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305 Rocky Castle Rd, Penola SA 5277

Rural Property

5

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

1,942,936.237 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

View not ready — official layers are still retrieving for this property. Official planning layers still retrieving. Flood / bushfire / heritage not yet retrieved. No recorded sale price for this property. Districts does not score a property it cannot yet see.

Why this property?

  • FactLand 1,942,936 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)

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.

Penola at a glance

1,674

People

$452,500

Median sale

$312/wk

Median rent

3.59%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Penola 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 unknown17 June 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted23 Apr 2021

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

Capital growth

SA

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. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $312/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. 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.

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. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

  • 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

    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

Penola in one glance

Penola at a glance

1,674

People

$452,500

Median sale

$312/wk

Median rent

3.59%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Penola report →

Keep researching

  • Why Penola? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Penola →
  • Other records on Rocky Castle Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Elders Real Estate South East

Rocky Castle, GLENROY

Elders Rural Services Australia Ltd is instructed to offer ‘Rocky Castle' for sale by the way of Expressions of interest closing 11am Thursday 10th June 2021

194.3ha/ 480.11 acres

"Rocky Castle" is centrally located between Penola and Naracoorte in the tightly held precinct of Glenroy in the South East of South Australia. The 480.11 acre (approx.) property has an exceptional ability to produce prime livestock and to finish store lambs.

Read the full description

"Rocky Castle" is a extremely aesthetically pleasing property, with large majestic healthy red gums scattered throughout portion of the property providing shelter, warmth and cool shade during the summer months.

With the high carrying capability, excellent fertiliser history and consistent strong soil types over the property, this opportunity is a rare occurrence to come on the market!

Recent fencing upgrades have been completed and fencing is now in excellent condition.

Majority of the fence lines are constructed of creo post, cyclone wire, double barb plus single hot wire.

Soils across the property vary from very healthy red gum country with dark brown loam over clay, to highly productive heavy grey sands over clay over limestone.

Four dwellings on the property, presenting an opportunity to earn extra income as rentals from all four houses.

STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS

Machinery Shed & Workshop

- Huge 30.5m x 34m shed with concrete floor and steel frame, powered

- Service pit, large enough for semi trailer (6.8m x 1m)

- Adjoining lockable workshop, powered & concreted

- Drive through wash down bay at the rear (with septic)

Main House

- 5 spacious bedrooms and 3 bathroom solid family home

- Country style kitchen with AGA oven and adjoining dining overlooking the garden and large gums

- Generous size lounge with panelled redgum walls (milled from timber off the property), open fire place with stone surround

- Large spa bath in the ensuite overlooking the garden

- Sprinkler system set up around the yard

2nd house

- Currently tenanted for $200 per week

- Includes 20 acres

- Fibro construction, open plan kitchen/dining

3rd house

- Has been tenanted up until recent months for $200 per week

- Recently renovated inside, transportable home

4th house/ office (original house)

- Currently utilised as an office, this 2 bedroom 1 bathroom home could be tenanted as well as an extra income

- ducted air conditioning + fireplace

For a copy of the information memorandum or to arrange a private inspection, please contact Grant Schubert on 0429 077 033

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Closing 11am Thursday 10th June 2021, offers to grant.schubert@elders.com.au

Listing description written by Grant Schubert (RLA62833), Elders Real Estate South East — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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