Kensington at a glance
1,860
People
$1,210,000
Median sale
$590/wk
Median rent
2.54%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
SA › Kensington › Bridge St
$770,000
Last sold
23 Nov 2019
3
Bedrooms
1
Bathrooms
1
Car spaces
376 m²
Land
Districts View
No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
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
Last sold
$770,000
23 Nov 2019 · derived via latest_sale
Local land rate: recorded House sales in Kensington (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,972/m² of land (n=14). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.
Kensington at a glance
1,860
People
$1,210,000
Median sale
$590/wk
Median rent
2.54%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Vs Kensington
-36.4%
Median sale
Suburb $1,210,000
+1.44 pp
Gross yield
Suburb 2.54%
Suburb median $1,210,000 from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.
Planning
Planning data is being calculated
Data unavailable
Source
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 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 exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
SAPlanning 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.
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
No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $590/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.
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.
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
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.”
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
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
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownNearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
KnownlowThis 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
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Area
Kensington at a glance
1,860
People
$1,210,000
Median sale
$590/wk
Median rent
2.54%
Suburb gross yield
Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.
Listing material
Listed by Harcourts VennMillarKensi quirk & magic fills a reborn historic cottage. Garden entertainer...
Rich in early Adelaide history, c1870 lives on - only better - in a 3-bedroom cottage with an air of magic, situated on Kensington's first main street, surveyed to follow Second Creek back then, walkable minutes to The Parade today...
Today marking 14 years with owners who've renovated, replumbed and rewired this inexplicably light and airy home, gutted its bathroom from the ground up and sculpted its peaceful courtyard into an entertainer's oasis.
Unwind with the north-eastern sun as your guest in a garden adept at hospitality; from its muscatel vines for cheese platters to persimmons, peaches, nectarines, and citrus for summer puddings.
And when the winter lilies appear, take off for a European summer - that's just the kind of home this is - ideal for the frequent flyer, carefree socialite, or those edging their way east.
Inside, a blend of old and new fills the shuttered, formal and casual living rooms atop original pine boards, its free-flowing layout leading full circle into the tiled rear kitchen and dining.
Timeless creams and stone tops smother a host's kitchen filtering light and views from the garden; front and centre, an island primed for platter grazing, a stainless gas cooker and Bosch dishwasher in tow.
Bookending the kitchen are 3 large bedrooms - a choice of 2 masters and a 3rd also useful as a home office, earning valuable carport access.
The tales these solid walls could tell - once thought to be a nurse's quarters - of village life, horse-drawn trams, the bustle of Bridge and High Street in the late 1800s, and the birth of The Rising Sun Hotel in 1882 built by brewer, Sir Edwin T Smith.
Now, as cottage gardens line the front pickets and birds fly in to be hand-fed, The Parade's frenzy is forgotten.
But, as you park the car off-street and under shade, and walk to your favourite pub - there are 4 nearby - café hop or shop till you drop, that frenzy meets Kensi history, and an enviable eastern lifestyle.
Highlights:
A renovated c1870 cottage of local heritage value
Torrens titled (approx.) 376sqm block
Northeast-facing entertainer's courtyard
Herbs, vegie beds & flowering gardens
Entertainer's kitchen with stainless appliances & stone tops
Fully tiled bathroom renovation in 2016
2 master-sized bedrooms with BIRs
3rd bedroom/office (with separate entry to carport)
Original Baltic boards
Split system R/C A/C to living & kitchen/meals
Valuable outdoor storeroom
Off-street carport for 1
Within the Marryatville Primary & High School zones
Walking distance to St. Joseph's School
Listing description written by Stephen Venn, Harcourts VennMillar — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.