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87 Circular Ave, Sawtell NSW 2452

House

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

531 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?

  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Sawtell (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,681/m² of land (n=68). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

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. 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 Sawtell (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,681/m² of land (n=68). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Sawtell at a glance

3,828

People

$1,250,000

Median sale

$596/wk

Median rent

2.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 27 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Sawtell 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 unknown23 May 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Jan 2001

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 $596/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. 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

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. 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

Sawtell in one glance

Sawtell at a glance

3,828

People

$1,250,000

Median sale

$596/wk

Median rent

2.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 27 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Sawtell report →

Keep researching

  • Why Sawtell? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Sawtell →
  • Other records on Circular Ave →

Listing material

Listed by McGrath Coffs Harbour

This is the quintessential Sawtell Lifestyle.

This character-filled three-bedroom cottage offers everything buyers love about this seaside village; a single level floorplan with a perfect flow of indoor-outdoor living all within walking distance to the vibrant First Avenue and beaches. With a few improvements over the years, this home has been given a new lease of life - this light filled home has timber floors, covered outdoor entertainment area, new solar hot water service; kitchen and bathrooms makeover. Best of all, this home offers so much in lifestyle but with a minimal amount of maintenance, thanks to the manageable 531 sqm easy-care landscaped block. So instead of spending the weekend mowing the lawns, you can enjoy the flat 5-minute walk to cafes and restaurants or a swim at the beach; the kids can even walk to school. It's everything you need for the relaxed Sawtell lifestyle.

- A rare chance to secure a property within this tightly held street

- Meticulously maintained and cared for by the current owner

Read the full description

- Original hardwood floors throughout most of the home

- Spacious covered outdoor entertainment area overlooking amazing

Australian native garden with two ponds to complete landscape

- Established gardens and fully fenced front and back yards

- Two garden sheds and shade house for a keen gardener

- Two rain water tanks - Four raised garden beds

- Solar hot water

- This beautiful home is a must see

Listing description written by Lana Burrows, McGrath Coffs Harbour — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Living Areas: 1
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