Mostly 1960s cream brick veneer on 700-1,200m² blocks, sitting on hills soils on slope, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Mitcham.
Triple-fronted cream brick veneer, low hip tiled roof, aluminium or steel windows, concrete slab, carport on the side. The Adelaide suburb standard.
Brown brick veneer, mission-brown aluminium windows, ducted evaporative on the roof, a family room off the kitchen and a pergola out the back. Project homes from the big volume builders.
Stone cottages in the old townships, then 1970s-90s split-levels and pole homes on steep bush blocks, then modern estate stages on cleared land.
Californian and Tudor-style bungalows in red brick or freestone, tiled roofs, deep verandahs, leadlight windows. Many on 700-900m² blocks.
Two or three homes where one 1960s house stood: Torrens-title courtyard homes, hammerhead battle-axe blocks, occasional two-storey townhouse rows.
Shallow clay loam over rock, often steep. Movement is less about reactivity and more about slope stability, stormwater and cut-and-fill. Retaining walls become the biggest hidden cost, and bushfire rules shape the whole design.
Stable hills-edge suburb. Infill only near the shops and train line.
Bushfire rules apply to the gully streets, and the slate under the topsoil makes trenching expensive.
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 65% of Blackwood 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.
Hills soils on slope. Shallow clay loam over rock, often steep. Movement is less about reactivity and more about slope stability, stormwater and cut-and-fill. Retaining walls become the biggest hidden cost, and bushfire rules shape the whole design.
Low subdivision pressure: Streets look much as they did. Occasional renovation, very little demolition. Typical blocks are 700-1,200m². Check the zone and minimum site area in the Planning and Design Code 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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