Lightning Ridge at a glance
1,986
People
No data
Median sale
$238/wk
Median rent
No data
Suburb gross yield
NSW › Lightning Ridge › Nobby Rd
$525,000
For sale
Asking
3
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
5
Car spaces
1,800 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
Asking
$525,000
Asking · $292/m² of land
No recorded sale for this property.
Lightning Ridge at a glance
1,986
People
No data
Median sale
$238/wk
Median rent
No data
Suburb gross yield
$21,904 on top of the price (4.2% extra)
Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.
Stamp duty and transfer fees: New South Wales schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.
Pre-filled with Lightning Ridge's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.
Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.
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
NSWPlanning 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.” NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.
Rental
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $238/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. 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.
Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 2.4%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. NSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.
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
Lightning Ridge at a glance
1,986
People
No data
Median sale
$238/wk
Median rent
No data
Suburb gross yield
Listing material
Listed by For Sale By OwnerThe Phone Code for this property is: 96649. Please quote this number when phoning or texting.
Amazing value Was $675,000 NOW $575,000
Walk in walk out. Everything must sell!
All machining, stock and household contents*
Huge workshop and comfortable 3 bedroom / 2 bathroom caretakers cottage.
This incredible unique property has everything a person wanting to continue a well established engineering business. The owner, being retired, wants to see his many years of hard work sown into the next generation, giving them a fantastic start. As well as offering a huge number of machines, tools, and stock items.
The 1,800 square metres block includes a wonderfully comfortable, on-site3/ bedroom caretaker's cottage with modern kitchen, 2 bathrooms and huge living area. Right in the industrial area of Lightning Ridge.
The large 9metre by 36 metre factory shed is packed with countless treasures. One must see it to believe.
Among the items are:
5 tonne mobile crane. 2 x 500kg gantries. 1.5 Tonne Forklift. Large drill press with tapping attachment. 1.2metre bed industrial lathe. Milling machine. Tool and cutter grinder. 2.4 metre horizontal borer. 27CFM compressor. 400- amp stick welder. 320 amp and 180 amp mig welders. New and used hydraulic pumps, motors, and valves. Huge tool box with tools. Steel shelving and work benches.
All metal working machines come with a large amount of tooling and accessories. ie Morse taper drills to 2inches.Adjustable readers to 2 inch. Keyway cutters to 5/8 of an inch. Milling cutters. Taps and dies etc.
Huge stock of varies parts and nuts and bolts.
The bustling town of lightning Ridge is the black opal centre of the world. This property is well positioned to support this intense mining industry and has the potential to turn its hand to a diverse number of industries, as well as manufacturing industrial mining equipment. Until recently, it has been involved in recycling and general maintenance and repairs. This unique property doesn't come around very often, particularly at this very amazing asking price.
For further information and the opportunity to inspect the property please get in touch.
* several items are currently under review as inclusions.
Disclaimer:
Whilst every care has been taken to verify the accuracy of the details in this advertisement, For Sale By Owner (forsalebyowner.com.au Pty Ltd) cannot guarantee its correctness. Prospective buyers or tenants need to take such action as is necessary, to satisfy themselves of any pertinent matters.
Listing description written by For Sale By Owner (NSW), For Sale By Owner — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
NSW has a statewide DA API. Nearby (100–800 m) applications are not loaded for this property yet.
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
UnknownNSW Valuer General land values are not loaded for this property yet.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNSW net yield needs land tax and VG inputs that are not loaded. Gross yield from listings is not net yield.