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.
SA › Encounter Bay › Dodson Rd
$695,000
Last sold
9 Apr 2024
3
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1
Car spaces
940 m²
Land
Districts View
No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
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
Last sold
$695,000
9 Apr 2024 · derived via latest_sale
Local land rate: recorded House sales in Encounter Bay (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,159/m² of land (n=121). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.
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.
Vs Encounter Bay
-14.2%
Median sale
Suburb $810,000
+0.58 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 data is being calculated
Data unavailable
Source
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 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 exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
SAPlanning 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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.”
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
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
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownArea
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.
Listing material
Listed by Harris South CoastWhen your bayside vision is a lifestyle for keeps that promises all-weather entertaining and sparkling ocean vistas, this solar-boosted style has the substance to deliver.
Led by 940sqm of landscaped gardens, privacy is the hidden agenda by way of symmetrical hedges revealing the home's sweeping and stately 1997 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom design.
You could skywrite an invitation to friends or let this expansive driveway explain - its off-street valet welcome being vast enough for guests, the boat, the caravan, or all the above extra to the secure lock-up garage and side gate backyard access.
Inside, soft neutrals, floating floors, modern sheers and crisp downlighting highlight the home's modern form and open plan footprint's many talents.
The most obvious is its size, the next are its fluid and flexible options - formal living, family relaxation, dining separation, and a refurbished kitchen with brand new benchtops that meet them all in the middle; unifying tones floating effortlessly between each, just like you will.
At arm's length from everything and bathed in sunlight, the kitchen emphasizes its practical design with a wall oven, electric cooktop, dishwasher, breakfast bar island, and bay-viewing gift - the day's weather dictating the depth of blue you'll get.
Also grabbing views, the alfresco caters for low-key or grand occasions beneath end-to-end café blinds; the low-lying foliage as much a feature as the ribbon of bay blue it underlines.
All three robed bedrooms hug the home's southern end led by two doubles to the front - one with a bay window - the master suite retreating to a walk-in robe and ensuite, capturing rear garden views and alfresco flow.
Scaled for entertaining and comfort, its proficiency inside and out for kids, pets, a debrief after golf, or pottering around on a perfect day make it a very pretty prospect.
And so is coffee at the Beach House café, following an easy bike ride to Franklin Parade shouldered by The Bluff and Granite Island - Dodson may have just made up your mind.
Your best days yet start here:
Ocean views from a superb 940sqm (approx.) allotment
Sweeping all-weather alfresco with café blinds
Solar panel efficiency
Secure roller shutters
Ceiling fans & ducted air conditioning
Interconnecting formal & casual living spaces
BIRs to all bedrooms | WIR & ensuite to rear master
Entertainer's kitchen with new benchtops
3-way family/guest bathroom with separate WC
Beautifully landscaped & irrigated gardens
Fenced backyard with side gate access
Secure 3m x 7m (approx.) garage with internal entry via laundry
Ample off-street parking
Tool shed
Listing description written by Jemma Morris, Harris South Coast — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis 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
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.