Title boundary · 7,724 m² · LINZ
UnclaimedPublic land · University of Otago

50 St Leonards Drive, Saint Leonards

Dunedin · Dunedin City

University Lodge, Otago University, Dunedin
Heritage listCategory 2 historic place

University Lodge

List No. 2223Built 1905–1994Listed 1982

The University Lodge at St Leonards is a collection of buildings now used as the residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago. Originally the land was used as the country retreats of successful Dunedin businessmen, one of whom – Isaac Stevenson – had the existing imposing lodge building erected to a design by H. McDowell Smith (1887-1965) in about 1930. However, the oldest existing buildings on site date to the 1870s-80s.

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Photo: A Winter, 2024, © Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

University Lodge Glasshouse, St Leonards, Dunedin. CC BY-SA 3.0 Image courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org
Heritage listCategory 2 historic place

University Lodge Glasshouse

List No. 2224Built 1966–1973Listed 1982

The University Lodge Glasshouse at St Leonards is part of a group of buildings now used as the residence of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago. Originally the land was used as the country retreats of successful Dunedin businessmen, one of whom – Isaac Stevenson – had the existing imposing lodge building erected to a design by H. McDowell Smith (1887-1965) around 1930.

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Matched to this property by the list's map position. Check the entry's address: Stevenson Lane, St Leonards, DUNEDIN.

Photo: Benchill, 2009, © Benchill - Wikimedia Commons

What you’ll love about this place

  • Waterfront: the land comes within 30 m of the coast

From LINZ's topographic maps: how near the land comes to the water's edge.

OwnBetter estimate
$2.94m
Medium confidence

We estimate it would sell for $2,940,000 as at 5 October 2026, in a range of $2,510,000 to $3,340,000.

Typical home in Saint Leonards
$671k
The median of our estimates of its 332 homes
How we worked this out
Council valuation, Jun 2025$2,800,000
Market movement in Dunedin City since the council valuation+3.3%
How Saint Leonards sells against council values−0.6%
Homes in this price range+1.7%
Land as a share of the value+0.4%
Our estimate$2,940,000

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 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

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$11,903a month, all in

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Home loan

What it would cost to buy 50 St Leonards Drive

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Estimated repayments
$5,491
$2,352,000 at 4.49% 1 year fixed with China Construction Bank, over 30 years
Loan length
1 year fixed today · 17 lenders
Lowest4.49%CCB · special
Average5.03%
Highest5.35%Kookmin

The lowest rather than the highest is $568 less a fortnight — about $14,759 over the 1 year.

All 17 lenders at 1 year fixed
  • China Construction Bank4.49%s$5,491/fn
  • ICBC4.65%s$5,595/fn
  • Bank of China4.68%s$5,614/fn
  • AIA New Zealand4.99%$5,818/fn
  • ANZ Bank New Zealand4.99%s$5,818/fn
  • ASB Bank4.99%$5,818/fn
  • Bank of Baroda4.99%$5,818/fn
  • Police Credit Union4.99%$5,818/fn
  • Unity Credit Union4.99%s$5,818/fn
  • Kiwibank5.15%s$5,924/fn
  • Bank of New Zealand5.19%$5,951/fn
  • SBS Bank5.19%s$5,951/fn
  • The Co-operative Bank5.19%s$5,951/fn
  • TSB Bank5.19%s$5,951/fn
  • Westpac New Zealand5.19%s$5,951/fn
  • First Credit Union5.29%s$6,018/fn
  • Kookmin Bank Auckland Branch5.35%$6,059/fn
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Property data

  • Floor area555 m²
  • Decade built1930s
  • Parking4 car spaces
  • Property categoryUse not published
  • CouncilDunedin City
  • Valuation #26700-7801
  • Valuation date1 Jun 2025

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

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  • Title number1129070
  • Title typeFreehold
  • Registered ownerUniversity of Otago
  • Public landHeld by the Crown
  • Estate descriptionFee Simple, 1/1, Lot 1 Deposited Plan 590500, 7,706 m2
  • Legal descriptionLot 1 Deposited Plan 590500
  • Land area7,724 m²
  • Title issued21 May 2024
  • Land districtOtago
Instruments on this title4 registered instrumentsCertificate pursuant to s98 of the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 · Deed of Easement · Easement Instrument · Land Covenant under s116(1)(a) or (b) Land Transfer Act 2017 See the title summary →

Owners and the parties to each instrument are not published on this page. Order the record of title to see them.

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Building consents

Building work the council has consented on this property, newest first. 1 consent on record.

  1. 1 May 2025
    Adds/Alts$125,000 declared

    Remove pellet boiler from dwg, remove wall, install beam, door, window & pellematic pes 56 pellet boiler in boilerhouse

    Consent 399/25 · Dunedin City

Resource consents

What the council has been asked to allow under the Resource Management Act. None on this property · 3 land use or subdivision consents within 250 m.

Within 250 m

  1. 13 Apr 2022
    Land use

    To undertake extensions to the existing deck.

    LUC-2022-143 · Dunedin City
    242 mGranted
  2. 28 Jan 2022
    Land use

    the undertaking of large-scale earthworks and erection of a retaining wall within permitted setbacks (retrospective)

    LUC-2022-28 · Dunedin City
    240 mGranted
  3. 2 Aug 2019
    Land use

    land use consent for the establishment of a second residential to be used for visitor accommodation

    LUC-2019-397 · Dunedin City
    192 mGranted

Ministry for the Environment, National Monitoring System, July 2014 to June 2025. All resource consents

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About Saint Leonards

Dunedin City
369
Properties on the rating roll
1 Jun 2025
Last council revaluation

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Matthew MortonSalesperson
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Keith KippenbergerSalesperson
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