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TAS › South Launceston › Watchorn St

25 Watchorn St, South Launceston TAS 7249

House

$432,550

Last sold

3 May 2024

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

518 m²

Land

107 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $432,550 (3 May 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 518 m² against a 107 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in South Launceston (last 5 years) with land size: median $927/m² of land (n=107). 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

$432,550

3 May 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in South Launceston (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $927/m² of land (n=107). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

South Launceston at a glance

4,840

People

$662,500

Median sale

$549/wk

Median rent

4.31%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 48 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full South Launceston report →

Vs South Launceston

-34.7%

Median sale

Suburb $662,500

+2.29 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.31%

Suburb median $662,500 from 48 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

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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. Sold$432,5503 May 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted15 Mar 2024

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

Capital growth

TAS

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 $549/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.”

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 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. 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

South Launceston in one glance

South Launceston at a glance

4,840

People

$662,500

Median sale

$549/wk

Median rent

4.31%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 48 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full South Launceston report →

Keep researching

  • Why South Launceston? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in South Launceston →
  • Other records on Watchorn St →

Listing material

Listed by Howell Property Group

Your perfect first home.

This gorgeous cottage has just had an amazing makeover and is now, literally the perfect first home. Clean, fresh and bright, there is new internal paintwork and new floor coverings, making it as simple as moving in and placing your furniture.

A typical layout for the era, the home offers a wide central hallway with a formal lounge and master bedroom at the front of the home, with the second bedroom and study behind, and the kitchen located at the rear of the property taking advantage of the all day sun.

There is both a wood heater and a Daikin reverse cycle air conditioner, and a spacious open plan kitchen/dining area overlooking the backyard.

Read the full description

The yard offers multiple opportunities with good shed storage, or with some TLC, the possibility of a home studio or rumpus room is feasible. There’s even a second toilet in the yard...perfect for entertaining or working from home!

With ample scope to further improve the property, the yard is fully fenced, level and secure, with an electric roller to door for your car to park behind. The location is excellent, close to the CBD, Kings Meadows and Newstead. A wonderful property in a price range that is fast becoming hard to find, we look forward to showing you around.

Howell Property Group has no reason to doubt the accuracy of the information in this document which has been sourced from means which are considered reliable, however we cannot guarantee its validity. Prospective clients are advised to carry out their own investigations.

Listing description written by Lauren Atkinson, Howell Property Group — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Toilets: 1

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