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NSW › Lorn › Melrose St

30 Melrose St, Lorn NSW 2320

House

$1,350,000

Last sold

7 May 2024

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

759 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,350,000 (7 May 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 759 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lorn (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,632/m² of land (n=42). 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

$1,350,000

7 May 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Lorn (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,632/m² of land (n=42). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lorn at a glance

1,582

People

$1,162,500

Median sale

$608/wk

Median rent

2.72%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 8 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lorn report →

Vs Lorn

+16.1%

Median sale

Suburb $1,162,500

-0.38 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.72%

Suburb median $1,162,500 from 8 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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. Sold$1,350,0007 May 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted19 Feb 2024
  3. Soldprice unknown4 May 2022
  4. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Apr 2022

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 $608/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

Lorn in one glance

Lorn at a glance

1,582

People

$1,162,500

Median sale

$608/wk

Median rent

2.72%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 8 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lorn report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Harcourts Hunter Valley

1925 Renovated Family Home full of Character & Charm

Situated in the popular historic village of Lorn, this beautifully renovated and extended brick home is perfect for the whole family.

Live the Lorn Lifestyle in this circa 1925 home that has kept its charm throughout with detailed architraves and cornicing all while adding those modern comforts throughout. The property is walking distance to Lorn's vibrant, busy, café strip, Lorn Park Bowls & sport Club and only a few blocks away from Maitland's Hunter River – Perfect for taking the dogs for an afternoon stroll.

From the moment you enter the property you will be greeted with a soft colour palette, 10-foot ceilings, polished cypress timber floors and plenty of natural light creating that warm homely feel. Extended 2010 and finished in 2012 this 2 bedroom plus sunroom home became 5 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, in addition to an open plan lounge, dining and kitchen area positioned perfectly to the back of the home creating a much better layout for a family to enjoy.

Read the full description

The kitchen is the heart of the home features a hardwood timber top island breakfast bench, gas cooktop and electric oven big enough for the chef of the family, plenty of cupboard space, stone bench tops & a dishwasher. The living & dining area opens out onto the outdoor alfresco area providing a great sense of indoor/outdoor entertaining. why not relax in an egg chair and enjoy a good book on a Sunday Afternoon.

The Main bedroom is generous in size, features an ensuite and a walk-in robe. The high ceilings provide a lovely sense of space and the remaining bedrooms also have Built in robes. The fifth bedroom is an ideal office/ study or workspace and the original lounge room is perfect for cuddling up on the lounge by the combustion woodfire.

Externally the property has side access, a double garage with automatic door & storage. The backyard is well maintained, neat and tidy with plenty of room for your 4-legged friends or children.

Other Features Include;

- Reverse cycle air-conditioning & Ceiling fans throughout, solar hot water, NBN

- New roof, redesigned layout, renovation to majority of home & extension

- Main Bathroom with separate spa bath, shower and vanity

- Separate Laundry with third toilet, town services

- Conveniently located only 4 mins from Maitland, 30 mins from the Hunter Valley wineries, 45 mins from Newcastle & just over 2 hours from Sydney.

While all care has been taken to ensure the information provided is correct we do not take responsibility for any error

Listing description written by Lisa Coburn, Harcourts Hunter Valley — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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