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QLD › Cowley Beach › Barakaoan Rd

8 Barakaoan Rd, Cowley Beach QLD 4871

Land

$156,000

Last sold

3 May 2024

0

Bedrooms

0

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

647 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $156,000 (3 May 2024).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 647 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)

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. 1No 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

$156,000

3 May 2024 · derived via latest_sale

Cowley Beach at a glance

No data

Median sale

No data

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Cowley Beach report →

Planning

Planning and development

Planning data unavailable for this jurisdiction (no_adapter:QLD)

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1
  • Parcel: 108I9121

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.

For more information on this property, visit Queensland Globe↗.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$156,0003 May 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Mar 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Mar 2024
  4. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Mar 2024

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

QLD

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Zoning is not available (no_adapter). 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 (no_adapter). 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?

No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

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.”

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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.

0 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    Zoning is not available (no_adapter).

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Unknown

    No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

  • 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 (no_adapter). 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

    No DA adapter returned applications 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

Cowley Beach in one glance

Cowley Beach at a glance

No data

Median sale

No data

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Cowley Beach report →

Keep researching

  • Why Cowley Beach? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Cowley Beach →
  • Other records on Barakaoan Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Raine & Horne Innisfail

Secure your retirement escape plan. Cowley Beach

This is one of the last vacant sites in Cowley Beach. It is the only one for sale.

Cowley Beach is a peaceful little beachside village with a long stretch of golden sand and a boat ramp for direct access to some of the best fishing grounds in the country. The village has a general store at the caravan park and a community hall with gatherings regularly for the locals to catch up. This coastal beach village is truly undiscovered. Just a 20-minute drive and you have all the services you require.

The block is 647 sqm and flat. It is literally a stone's throw from the beach. You get a look at the ocean from several vantage points at ground level on the block and if you build up you will end up with fabulous ocean views, not to mention the beautiful cool ocean breeze. Once you have lodged a development application you could go ahead and build a shed where you could house the fishing boat and camp until you build. This is most Australian's retirement dream.

Read the full description

This block is something from yesteryear. I thought they were all gone in the 90's, but here may be one of the last.

Priced at just $159 000 you simply can't go wrong.

Listing description written by Michael Skuse, Raine & Horne Innisfail — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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