Caves Beach at a glance
3,906
People
$1,580,000
Median sale
$766/wk
Median rent
2.52%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
NSW › Caves Beach › Island Outlook
$1,050,000
Last sold
31 Jan 2023
2
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Car spaces
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
$1,050,000
31 Jan 2023 · derived via latest_sale
Caves Beach at a glance
3,906
People
$1,580,000
Median sale
$766/wk
Median rent
2.52%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Vs Caves Beach
-33.5%
Median sale
Suburb $1,580,000
+1.27 pp
Gross yield
Suburb 2.52%
Suburb median $1,580,000 from 31 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
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 $766/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.
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
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
UnknownNSW 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.
Area
Caves Beach at a glance
3,906
People
$1,580,000
Median sale
$766/wk
Median rent
2.52%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by SOLD Real EstateWell this certainly is quite the surprise package, so please don't assume you know what is to come, even if you've stayed here in a freestanding resort villa, this permanent residence has those special homely touches and important extras, the weekender variety villas, just haven't got.
So what's so special about this little beauty?
Well for starters it boasts much more than just the straight-line hotel style kitchen that's available in other villas, so you can very comfortably live here full time, entertain guests and not have to eat out every night if you don't want to, although with a hotel and bistro on the grounds, if you don't feel like cooking or grocery shopping, there's food and drinks on tap, strolling distance from your door and you don't have to worry driving home if you enjoy an extra glass of wine with dinner.
Positioned closer to the water than my 2 recent $3,000,000 Esplanade sales, enjoy all the champagne qualities of being beachside, without the Moet price tag, perfect for those with champagne taste, who have a beer budget.
With the same easterly aspect as a recently sold, much further back from the beach apartment, forget paying it's $2,600,000 whopping price tag, and instead get yourself a serious dose of vitamin d this winter, with much more of a North Easterly aspect, meaning more sun in the winter and more gentle breezes in the summer, all for WAY less than half the price!
Forget the shade of a cold southerly aspect and instead warm up and get yourself poolside in the sun-soaked resort lap pool, with kids and grandkids friendly, gently increasing depth poolside beach.
The apartments may have a lift, but there's no pool and it's an uphill, longer walk back from the beach and we all know kids love a pool and they don't like any kind of long trek home, so as a family weekender this villa kills it, or as a place to retire where your grandkids will love to visit and never be bored, you'll be the ever-popular grandma and grandpa or perhaps the sugar daddy parent when you have your kids on weekends!
If you're not feeling hospitable for any reason, you can always lock up and leave whenever you like and even pick up some great coin with a little Air BNB on the side, while you're away, or a little holiday letting directly through the Bar N Bungalows on site resort management if you prefer.
Forget retirement village living or over crowded, very expensive strata, high rise holiday apartments and instead enjoy the sea air, the resort facilities, in a spot where you can retreat from the holiday makers and look out to the ocean and a lovely vision of green, being just 1 villa off beachfront reserve there's a peacefulness about being deck-side here, where you're close but not too close to the pool and you're close enough to dash to the hotel, but far enough away, to not ever really see or hear what's going on.
With a lovely open grassy area, watch the kids or grandkids play, without having to step off your lovely, covered seaside deck.
Unlike many other freestanding villas and townhouses, this one genuinely features 2 side by side car-spaces at the rear, a very welcome feature, but what you're going to love most, is the move in ready, beautiful interior, that's so unexpectedly more spacious than you'd ever have imagined from outside …
- Open plan light filled living with lots of North & easterly sun & a genuine ocean vista
- Love the break away from carpet or laminate for great looking & practical flooring
- Relax seaside with the doors open, letting in the light, winter sun & summer breezes
- Close up & pop on split system air or natural gas heating if the weather's misbehaving
- Love that the living & the recently extended kitchen, all enjoy a deck outlook & views
- Appreciate the quality stone tops, plentiful drawers & cabinetry new kitchen addition
- Incorporating a genuine raised oven with separate grill, as well as a dedicated pantry
- Delight in renewed main bathroom & ensuite flooring that will stand the test of time
- Expect new blinds & fans throughout, with a fresh coastal feel, not tired worn out look
- Love 2 genuine double bedrooms, both with ensuite access, TV points & robe storage
- The larger master boasts a walk in robe & private ensuite, with built in robes in bed 2
- Two way, the main bathroom is wonderful for a leisurely soak in the special bath tub
- With a shower separate from the bath it's also great for older visiting guests as well
- Love the lock up under deck storage for your boards & ski + side by side carparks x 2
- Minutes from coffee, food, drinks & a village shopping strip that meets all your needs
- Just 60 minutes North of Hornsby with North Connex Caves Beach is closer than ever
- Yet it still feels a million miles away with a cruisy, less developed feel than The Coast
- Perfect if you love the outdoors -Lake or beachside & oh so close to National Park too
A wonderful place to live 24/7 like you're on holidays 365 days of the year, or a terrific place to come as often as you can, to escape the city and be by the beach, where you can also earn a return when you're not here, helping to cover your holding costs and off set your tax, where you don't have to worry about maintaining the grounds and pool or spending your precious time off doing house and yard work.
The last backline villa sale here this year went for $1,000,000 and had none of the improvements or privacy this one has, with very nearby 4 Island Outlook with just the 1 car space all selling this year for $1,100,000.
Clearly Caves Beach Bar N Bungalows is the place to be and where else can you pay around this price point and be less than 300m to the sand and less than 50m to the pool for a move in ready contemporary freestanding beach house an hour North of Hornsby and 35 minutes south of very much on the move Newcastle.
Heaven awaits you!
Listing description written by Shanti Page, SOLD Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.
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