42 Hereford Street, Springvale
Whanganui · Whanganui District
Last sold Apr 2019
We estimate it would sell for $491,000 as at 5 October 2026, in a range of $441,000 to $559,000.
How we worked this out
| Council valuation, Sept 2025 | $480,000 |
|---|---|
| Market movement in Whanganui District since the council valuation | +1.3% |
| How Springvale sells against council values | +0.5% |
| Homes of this age in Springvale | −0.2% |
| Homes in this price range | −0.6% |
| Nearby recent sales (15) | +0.8% |
| Its own sale in 2019 | +0.5% |
| Our estimate | $491,000 |
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.
42 Hereford Street as a rental
| Line | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price Our estimate | ||
| Deposit | ||
| Interest rate | ||
| Rent a week our estimate $535 | ||
| Property manager | ||
| Rent, 52 weeks | $27,820 | |
| 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 | $22,898 | |
| Interest $343,700 at 6.00%, interest only | −$20,622 | |
| Cash flow before tax | +$2,276 | |
| Cash flow a week | +$44 | |
| Gross / net yield on the price | 5.7% / 4.7% | |
| Return on equity cash flow on the deposit, before tax | 1.5% | |
| Loses money above this interest rate, before tax | 6.66% | |
The rent covers the interest at rates up to 6.66%. That is 1.5% a year on a $147k deposit. A guide before tax and capital growth, from our estimates; not financial advice.
Property data
- Floor area93 m²
- Decade built1970s
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Parking1 car space
- Property categoryUse not published
- CouncilWhanganui District
- Valuation #13140-51812
- Valuation date1 Sep 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
Order a title record- Title numberWN18D/1025
- Title typeFreeholdGuaranteed
- Estate descriptionFee Simple, 1/1, Lot 19 Deposited Plan 47578, 591 m2
- Legal descriptionLot 19 Deposited Plan 47578
- Land area592 m²
- Title issued13 Jun 1978
- Land districtWellington
Owners and the parties to each instrument are not published on this page. Order the record of title to see them.
Listings
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Building consents
We hold no building consents for this property yet. The council may hold records we have not seen.
Resource consents
What the council has been asked to allow under the Resource Management Act. None on this property · 5 land use or subdivision consents within 250 m.
Within 250 m
- 14 Nov 2024143 mGranted
- 16 Jul 2024Land use
Two dwellings and associated building coverage, net site area, boundary and transport infringements
RCLU24/0079 · Whanganui District136 mGranted - 27 Mar 2024138 mGranted
- 29 Jun 2022159 mGranted
- 14 Sep 2016Land use
For a breach of the minimum lot size, 5 metre boundary setbacks and required connection to services in the Rural Lifestyle Zone.
RCLU16/0066 · Whanganui District234 mGranted
Ministry for the Environment, National Monitoring System, July 2014 to June 2025. All resource consents
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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 Whanganui 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.
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About Springvale
5 people looked at properties in Springvale this week.
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.
Agents active in Springvale
People whose office is within 5 km of Springvale, nearest first. Taken from the REA public register -- not ranked by sales, and nobody pays to appear here.
The OwnBetter estimate is our own, from sales and council valuations, and is not a registered valuation.
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