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NSW › Merriwa › Scone Rd

6297 Scone Rd, Merriwa NSW 2329

For saleHouse

$710,000

For sale

Asking

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

10

Car spaces

26,900 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

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Given the $710,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $710,000(Listing record · 17 June 2026)
  • CalculationLand 26,900 m² against a 204 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Merriwa (last 5 years) with land size: median $264/m² of land (n=55). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)
  • CalculationAsk is 60% above the Merriwa median recorded sale ($445,000, n=15, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Merriwa's advertised median rent ($403/wk), implied gross yield would be 2.95% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

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

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$710,000

Asking · $26/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Merriwa (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $264/m² of land (n=55). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Merriwa at a glance

1,858

People

$445,000

Median sale

$403/wk

Median rent

4.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Merriwa report →

Vs Merriwa

+59.6%

Median sale

Suburb $445,000

-1.76 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.71%

Suburb median $445,000 from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$710,000
Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
$26,362
Transfer/Registration Fee
$167
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$740,229

$30,229 on top of the price (4.3% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (New South Wales)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: New South Wales schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

Pre-filled with Merriwa's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
1.45%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-26,614
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.28
Annual rent
$20,956
Operating expenses
$10,650
Loan amount
$568,000
Annual interest
$36,920
Gross yield
2.95%

Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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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. Listed$710,000available17 June 2026
  2. Soldprice unknown28 Oct 2020
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted19 Aug 2020

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 $403/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. No recorded off-street parking — often a discount versus the suburb median for the same beds.

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

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 3.0%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. 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

Merriwa in one glance

Merriwa at a glance

1,858

People

$445,000

Median sale

$403/wk

Median rent

4.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Merriwa report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by For Sale By Owner

Immaculate 3 bed house, on 27,000 sq metres. Beautiful gardens, only 2km from town, serene and peaceful. Beautiful views, and quiet.

The Phone Code for this property is: 88627. Please quote this number when phoning or texting.

Very nice, neat and clean 3 bedroom house, with a huge completely contained sunroom, with 5 G Network and NBN , super fast Internet. Just a 2km, 3 minute drive from town centre. With enough to park over 10 cars, numourous RV's boats etc, without being seen from the road or neighbours. Property is very large on 27,000 square metres. The house is located at the end of a 500m tree lined very serene long driveway. With no road noise, also no neighbour noise. There is no close neighbours. This property isn't in a flood zone, and has never been affected by a bushfire. Dozens of mature trees that are a safe distance from the house, and a 180 degree beautiful view of the mountains. Very serene, quiet and peaceful. State of the art security system with many security cameras and remote lights. 4x 12,000 litre natural rainwater, water tanks, plus house also has town water connected. Large 12 panel (Hyundai) solar system that make power bills very cheap, also has regular underground power. 3 x sheds. Fully enclosed sunroom, natural wood floorboards throughout house , large reverse cycle heater and air conditioner. Wood fireplace that heats the whole house. 24 taps around the whole property to water the grounds. Ability to subdivide property STCA. Only a 3 minute drive from, IGA, service nsw, post office, RSL club, local pub, pie and cake shop, petrol station, hospital, pharmacy and restaurants. This property is extremely quiet and serene and is just a beautiful quiet place to live. You would swear you're in the middle of the country, but with the convenience of being only 2 km from town and all the stores and shops. It is separated from the road and town by two hills, so you only see the beautiful views. Everyone that has seen this house has always commented on how beautiful the view is. Also how clean and neat the house is. This property has the best views in the area, it resembles a bush botanical garden.

Disclaimer:

Read the full description

Whilst every care has been taken to verify the accuracy of the details in this advertisement, For Sale By Owner Pty Ltd (forsalebyowner.com.au) cannot guarantee its correctness. Prospective buyers or tenants need to take such action as is necessary, to satisfy themselves of any pertinent matters.

Listing description written by For Sale By Owner (NSW), For Sale By Owner — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Air Conditioning
  • Alarm System
  • Broadband
  • Built-in Robes
  • Courtyard
  • Deck
  • Fully Fenced
  • Grey Water System
  • Intercom
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Pay TV
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Solar Hot Water
  • Solar Panels
  • Study
  • Water Tank
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