56 properties · Halfway Bush, Dunedin

Balmain Street, Halfway Bush

Balmain Street in Halfway Bush has 56 properties, valued by the council between $425,000 and $660,000 with a median of $530,000 (Halfway Bush: $550,000). Most of its homes were built in the 1950s. We estimate its homes at a median $558,500. 1 sold in the last twelve months.

$530kmedian council valuation
$559kour median estimate
1sold in the last 12 months
1950median year built
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56 properties on Balmain Street, Halfway Bush

Highest and lowest on Balmain Street

Highest-valued home31 Balmain Street$660,000council valuation · 3 bed · 170 m² floor · 927 m² land
Lowest-valued home21 Balmain Street$425,000council valuation · 3 bed · 75 m² floor · 752 m² land
Highest sale, last 12 months36 Balmain Street$610,000sold 9 Dec 2025 · 4 bed · 130 m² floor · 637 m² land

Property values on Balmain Street

The council values Balmain Street's 54 rated properties between $425,000 and $660,000. The middle half sit between about $492,500 and $562,000; the median is $530,000 and the mean $532,037.

Lowest: $425k$425kLowest10%: $475k20%: $485k20%30%: $500k40%: $520k40%Median: $530k60%: $540k60%70%: $550k80%: $574k80%90%: $600kHighest: $660k$660kHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
352$530k0—
42$560k1—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Balmain Street compared with Halfway Bush

Balmain Street's median council value is 4% below Halfway Bush's.

Balmain StreetHalfway BushDunedin
Median council value$530k$550k$580k
Sold in the last 12 months1.8%4%3.7%
Median section645 m²729 m²647 m²
Median year built195019601950
Council value per m² of floor$5k$5k$5k

Balmain Street house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2025 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $314k (2 sales)$314k20162017: $334k (4 sales)20172018: $403k (4 sales)20182019: $450k (3 sales)20192021: $621k (4 sales)$621k20212022: too few sales to say (1 sale)20222023: $576k (2 sales)20232025: $610k (3 sales, this year so far)$610k2025
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20253$610,000$4,692
20232$576,250$5,269
20221$651,000$6,446
20214$620,500$5,682
20193$450,175$4,019
20184$402,500$3,947
20174$333,750$3,209
20162$314,000$2,867

Recent sales on Balmain Street

The homes on Balmain Street

Balmain Street has 56 houses. Most were built in the 1950s (98%).

1950s: 53 (53 homes)531950s1960s: 1 (1 home)11960s

Building and resource consents on Balmain Street

6building consents in the last 5 years
2resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 58 Balmain Street1 Aug 2025 · Building consentInstall second hand woodsman ecr novo heater in dwg
  • 37 Balmain Street1 Aug 2024 · Building consentInstall metro wee rad - leg heater in dwg
  • 10 Balmain Street1 Nov 2022 · Building consentAmendment to aba-2022-253 - construct two piles
  • 54 Balmain Street1 Apr 2022 · Building consentAlt dwg - alt internal layout of bathrm (wet-area shower) & laundry
  • 10 Balmain Street1 Mar 2022 · Building consentAlt dwg - remove wall, install beam, alt layout of laundry & bathrm. Add second bathrm, install yunca monte base heater
  • 28 Balmain Street30 May 2024 · Resource consentA subdivision creating six resultant sites, and contravening minimum site size performance standards of the proposed 2GP
  • 28 Balmain Street30 May 2024 · Resource consentA multi-unit development exceeding density, height in relation to boundary, building length, vehicle queuing space, and earthworks setbacks from network utility structure standards of the proposed 2GP

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.