Mostly 1980s-90s brick veneer on 600-900m² blocks, sitting on reactive clay, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Marion.
Brick veneer with a Colorbond or concrete-tile roof, ensuite, formal lounge nobody uses, double garage under the main roof by the 90s. Rendered feature walls arrive late.
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.
Rendered or face-brick four-two-two, alfresco, theatre room, rainwater tank on the side. Blocks 450-600m². Volume builders on greenfield land.
Fibro and weatherboard shacks, later brick holiday homes, on sandy blocks near the esplanade. Many now knocked down for two-storey rebuilds.
Moderately to highly reactive clay (Class M to H). Seasonal movement causes hairline cracking in brickwork and render. Modern slabs are engineered for it; older strip footings were not. Consistent moisture around the house is the whole game.
Stable. Renovations and the odd rebuild on the clifftop streets.
Coastal cliffs and the conservation park mean coastal erosion and geotechnical checks on the western streets.
House prices in years of wages, decade by decade, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
City of Marion approvals, fees and timelines.
OpenLand prices, site costs and builders working here.
OpenWhat a knockdown rebuild costs and how long it takes.
OpenWhat each decade of Australian house looked like and hid.
OpenLikely in the older stock. About 40% of Hallett Cove 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.
Reactive clay. Moderately to highly reactive clay (Class M to H). Seasonal movement causes hairline cracking in brickwork and render. Modern slabs are engineered for it; older strip footings were not. Consistent moisture around the house is the whole game.
Low subdivision pressure: Streets look much as they did. Occasional renovation, very little demolition. Typical blocks are 600-900m². 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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