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NSW › Minmi › Church St

40 Church St, Minmi NSW 2287

House

6

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

10

Car spaces

2,156 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 2,156 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Minmi (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,152/m² of land (n=18). 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 Minmi (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,152/m² of land (n=18). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Minmi at a glance

1,851

People

$1,000,000

Median sale

$630/wk

Median rent

3.28%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Minmi 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 unknown23 Nov 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 May 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 $630/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

Minmi in one glance

Minmi at a glance

1,851

People

$1,000,000

Median sale

$630/wk

Median rent

3.28%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Minmi report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Presence Real Estate

Own a piece of Newcastle’s history

One of Newcastle's best kept secrets, the Old Courthouse at Minmi, sits majestically on over 2000 square metres of private land and gardens.

Unique is so many ways, “the Old Courthouse” is the hub of the wheel in the Newcastle, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, and Central Coast regions with quick and easy access to Sydney, Singleton, and the North.

Originally built circa 1886 on land gifted by Baron John Brown, the courthouse remained in government hands until 1955 when it was first sold to private owners. Throughout its rich (circa) 135-year history, there have been minimal changes to the residence, with many original features still in place such as the exercise yard with its iron bar roof, steel gaol cell doors, the courtrooms stunning cedar panelled ceilings, and two magnificent, grand arched leadlight windows.

Read the full description

A generously proportioned, purpose-built restaurant was added in 1992 (the building still holds a Liquor Licence) and this added to the established previous uses of day care, art gallery and museum.

The home has eight open fireplaces, six of them are original marble, each with its own stunning colour and design, another is tuck-pointed brick built in 1901, while the huge open fireplace that dominates the spacious restaurant is faced with original sandstock bricks.

Set over two levels, the Old Courthouse provides opportunity and diversity for those with resourcefulness who dare to dream. However, if your ambitions are focused more on family and relaxation, then there's plenty of space for everyone in the sprawling property of over 500 square metres, where you can choose to relax in front of one of the many fireplaces or on one of the beautiful verandahs which surround the building.

The ground floor level features a two-bedroom apartment as well as an additional self-contained one bedroom living area, each with their own private access. (Apartments subject to council approval.)

As they explore the property, future custodians will discover the tiny crowns stamped into the various timber sections of the building, and inherit unique historical items collected over the years.

Main House

- Commercial Kitchen with fully equipped restaurant and bar

- 6 bedrooms, bathroom and 2 kitchens

- Original stained-glass door, arched windows, exercise yard, gaol cell doors

- Exquisite cedar panelled ceilings and original timber floors, stunning marble fireplaces, and high ceilings

- Liquor License

Self-contained flat (STCA)

- 2 bedroom, 1 bath, separate kitchen, living and dining areas

- workshop and storage area

Bed and Breakfast Room (STCA)

- 2nd flat with separate bedroom, and small cottage with kitchen and bathroom

- Inspections for this unique property are strictly by appointment

Disclaimer:

All information contained herein is gathered from sources we deem reliable. However, we cannot guarantee its accuracy and act as a messenger only in passing on the details. Interested parties should rely on their own enquiries. Some of our properties are marketed from time to time without price guide at the vendors request. This website may have filtered the property into a price bracket for website functionality purposes. Any personal information given to us during the course of the campaign will be kept on our database for follow up and to market other services and opportunities unless instructed in writing.

Listing description written by Ryan Nichols, Presence Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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