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ACT › Hughes › Jensen St

57 Jensen St, Hughes ACT 2605

House

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

865 m²

Land

150 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationLand 865 m² against a 150 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Hughes (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,598/m² of land (n=16). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • InterpretationA large lot with a small dwelling means the value case rests on the land and what the zone allows on it, not the house.

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 Hughes (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,598/m² of land (n=16). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Hughes at a glance

3,159

People

$1,260,000

Median sale

$400/wk

Median rent

1.65%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Hughes 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 unknown17 Apr 2019
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 Mar 2019

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 $400/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

Hughes in one glance

Hughes at a glance

3,159

People

$1,260,000

Median sale

$400/wk

Median rent

1.65%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Hughes report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Ray White Canberra

Picturesque location, the perfect opportunity

Situated in the highly sought after suburb of Hughes is an opportunity not to be missed. With the potential to renovate, re-create or just move in and start enjoying the lifestyle on offer in such a prized location, this gem is a must see!

On a gently sloping block of 865m2 this charming three bedroom home is surrounded by a mature hedge and is ideal for those who are looking to move into the area for school zoning or to be close to Canberra's prestigious Inner South. This private pocket of Hughes will impress you with its picturesque tree-lined streets and whisper quiet neighbourhood.

The spacious kitchen has been upgraded and is well equipped to accommodate all your culinary needs. It has ample storage and is separated from the combined dining and living area by generous bench space and a breakfast bar,

Read the full description

Other accommodation includes three bedrooms - two with built-in robes and one with built-in bookshelves - an upgraded spacious two way bathroom, a powder room and a generous laundry. Other features include internal storage, a single brick garage with an underground cellar and a second cellar under the house as well as a separate workshop.

The private gardens are perfect for those who wish to utilise their green thumb but are also easily maintained. With an arrangement of different fruit trees and vegetable gardens scattered throughout, your kitchen will be stocked with fresh produce year round.

Nearby are all the amenities one could need, being minutes from both the Canberra Hospital precinct and Calvary John James hospital, Woden Town Centre, local shops and the Parliamentary Triangle. Only moments to local shops, transport and major arterial roads and surrounded by quality schools such as CGGS and CGS, Alfred Deakin High School and the popular Hughes Primary School.

- Open plan combined lounge and dining room with built in cupboards and shelves and a garden vista from every window

-Spacious upgraded kitchen with stone benchtops, stainless steel wall oven, gas 5 burner cooktop and dishwasher

- Three bedrooms - two with built-in robes and one with built-in bookshelves

- Two-way large upgraded disability friendly bathroom

- Powder room

- Separate laundry with good storage

- Gas heating and evaporative cooling

- Security roller blinds

- Cellar and workshop under the house and a second cellar under the garage

- Single car garage with off street parking

- Gently sloping block of approximately 865m2

- Nestled into an established garden surrounded by a mature hedge

- Quiet location on a tree lined street

- Close to both The Canberra Hospital precinct and Calvary John James Hospital

- Close to the local shops, Hughes Primary school, Alfred Deakin High School and a bike ride to the Grammar schools

- Conveniently located close to the Parliamentary Triangle, Woden Town Centre and Lake Burley Griffin

- Short drive to Manuka and Kingston's restaurant and shopping precincts

- Ten minutes drive to Canberra's CBD

- Living space - approximately 150sqm

- Block size - approximately 865sqm

Listing description written by Nicky Symon, Ray White Canberra — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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