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258 Military Rd, Semaphore SA 5019

Villa

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

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Districts View

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

View not ready — official layers are still retrieving for this property. Official planning layers still retrieving. Flood / bushfire / heritage not yet retrieved. No recorded sale price for this property. Districts does not score a property it cannot yet see.

Why this property?

Nothing about this record stands out yet — coverage may still be filling in.

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.

Semaphore at a glance

2,814

People

$1,250,000

Median sale

$612/wk

Median rent

2.55%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Semaphore 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 unknown22 Nov 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 Nov 2023

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?

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. 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 $612/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.

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. 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?

    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

Semaphore in one glance

Semaphore at a glance

2,814

People

$1,250,000

Median sale

$612/wk

Median rent

2.55%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Semaphore report →

Keep researching

  • Why Semaphore? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Semaphore →
  • Other records on Military Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Wilson Real Estate West Richmond

Rothesay - Circa 1889 - Return Verandah Bay Window Villa - A hidden treasure.

Please call to arrange your viewing.

This magnificent example of bay window villa architecture has remained relatively untouched since 1889. Solid bluestone in construction with ornate external stonework features and exquisite leadlight features truly stamp this home as a significant property in the area.

Hidden away from the surrounding neighbourhood behind a tall fence and trees, the prominence of this home can be measured by the features that remain true to the original construction. While other villas of the era have lost their original identity over the decades to renovation and refurbishment trends that haven't stood the test of time, this one has been protected.

Read the full description

Featurings two very impressive formal living areas, two casual family living areas and three bedrooms plus study, a large open space casual meals area adjacent the country style kitchen further enhances the impressive dimensions of this home.

If you desire a home of this period that retains the key elements of the late 1800's you will love the fact that the current owner / custodian has kept things untouched in the areas of most importance for the last 30 years. It truly is a museum piece for those who want to see how things truly were prior to the turn of the 19th century.

Exquisite cornice features and marble fireplaces in both formal living areas and the master bedroom truly reflect the benchmark this home would have set at the time it was constructed. From the leadlight feature windows, timber floorboards underfoot, high skirting boards and gorgeous french doors found in both the master bedroom and formal dining room, this home will have your heart beating and imagination running wild as to how to renovate the kitchen and bathroom areas to further compliment what is truly a rare find in this day and age.

A special feature of this home can be found in the leadlight artistry found in the formal dining room by a renown artist of the period, E.F. Troy of Flinders Street, Adelaide.

This home needs a custodian to take over ownership, to ensure this treasure lives on for future generations to admire.

Set on a generous corner allotment of some 1020 sqm with side street access to the rear of the allotment for parking off street, a large workshop / garage and carport provide plenty of undercover area for your outdoor interests.

An extension at some point in time (maybe the 1960s) saw the creation of an open space to the rear of the original construction, bringing much valued cover between the kitchen, real informal living space and bathroom area.

Outside, you will find a free standing studio / office (possibly from the same era) located to the rear of the home. Once used as an artist space by a former owner for pottery, it's potential use moving forward into the future is up to you.

Another special space of this home is the cellar! With an opening hatch in the kitchen, this space has a window to the outside world underneath the back verandah decking. With natural light reaching into this space it makes a world of difference as to what you could do with it.

This is a wonderful home to have as a baseline for your renovation dreams. Retain what is highly prized in the original areas of the home and add your finishing touches to compliment what has been retained for the last 130 plus years.

Listing description written by Neil Wilson, Wilson Real Estate West Richmond — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Deck
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
  • Living Areas: 4
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Study
  • Toilets: 2
  • Workshop
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