Mostly narrow-lot estates on 300-450m² new, 700m²+ older blocks, sitting on reactive clay, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Playford.
Two-storey or long single-storey on 300-450m², black window frames, Colorbond Monument roofs, solar on most, 6 or 7-star rated. Very few established trees yet.
Rendered or face-brick four-two-two, alfresco, theatre room, rainwater tank on the side. Blocks 450-600m². Volume builders on greenfield land.
SA Housing Trust double-brick and cream-brick semis and singles, concrete or timber floors, small windows, hip roofs in tile or iron. Solid and simple.
Original farmhouses and cottages, 1980s-2000s brick homes on 1-4ha allotments, sheds bigger than the house. Rainwater tanks and septic.
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.
Still building out. Old semi-rural blocks on the edges are being rezoned and cut up.
Munno Para West and Downs are the estate stages; old Munno Para is the bit with the sheds.
House prices in years of wages, decade by decade, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
City of Playford 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 15% of Munno Para 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 300-450m² new, 700m²+ older. 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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