Mostly 2000s estates on 500-800m² blocks, sitting on sandy loam, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Casey.
Rendered four-two-two with alfresco, theatre and double garage on 450-600m². Volume-builder estates on the fringe.
Brick veneer with tiled roof, ensuite, rumpus, double garage by the 90s, ducted heating. Rendered Federation-revival gables late in the period.
Two-storey on 300-400m² with 10-12.5m frontages, black frames, rendered and cladded fronts, solar common. Estate design guidelines control the facade.
Victorian and Edwardian weatherboards and brick terraces, iron lace, slate or iron roofs, timber floors on stumps, rooms off a hall.
Dual occupancies and townhouse rows replacing 1950s-60s veneers under ResCode, plus single-block knockdown rebuilds.
Free-draining, low reactivity (Class A to S). Cheap slabs, few movement problems. Watch for old fill on sites that have been subdivided, and check for termites in the older timber-floored stock.
Established and stable. The village is heritage-flavoured; the 1980s-2000s estates are on their second owners.
Casey's most expensive suburb, largely because it was built with bigger blocks than everything around it.
House prices in years of wages, decade by decade, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
Likely in the older stock. About 0% of Berwick was built between the 1920s and 1980s, the peak asbestos period. Eaves, wet-area sheeting, fences and sheds are the usual places. Test before you drill, sand or demolish.
Sandy loam. Free-draining, low reactivity (Class A to S). Cheap slabs, few movement problems. Watch for old fill on sites that have been subdivided, and check for termites in the older timber-floored stock.
Low subdivision pressure: Streets look much as they did. Occasional renovation, very little demolition. Typical blocks are 500-800m². Check the zone, ResCode and any Neighbourhood Character or Heritage overlay for the exact street.
Street-level generalisations from council heritage studies, ABS dwelling-age data, soil classification maps and BuildPilot partner site reports. Every street has exceptions. A soil test, a building inspection and the council's overlay map beat any suburb profile, including this one.
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