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26 Laurie Ave, Encounter Bay SA 5211

House

$626,000

Last sold

14 Jan 2022

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $626,000 (14 Jan 2022).(Recorded sale)

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

$626,000

14 Jan 2022 · derived via latest_sale

Encounter Bay at a glance

5,480

People

$810,000

Median sale

$545/wk

Median rent

3.50%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Encounter Bay report →

Vs Encounter Bay

-22.7%

Median sale

Suburb $810,000

+1.03 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.50%

Suburb median $810,000 from 11 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$626,00014 Jan 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted22 Dec 2021

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 $545/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

Encounter Bay in one glance

Encounter Bay at a glance

5,480

People

$810,000

Median sale

$545/wk

Median rent

3.50%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Encounter Bay report →

Keep researching

  • Why Encounter Bay? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Encounter Bay →
  • Other records on Laurie Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Harris South Coast

The Perfect Holiday Escape

Best Offer by 12 noon 28 January 2022 (unless sold prior)

Price : $575,000 to $625,000

For those searching for a low maintenance easy care holiday getaway, your search could well be over! This two storey Sarah home was built Circa 2012 on a large 712m2 (approx) allotment, with plenty of room for a boat or caravan at the back of the allotment. Boaties will love the close proximity of the property to the Encounter Bay boat ramp - from here you will be able launch your boat in just a matter of minutes!

Read the full description

The upper level of the home is at street level, with the driveway running down the northern side of the home, providing easy access to the flat backyard. Built of weatherboard construction the home is disposed to a large open plan living space upstairs, comprising of the kitchen/dining and living room. The living area has easy care timber floating floors and opens out onto a fabulous alfresco balcony which has distant sea and island views. The spacious master bedroom suite is accessed from the living room - there is a built-in robe and access to the large en-suite bathroom, with bath, shower, vanity and wc.

Downstairs features a second living room (again with timber floating floor) which in turn opens onto the paved back patio. Another three bedrooms are found downstairs, providing plenty of family accommodation, or for when having friends come to stay. A three way bathroom services the ground floor. In the laundry, the washing machine and dryer will be included in the sale. The front yard has been terraced and retained, planted to hardy natives for easy care holiday living. Artificial grass is found at the back of the home adding to the low maintenance nature of the offering.

Features include reverse cycle air-conditioning, 15,000 litre rainwater storage, Heat Pump hot water service and NBN connection. Without question this home has definite holiday living appeal due to its location and low maintenance nature. The two spacious living rooms will certainly appeal! Equally the home is perfect for a young family and has definite appeal for investors, as it would be suitable for either permanent or holiday rental accommodation.

The owners would definitely consider a quick settlement, so should a holiday escape be at the top of your agenda, this could be your opportunity!

Listing description written by Mark Forde, Harris South Coast — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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