14 Lester Place, Witherlea
Blenheim · Marlborough District
Last sold May 2023
We estimate it would sell for $882,000 as at 5 October 2026, in a range of $791,000 to $1,000,000.
How we worked this out
| Council valuation, Jul 2023 | $860,000 |
|---|---|
| Market movement in Marlborough District since the council valuation | +0.7% |
| How Witherlea sells against council values | +1.2% |
| Homes of this age in Witherlea | +0.3% |
| Homes in this price range | −1.7% |
| Nearby recent sales (15) | +1.6% |
| Its own sale in 2023 | +0.4% |
| Our estimate | $882,000 |
We start from the council's rating valuation, move it by how sales in the area have moved since against their own council values, then by how properties like this one, nearby sales and its own last sale have done against the same arithmetic. Each step is an average of real sales. Tested every month against sales we had not seen: half land within about 6% of our estimate, and about 8 in 10 within the range. This is an automated estimate, not a registered valuation.
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Home expense estimates
Estimates from the floor area and typical New Zealand prices, not quotes. Power, gas and internet details from the Electricity Authority and Gas Industry Co registries and Chorus.
14 Lester Place as a rental
| Line | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price Our estimate | ||
| Deposit | ||
| Interest rate | ||
| Rent a week our estimate $715 | ||
| Property manager | ||
| Rent, 52 weeks | $37,180 | |
| Empty between tenants 2 weeks | ||
| Property management 9.2% incl. GST | ||
| Maintenance 5% of rent | ||
| Council rates this year | ||
| Landlord insurance the building | ||
| Net income before interest | $30,602 | |
| Interest $617,400 at 6.00%, interest only | −$37,044 | |
| Cash flow before tax | −$6,442 | |
| Cash flow a week | −$124 | |
| Gross / net yield on the price | 4.2% / 3.5% | |
| Return on equity cash flow on the deposit, before tax | −2.4% | |
| Loses money above this interest rate, before tax | 4.96% | |
The rent covers the interest at rates up to 4.96%. That is -2.4% a year on a $265k deposit. A guide before tax and capital growth, from our estimates; not financial advice.
Property data
- Floor area235 m²
- Decade built2000s
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Parking5 car spaces
- Property categoryUse not published
- CouncilMarlborough District
- Valuation #20550-30437
- Valuation date1 Jul 2023
From the council’s rating records and the other sources noted on hover. Bedrooms and bathrooms may come from a past listing. Built is the decade the valuer records.
Title and land
Order a title record- Title number39869
- Title typeFreeholdGuaranteed
- Estate descriptionFee Simple, 1/1, Lot 36 Deposited Plan 310104, 905 m2
- Legal descriptionLot 36 Deposited Plan 310104
- Land area905 m²
- Title issued18 Nov 2002
- Land districtMarlborough
Owners and the parties to each instrument are not published on this page. Order the record of title to see them.
Listings
Selling this property, or the agent for it? Import the listing from your agency's site or a portal and it appears here, free: photos, price, open homes and your details, beside the council record buyers are already reading.
Building consents
Building work the council has consented on this property, newest first. 4 consents on record.
- 1 May 2026New$425,000 declared
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
Consent 261044 · Marlborough District - 1 Nov 2023Adds/Alts$8,000 declared
Free standing masport Rakaia solid fuel heater
Consent BC231007 · Marlborough District - Date not publishedAdds/Alts
Additions
Consent BC110758 · Marlborough District - Date not publishedNew
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Log Fire
Consent BC030633 · Marlborough District
Resource consents
What the council has been asked to allow under the Resource Management Act. None on this property · 4 land use or subdivision consents within 250 m.
Within 250 m
- 18 Jun 2023Land use
To construct a second dwelling house including reduced outdoor amenity (diameter circle) on Lot 175 DP 381952.
230389.01 · Marlborough District233 mGranted - 8 May 2023142 mGranted
- 15 Dec 2022Subdivision
To subdivide the four flats on Lot 20 DP 6440 into four residential allotments.
220986.01 · Marlborough District142 mGranted - 19 May 2022Land use
To remove a Notable Tree (Number 189) located on Rema Reserve, Witherlea on Lot 107 DP 308447.
220381.01 · Marlborough District116 mGranted
Ministry for the Environment, National Monitoring System, July 2014 to June 2025. All resource consents
If it is yours, claiming it puts the council record, the title and what it costs you to hold in one place — and lets you put your lending, insurance and power out to people who compete for them.
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Zoning and hazards
What the council's published maps say about this land. A map is a model of a storm, not a record of one: a LIM or a flood report says more.
We do not hold flood maps for Marlborough District yet.
Contaminated land
Councils keep registers of land used for activities on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) — service stations, timber treatment, orchards, landfills. A listing records how land was used, not that it is contaminated: most sites have never been tested.
Marlborough District Council does not publish its register. Its property file and the LIM hold HAIL records; ask its HAIL enquiry team.
What could you build here?
See whether a granny flat fits beside the house: the Building Act exemption, the national granny flat rules and the zone’s own. Then ask builders to price the shape you pick.
About Witherlea
Counts describe the records we hold for this territorial authority, not a market forecast. Our estimate above is automated, not a registered valuation; how it was reached is shown with it. Every council figure on this page can be checked against the council's own record.
The OwnBetter estimate is our own, from sales and council valuations, and is not a registered valuation.
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