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NSW › Islington › Chinchen St

27 Chinchen St, Islington NSW 2296

House

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

6

Car spaces

312 m²

Land

440 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Islington (last 5 years) with land size: median $3,954/m² of land (n=75). 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 Islington (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,954/m² of land (n=75). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Islington at a glance

2,320

People

$1,037,500

Median sale

$685/wk

Median rent

3.43%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 28 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Islington 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 unknown7 Apr 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted11 Mar 2021

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?

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.” 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 $685/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. 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

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

    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?

    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

    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

Islington in one glance

Islington at a glance

2,320

People

$1,037,500

Median sale

$685/wk

Median rent

3.43%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 28 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Islington report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Harcourts Newcastle

Creative Vision to a Sublime Warehouse Conversion Creates a Unique Private Hideaway

Clean-edged minimalist design, utmost privacy, industrial warehouse style: these are the themes of this stunning 4-bedroom + study, 3-bathroom home that offers serious wow factor in the shell of what was once the Newcastle Plastics Factory.

Entirely in a class of its own for space, style and inspiring craftsmanship from some of Newcastle's leading artisans, the cutting-edge design uses polished concrete floors, exposed brick walls and hand-crafted timber features, reclaimed from the fabric of the original building, to underscore the industrial mood.

With an astounding 440sqm (approx.) of internal space enhanced by soaring 3.25m ceilings, this property offers a unique dual level floorplan with a bright open plan living space and seamless connection to a private courtyard for alfresco relaxation and entertaining. A masterful interplay of design gives sanctuary status to the master suite positioned in a wing of its own upstairs, while a second bespoke timber staircase takes you to the separate kids' retreat featuring three bedrooms, a family bathroom and rumpus.

Read the full description

A 3.2m high roller door allows garage parking for at least six vehicles or a boat or motorhome. With no expense spared, this virtually maintenance free property also features security cameras, air-conditioning, remote controlled windows and Smart home entry.

Completely unparalleled anywhere else in the city, this warehouse wonder is just a few hundred metres up from Islington Park and a short walk to Beaumont Street's foodie hub, Tighes Hill TAFE and the Throsby bike path that allows you to stroll or ride all the way to the harbour and beaches.

- Discreet office on ground floor within approx. 85sqm of garaging space

- Bright open plan living and dining area, second living area upstairs

- Stacker doors peel back to integrate living with an utterly private courtyard

- Island kitchen with reclaimed timber benches, 2 x integrated Ariston dishwashers, black Fisher & Paykel gas range, walk-in pantry

- All four bedrooms are appointed with built-in robes and a/c

- All three bathrooms with full-height tiling, custom vanities, black tapware

- 500m to Hamilton Station and Beaumont Street, 2.5km to Marketown

- R3 Medium Density Residential zoning amongst a mix of traditional and new homes

* This information has been prepared to assist solely in the marketing of this property. While all care has been taken to ensure the information provided herein is correct, we do not take responsibility for any inaccuraci

Listing description written by Joel Soldado, Harcourts Newcastle — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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