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29 Skinner St, Cook ACT 2614

House

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

737 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 737 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Cook (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,559/m² of land (n=4). 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 Cook (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,559/m² of land (n=4). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Cook at a glance

2,968

People

$1,070,000

Median sale

$440/wk

Median rent

2.14%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 9 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Cook 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 unknown13 Sept 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted24 Aug 2023

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

ACT

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 for this property.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $440/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 for this property. 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 for this property.

  • 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. This jurisdiction has no comparable official bond series in the free set.

  • 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

Cook in one glance

Cook at a glance

2,968

People

$1,070,000

Median sale

$440/wk

Median rent

2.14%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 9 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Cook report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by LJ Hooker Kaleen

Home sweet Home!

Auction Location: In Rooms | LJ Hooker Canberra City | 182 City Walk, Canberra City

Impressive from every angle, 29 Skinner Street is immediately appealing. With the warmth and feel of a country homestead, you know that this is a place that will be easy to call home.

Set out over two levels and boasting 4 grandiose bedrooms, which don't just promise space, but are sure to deliver a living experience nothing short of opulent. You won't find bedrooms of this size anywhere� two full bathrooms also service the home, one on each of the upper and lower levels.

Read the full description

The opportunity here is magnificent, and the potential is endless. Everything is generous in this property where family gatherings are sure to become an event, and every quiet moment, a cherished memory.

The home whispers the potential for comfort and elegance, with ample room for your own creativity, personalisation, and style. In its current form, ready to be moved into, yet with plenty of scope to add your own touches, to renovate and change to a quality and design that will suit you and your family best.

Looking magnificently majestic on approach, it has delightful verandas and decks to enjoy around the property on both levels. Upstairs, two of the splendid bedrooms share an interconnecting fully-screened balcony with incredible views. Imagine waking up to sunlit vistas and sharing twilight conversations overlooking the city! Magical.

This is a property that has seen families grow and thrive and is now ready for its new owners to bring fresh life and style into what is a home of abundant promise and potential.

With a distinct architectural charm, this home blends into the streetscape beautifully with pride and poise. This is a simply delightful home that the current owners have made a definite decision to sell come auction day.

Looking to call Cook home? Secure your interest today.

For further information or a private inspection please speak with Tim Russell at 0416 087 834 or Jackson White-Brettell at 0421 479 376

Features include:

Four grandiose bedrooms

2 full bathrooms, one on each level

Bullnose veranda to the entry

Established landscaped gardens.

737m2 Block

Generous solid timber kitchen with eat-in dining area and slate flooring

Gas cooking

Gas hotwater

Single carport and single garage

Breakout decks on both sides of the lower level

Leafy sky views from all three upper-level bedrooms

Breathtaking views from the screened balcony adjoining two of the bedrooms on the upper level

Rates: $3,824 pa approx

Land Tax: $6,796 pa approx

EER: 2.0

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we consider to be reliable. However, we cannot guarantee or give any warranty about the information provided. Interested parties must solely rely on their own enquiries.

Listing description written by Tim Russell, LJ Hooker Kaleen — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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