Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds on 500-800m² blocks, sitting on coastal sand, with high pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Holdfast Bay.
Two or three homes where one 1960s house stood: Torrens-title courtyard homes, hammerhead battle-axe blocks, occasional two-storey townhouse rows.
Californian and Tudor-style bungalows in red brick or freestone, tiled roofs, deep verandahs, leadlight windows. Many on 700-900m² blocks.
Triple-fronted cream brick veneer, low hip tiled roof, aluminium or steel windows, concrete slab, carport on the side. The Adelaide suburb standard.
Bluestone or sandstone fronts, brick quoins, slate or corrugated-iron roofs, a bullnose verandah and 3.3m ceilings. Rooms off a central hall.
Fibro and weatherboard shacks, later brick holiday homes, on sandy blocks near the esplanade. Many now knocked down for two-storey rebuilds.
Good bearing, quick drainage, stable slabs (often Class A or S). The risks are excavation collapse, wind-blown sand under the house, salt corrosion, and the coastal erosion or acid-sulfate overlays that come with living near the water.
Knockdown rebuilds dominate. The 1960s brick homes are the ones going.
Sea spray reaches several streets back. Steel roofs, wiring and even fixings age faster than in the same house inland.
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 60% of Brighton 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.
Coastal sand. Good bearing, quick drainage, stable slabs (often Class A or S). The risks are excavation collapse, wind-blown sand under the house, salt corrosion, and the coastal erosion or acid-sulfate overlays that come with living near the water.
High subdivision pressure: Two or three homes replacing one on many streets. Original houses are becoming the minority and land value drives everything. Typical blocks are 500-800m². 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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