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54 Longwood Rd, Stirling SA 5152

House

$965,000

Last sold

30 Jan 2020

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

4,196 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $965,000 (30 Jan 2020).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 4,196 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Stirling (last 5 years) with land size: median $882/m² of land (n=36). 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

$965,000

30 Jan 2020 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Stirling (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $882/m² of land (n=36). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Stirling at a glance

3,150

People

$1,695,000

Median sale

$706/wk

Median rent

2.17%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Stirling report →

Vs Stirling

-43.1%

Median sale

Suburb $1,695,000

+1.63 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.17%

Suburb median $1,695,000 from 10 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$965,00030 Jan 2020
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted22 Jan 2020

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 $706/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

Stirling in one glance

Stirling at a glance

3,150

People

$1,695,000

Median sale

$706/wk

Median rent

2.17%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Stirling report →

Keep researching

  • Why Stirling? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Stirling →
  • Other records on Longwood Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Harris Real Estate Stirling

The 'watch tower'; where a stone-laden treasure meets swims, sunsets and a sneaky sea glimpse on just over an acre...

"Also known as 52 Longwood Road, Stirling"

Set below street level to hide so peacefully from the passing world is a stone-laden Stirling treasure you'll never see coming in a home that ends with a pool, perfect sunsets and a sneak peek at the sea.

How? Because this rebooted, '70s-built and boomerang-shaped home reveals not only the ocean through a hole in the hillside, but a C1800 watch tower that rises to a second level and makes this one very unique proposition.

Read the full description

The end result is a striking, charismatic of meeting of two eras at the centre of a block that fades into a tree-top perspective - best served from pretty much every room and always shielded from any prying eyes.

It comes as no surprise that the thick original stone of the watch tower is the stylistic - and thermal - feature of a 2-3-bedroom home with contemporary cues at every turn.

A striking mix of timbers, textures and hues headline a central lounge room that, through expansive windows/doors, steps straight onto a timber deck hovering over the pool.

The near new adjacent kitchen - with thick granite tops, a Smeg 900mm oven/gas cooktop, Miele dishwasher and butler's pantry - keeps an eye on the pool too....not to mention the odd inquisitive koala or echidna.

With its ensuite bathroom, dressing room and the sense you are floating amongst the trees; the master bedroom is easy to distinguish....until you step into the watch tower, that is.

With those rugged stone walls, vaulted timber ceilings, a second level retreat/extra bedroom and that treasured connection to Stirling's past, it doesn't get much better than waking up and winding down in your very own watch tower.

More reasons why we love this home:

- Just a 3-minute drive from the heart of Stirling

- Comprehensive renovations to 1970s section

- Near new bathrooms, windows, timber decking, external render, a range of cosmetic upgrades and more

- Double carport

- Study nook to watch tower

- Lofty raked ceilings and solid timber floors to central lounge room

- Extensive under-home storage

- Efficient split R/C and two Nectre combustion heaters

- In-ground concrete pool with stone and timber decking surrounds

- Beautifully presented gardens with automatic watering system

- Separate entry for caravan/boat

- Abundant wildlife (koalas, echidnas, birds and more)

- And many more.

Specifications:

CT / 5794/798

Council / City of Adelaide Hills

Zoning / CL'29

Built / 1983

Land / 4196m2

Council Rates / $2330.55pa

SA Water / $301.60pq

ES Levy / $156.65pa

All information provided has been obtained from sources we believe to be accurate, however, we cannot guarantee the information is accurate and we accept no liability for any errors or omissions (including but not limited to a property's land size, floor plans and size, building age and condition) Interested parties should make their own inquiries and obtain their own legal advice. Should this property be scheduled for auction, the Vendor's Statement may be inspected at any Harris Real Estate office for 3 consecutive business days immediately preceding the auction and at the auction for 30 minutes before it starts.

Listing description written by Arabella Hooper, Harris Real Estate Stirling — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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