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ACT › Garran › Brereton St

85 Brereton St, Garran ACT 2605

House

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

1,461 m²

Land

345 m²

Building

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationLand 1,461 m² against a 345 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Garran (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,649/m² of land (n=13). 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 Garran (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,649/m² of land (n=13). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Garran at a glance

3,740

People

$1,192,500

Median sale

$550/wk

Median rent

2.40%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 24 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Garran 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

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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. Soldprice unknown5 Dec 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted19 Oct 2022

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 $550/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

Garran in one glance

Garran at a glance

3,740

People

$1,192,500

Median sale

$550/wk

Median rent

2.40%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 10 recorded sales (last 24 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Garran report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Belle Property Canberra

SPECTACULAR WILLEMSEN HOME BACKING GOLF COURSE

Inspections by appointment only, please contact Amy Wilson to book.

Positioned in a premium location backing the golf course, with a full-sized tennis court and stunning established gardens you will discover this architectural masterpiece, designed by Gary Willemsen. This four-bedroom home has a variety of versatile formal and informal living spaces, including a sunroom, formal dining room with kitchenette and a separate rumpus room. The spacious master bedroom is adorned with an ensuite and beautiful views out over the tennis court to the golf course. The home showcases a host of mid-century architectural features such as high vaulted ceilings, floor to ceiling windows, mezzanine level upstairs, timber ceilings, exposed beams, a spiral staircase and a show-stopping original fireplace. Set upon 1461sqm of land and privately nestled into the landscape at the top end of Brereton Street, you will love the easy access onto Red Hill Nature Reserve where you can enjoy peaceful and picturesque walking trails. Homes of this calibre do not come up often in this tightly held neighbourhood.

* Backing Federal Golf Course with a full-sized, well maintained and fully-lit tennis court, surrounded by other premium homes

Read the full description

* Designed by well-known architect Gary Willemsen with high ceilings, spiral staircase, floor to ceiling windows, original mid-century fireplace

* Four bedrooms, large mezzanine study or parent's retreat, three bathrooms, triple lock up garage

* Central kitchen with granite benchtops, a large separate dining room with kitchenette opening onto a tiled terrace with vergola

* Extensive solar panels, upgraded colorbond roof, automated external blinds, recently replaced carpet, quality roman blinds, plantation shutters

* Multiple formal and informal living spaces including rumpus and sunroom, three of the four bedrooms are ensuited

* Three gas heaters, original mid-century wood fire, two split system air conditioners

* A variety of outdoor entertaining spaces, two large built-in storage sheds (one workshop, one wine cellar), lush established gardens, 1461sqm of land

* Close to Canberra Hospital, Garran Shops, Woden Town Centre and backing Federal Golf Course, a short walk to the clubhouse for casual dining, drinks and coffee. Located close to a host of high-quality public and private schooling options

Rates: $7,360pa (approx.)

UCV: $1,477,000 (2022)

Whilst all care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of the particulars herein, no warranty can be given, and interested parties must rely on their own enquiries. This business is independently owned and operated by Belle Property Canberra. ABN 95 611 730 806 trading as Belle Property Canberra.

Listing description written by Amy Wilson, Belle Property Canberra — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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