Mostly 1970s brown brick on 700-1,200m² blocks, sitting on hills soils on slope, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Tea Tree Gully.
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.
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.
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.
Two or three homes where one 1960s house stood: Torrens-title courtyard homes, hammerhead battle-axe blocks, occasional two-storey townhouse rows.
Bluestone or sandstone fronts, brick quoins, slate or corrugated-iron roofs, a bullnose verandah and 3.3m ceilings. Rooms off a central hall.
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.
The old village core is heritage-flavoured, the slopes above are 1970s-90s family homes staying put.
Streets in the Hills Face Zone need a BAL assessment for most new work.
House prices in years of wages, decade by decade, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
City of Tea Tree Gully 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 35% of Tea Tree Gully 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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