace, built-in book case with cupboards beneath

Dining room

Sunroom with garden access

Kitchen with Westinghouse electric hot plates, single electric oven and Vulcan Dishlex dishwasher

Spacious family or rumpus room with garden access

Large master bedroom with two walk-in robes and garden access

Five additional bedrooms, three with built-in wardrobes, bedroom six or study includes bookshelves and cupboards and outside access

Two bathrooms, separate toilet

Laundry

Ducted gas heating and open fireplace

Abundant cupboard space throughout

Security system

Single garage, workshop and single carport

Saltwater in-ground swimming pool

Magnificent gardens with huge variety of plants, trees and shrubs including

Banksia Rose, Sasanqua and Japonica Camellias, Kalmia, Hellebore, White Wisteria, Kiwi Fruit, Ginko, Crab Apple, Dogwood, Magnolia, Persimmon and Chinese Elm trees

Level rear garden with side terrace, perfect for outside entertaining

Garden shed

In-ground automated sprinklers

Stroll or cycle to Canberra Grammar School, close proximity to Red Hill and St Bede's Primary Schools, Narrabundah, St Clare's and St Edmund's Colleges, the Parliamentary Triangle, Red Hill shops and the Manuka shopping precinct

Listing description written by Geraldine Collison, Luton Properties Manuka — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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