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ACT › Red Hill › Roebuck St

42 Roebuck St, Red Hill ACT 2603

House

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,294 m²

Land

3,298.058 m²

Building

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Red Hill (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,516/m² of land (n=12). 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 Red Hill (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,516/m² of land (n=12). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Red Hill at a glance

3,551

People

No data

Median sale

$500/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Red Hill 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

i

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 unknown10 Oct 2020
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted18 Sept 2020

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 $500/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

Red Hill in one glance

Red Hill at a glance

3,551

People

No data

Median sale

$500/wk

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Red Hill report →

Keep researching

  • Why Red Hill? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Red Hill →
  • Other records on Roebuck St →

Listing material

Listed by LJ Hooker Manuka

Substantial Family Home on Desirable Sized Block

Auction Location: On site.

Soaking up spectacular views over Canberra's South and Civic, this original home features character and charm throughout with spacious living areas and plenty of scope to further improve or renovate to add to its appeal. The expansive 1,294 sqm block is presented in an established leafy street and within close proximity of Red Hill Nature Reserve, Canberra's top schools and local shopping centres.

The interior layout is great for family comfort with its versatile design that includes a separate lounge room, formal dining room and large open family area opening onto a covered patio. The kitchen is original and offers an abundance of storage and bench space, electric cooking and a dishwasher, presenting great potential to be updated and modernised with the latest appliances.

Read the full description

All bedrooms feature built-in-robes. The spacious main bedroom is light filled thanks to the large bay window and includes an ensuite. The family bathroom features a deluxe bath with views to the backyard, separate shower and dual vanity. Plus, there is an adjoining powder room for added convenience.

On ground level a rumpus or home office is all set and ready to go with private entry and full bathroom, ideal for a business from home. There is also a laundry with external access and a double garage along with a storage area.

It's the backyard that will truly appeal to family buyers as it offers a peaceful retreat with its established gardens, lawns, outdoor entertainment patio and swimming pool. The sought-after block is completed by a fully fenced yard, perfect for children and pets to play.

Offering a flexible floor plan to accommodate the whole family, 42 Roebuck Street is a unique property brimming with potential to really make it your own.

Features Include:

- Enormous potential

- Block size 1294m2 in quiet street location

- Flexible floorplan with over 350sqm of light filled living

- Separate formal lounge and dining plus family area

- Generous multipurpose rumpus/home office with separate access and split system

- Original kitchen with Miele dishwasher, electric cooking and great storage

- Large sun filled main bedroom with bay window, built-in robes and ensuite

- Three other bedrooms all with built-in robes

- Main bathroom featuring bath, shower, double vanity

- Powder room

- Ground floor bathroom

- Internal laundry

- Large double garage with internal access

- Outdoor covered patio plus front balcony

- Mature trees and backyard

- Salt water swimming pool

- Circular driveway with extra parking

- Large bay windows across the front of the house

- Upstairs with zoned ducted reverse cycle A/C

- Security system

- Intercom system that connects through to kitchen, main bathroom and downstairs office

- 3 phase power to property

- Ducted vacuum

- Views of Civic and Telstra tower from the front balcony and displaying twinkling lights at night of Civic and Fyshwick

Living area: 355.11m2

Garage area: 50m2

Listing description written by Stephen Thompson, LJ Hooker Manuka — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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