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23 William St, Holmesville NSW 2286

House

$367,500

Last sold

1 Aug 2019

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

809 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $367,500 (1 Aug 2019).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 809 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Holmesville (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,023/m² of land (n=50). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned Medium Density Residential (R3) under the Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactCDC-98706 — Alterations & additions to existing dwelling (Approved).(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer) source ↗

What could make it worth less?

  • FactConservation Area - General intersects 99.7% of this parcel.(NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer · 30 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Read CDC-98706 — Alterations & additions to existing dwelling in full at council before relying on the development thesis. open ↗
  2. 2Conservation Area - General affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.

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

$367,500

1 Aug 2019 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Holmesville (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,023/m² of land (n=50). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Holmesville at a glance

1,544

People

$880,000

Median sale

$634/wk

Median rent

3.75%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Holmesville report →

Vs Holmesville

-58.2%

Median sale

Suburb $880,000

+5.22 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.75%

Suburb median $880,000 from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014

Zone

Medium Density Residential

R3

Jurisdiction

Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarie, NSW

Planning overlays

  • heightDetected
  • Conservation Area - GeneralDetected — 99.7% of parcel

Planning constraints

  • 98.5

Development activity

  • CDC-98706

    Alterations & additions to existing dwelling

    Approved

    Council site report

Source

  • Provider: NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer
  • Dataset: Planning Portal Principal Planning — Land Zoning Map
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 100592207

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

Detected — official

The official layer maps a heritage listed area on this parcel, intersecting about 99.7% of it (NSW ePlanning Spatial Viewer, retrieved 30 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$367,5001 Aug 2019
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted18 July 2019
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted18 July 2019

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

Capital growth

NSW

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Confidence: medium

Zoned Medium Density Residential · R3 (Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014). Official parcel area about 812 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. 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: medium

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Heritage constraint may block demolition or dual occupancy even on a large block. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 812 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site. 1 development application on this parcel. Complying Development Certificate Application (Approved) These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline. NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $634/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. Heritage constraints are a maintenance and alteration cost, not usually a rent premium by themselves.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet. 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. NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Loaded constraints look like they kill a naive land-size story. Pay house money, or walk, until a planner confirms a pathway.

Detail

Official parcel about 812 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

Read more

Nearby competing dwellings and net yield are still unknown.

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

    Knownmedium

    Zoned Medium Density Residential · R3 (Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014). Official parcel area about 812 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.

  • 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 812 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: Conservation Area - General. Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

  • 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

    1 development application on this parcel. Complying Development Certificate Application (Approved) These are this lot’s applications, not the neighbourhood pipeline.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    NSW Valuer General land values are not loaded for this property yet.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.

Area

Holmesville in one glance

Holmesville at a glance

1,544

People

$880,000

Median sale

$634/wk

Median rent

3.75%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Holmesville report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Dotcom Property Sales

Add-Value, Relax and Enjoy Village Life

Delivering a quiet lifestyle of comfort over a relaxed single level and presenting abundant scope for further modernisation or reconfiguration, this largely original home reveals two bedrooms, two living areas, a fully renovated kitchen and updated bathroom. On a sizeable 809m2 parcel with secure fencing, it enjoys easy-care surrounds with a side driveway leading to a single garage and carport for prized off-street parking, and a yard that's ideal for children and pets. While completely liveable as is, there's enormous potential to update or redesign giving it extra appeal, and the homes location in the community rich village of Holmesville promises a lifestyle of tranquility and ease.

- Solid two bedroom home set in a well-located street in the heart of Holmesville

- Beautifully renovated eat-in kitchen appointed with electric cooking and dishwasher

Read the full description

- Two separate living rooms, one enjoying the comfort of a cosy slow combustion fire

- Two double-sized bedrooms, one with robe, supported by an updated bathroom

- Two sunrooms and an outdoor balcony provide welcome breakout areas

- A great base for exploring Mt Sugarloaf, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley

- Council Rates: TBA Water Rates: TBA Rental Potential: TBA

Listing description written by Kale Hook, Dotcom Property Sales — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Living Areas: 1
  • Toilets: 1
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