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ACT › Downer › Swinden St

51 Swinden St, Downer ACT 2602

House

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

745 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 745 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Downer (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,573/m² of land (n=23). 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 Downer (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,573/m² of land (n=23). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Downer at a glance

4,556

People

$1,115,000

Median sale

$420/wk

Median rent

1.96%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Downer 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 unknown9 June 2017
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 May 2017

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 $420/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

Downer in one glance

Downer at a glance

4,556

People

$1,115,000

Median sale

$420/wk

Median rent

1.96%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 7 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Downer report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Luton Properties Dickson

This unfinished project could be your key to enter the fabulous inner north market with a price guide of $650,000+

Our motivated vendors are keen to sell their three bedroom home, offering the savvy buyer looking for a project a great opportunity to enter the market at an affordable price. With huge potential in a sought after location this home has commenced renovations which are yet to be completed. The home offers a spacious living area to the front, newly renovated kitchen with state of the art appliances (needs completing), an original bathroom, gas wall heating, a reverse cycle split system and built in robes to two bedrooms.

The home is set on a 745m2 block with a lovely aspect to the rear and plenty of room for further additions or improvements. With the thriving Dickson shopping Centre, public transport, a great choice of schools, ovals and sporting facilities just minutes away, you will be always in a sought after and super convenient location. The light rail project is also a fabulous added bonus to this suburb. Don't miss this great opportunity!

<b>Features include:</b>

Read the full description

- Three bedroom home in need of finishing

- Affordable entry into the popular suburb

- Wonderful opportunity to complete this project

- Lovely aspect

- Set on a level 745m2 approx. block

- Ideal for further improvements or additions

- Generous living area

- Gas wall furnace and reverse cycle split system

- Rinnai hot water

- Built in robes to two bedrooms

- Within walking distance of schools, the Dickson shopping Centre, ovals and public transport

- So close to the light rail project

- Minutes to the City Centre, sporting facilities and Universities

- Well worth an inspection

EER: 0

Land Size: 745m2 (approx.)

Land Value: $484,000 (approx.)

Land Rates: $2,837 pa (approx.)

Listing description written by Michael and Jenny McReynolds, Luton Properties Dickson — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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