Title boundary · 32,463 m² · LINZ
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199 Stafford Drive, Ruby Bay

Māpua · Tasman District

Last sold Dec 2018

House, Ruby Bay
Heritage listCategory 2 historic place

House

List No. 1663Built 1867–1990Listed 2010

Constructed in 1867 as a holiday home for prominent Nelson merchant family, the Buxtons, House, Ruby Bay is a Dutch-colonial style residence located on the South Island's northern coast, mid-way between Richmond and Motueka. The building is connected with two important early European Nelson families and also the beginnings of the local fruit growing industry.

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Photo: Alison Dangerfield, 2009, © Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

What you’ll love about this place

  • About 50 m from the coast

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

OwnBetter estimate
$1.97m
Medium confidence

We estimate it would sell for $1,970,000 as at 5 October 2026, in a range of $1,770,000 to $2,240,000.

Typical home in Ruby Bay
$1.24m
The median of our estimates of its 359 homes
How we worked this out
Council valuation, Sept 2023$2,080,000
Market movement in Tasman District since the council valuation+2.0%
How Ruby Bay sells against council values−3.9%
Homes of this age in Ruby Bay−0.9%
Homes in this price range−2.4%
Land as a share of the value−0.3%
Nearby recent sales (15)−0.8%
Its own sale in 2018+0.9%
Our estimate$1,970,000

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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What it costs to live here

Home expense estimates

Mortgage: open the section
$7,976a month, all in

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Home loan

What it would cost to buy 199 Stafford Drive

Every rate from 36 lenders →
Estimated repayments
$3,679
$1,576,000 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 $380 less a fortnight — about $9,890 over the 1 year.

All 17 lenders at 1 year fixed
  • China Construction Bank4.49%s$3,679/fn
  • ICBC4.65%s$3,749/fn
  • Bank of China4.68%s$3,762/fn
  • AIA New Zealand4.99%$3,898/fn
  • ANZ Bank New Zealand4.99%s$3,898/fn
  • ASB Bank4.99%$3,898/fn
  • Bank of Baroda4.99%$3,898/fn
  • Police Credit Union4.99%$3,898/fn
  • Unity Credit Union4.99%s$3,898/fn
  • Kiwibank5.15%s$3,970/fn
  • Bank of New Zealand5.19%$3,988/fn
  • SBS Bank5.19%s$3,988/fn
  • The Co-operative Bank5.19%s$3,988/fn
  • TSB Bank5.19%s$3,988/fn
  • Westpac New Zealand5.19%s$3,988/fn
  • First Credit Union5.29%s$4,033/fn
  • Kookmin Bank Auckland Branch5.35%$4,060/fn
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Investor insights

199 Stafford Drive as a rental

Rent estimate$1,065/wk$930–$1,230 · Little evidence
Gross yield2.8%$55,380 a year on $1.97m
Net yield2.3%After $9,798 of costs
Cash flow−$457/wk30% deposit, interest only at 5.03%
Rent, 52 weeks$55,380
Empty between tenants 2 weeks−$2,130
Property management 9.2% incl. GST−$4,899
Maintenance 5% of rent−$2,769
Council rates this yearNot known
Landlord insurance the buildingNot known
Net income before interest$45,582
Interest $1,379,000 at 5.03%, interest only−$69,364
Cash flow before tax−$23,782

The rent covers the interest at rates up to 3.31%. That is -4.0% a year on a $591k deposit. A guide before tax and capital growth, from our estimates; not financial advice.

Property data

  • Floor area317 m²
  • Decade built1900s
  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms3
  • Parking3 car spaces
  • Property categoryUse not published
  • CouncilTasman District
  • Valuation #19380-7000
  • Council Property ReportView the council’s report
  • Valuation date1 Sep 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

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  • Title numberNL5D/500
  • Title typeFreehold
  • Estate descriptionFee Simple, 1/1, Lot 1 Deposited Plan 10394, 32,486 m2
  • Legal descriptionLot 1 Deposited Plan 10394
  • Land area32,463 m²
  • Title issued26 Feb 1980
  • Land districtNelson
Instruments on this title5 registered instrumentsCompletion Certificate under s306 Local Government Act 1974 · Easement Instrument · Gazette Notice/Order in Council/Proclamation · Mortgage · Transfer and Grant of Easement 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 Feb 2020
    Adds/Alts$10,000 declared

    Alterations to ensuite bathrm

    Consent 20/0024 · Tasman District

Resource consents

What the council has been asked to allow under the Resource Management Act. None on this property · 10 land use or subdivision consents within 250 m.

Within 250 m

  1. 8 Aug 2024
    Land use

    Land use consent for an extension to a dwelling in the Coastal Risk Area and Closed Residential Zone.

    240535 · Tasman District
    208 mGranted
  2. 14 May 2024
    Land use

    Change of condition 1 of RM210371 to amend the building plans to include a carport attached to the garage in the Residential Zone (Closed), Coastal Environment Area and Coastal Risk Area

    210371V1 · Tasman District
    208 mGranted
  3. 22 Mar 2023
    Land use

    Land use consent to establish a building location area to construct one (generic) dwelling and one (generic) sleepout on each of the new allotments being Lot 2, Lot 3 and Lot 4 of subdivision consent RM230164 in the Coastal Environment Area

    230165 · Tasman District
    80 mGranted
  4. 22 Mar 2023
    Subdivision

    Subdivision of Record of Title NL5D/500 in the Rural Residential (Mapua) Zone to create: - Lot 1 of 1.47 ha – containing two existing dwellings. - Lot 2 of 4,536m2- with identified building location area - Lot 3 of 6,364m2- with identified building location area - Lot 4 of 6,029m2- with identified building location area This consent authorises the creation of a right of way that does not comply with the relevant standards as it will not have bays every 50 metres.

    230164 · Tasman District
    80 mGranted
  5. 22 Mar 2023
    Land use

    Earthworks associated with the disturbance and removal of soil classified as contaminated under the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 and earthworks within 10 metres of a waterway.

    230168 · Tasman District
    80 mGranted
  6. 11 Nov 2021
    Land use

    Land use consent to construct an addition to the existing dwelling (a Habitable Building) in the Closed Residential Zone that does not comply with the daylight admission plane

    211090 · Tasman District
    137 mGranted

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

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Contaminated land

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About Ruby Bay

Tasman District
399
Properties on the rating roll
1 Sep 2023
Last council revaluation

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