Rent evidence — asking vs transacted, Lewisham · postcode 2049
$900–$1162/wk is what 3-bed units in 2049 actually transact for (middle half of 27 bonds lodged, last 12 mo · median $970/wk — NSW Fair Trading, CC BY).
2019Q1 → 2026Q2: $520 → $695/wk · -1% over the last 12 months (latest four quarters averaged against the previous four) — quarterly new-tenancy medians for units in 2049, all bedroom counts pooled.
Asking rents are what agents hope for; bond figures are what tenants actually signed at (NSW Fair Trading bond lodgements, CC BY). No yield % is derived here: each rent above is a different grain from this home's price, and a ratio of two grains reads as precision it doesn't have. New-tenancy rents run hotter than sitting rents. Not financial advice.
Growth trend — Lewisham units at auction
Too few same-bed sales for a measured growth rate yet. Recent quarterly sold medians (all unit sizes — thin samples move these):
2024Q3 $690k (3) · 2024Q4 $977k (4) · 2025Q1 $915k (3) · 2025Q2 $932k (5)
Suburb-level, from published auction results. No single building has enough sales for a block-level series, so this is the honest grain; sales-mix shifts move raw medians, and the measured rate (when shown) controls for bed count.
Published auction results at this address
| Auction week | Result | Price | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2026 | Postponed | withheld | BresicWhitney Inner West |
From Domain's published weekly auction results — individual outcomes as published; withheld prices stay withheld.
Agencies' own published sales nearby — Lewisham, around 3 beds
| Address | Sold | Price | Beds | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115/20 Hudson Street | by 17 Aug 2026 | $870,000 | 2 | Meriton |
| 230/12 Hudson Street | by 17 Aug 2026 | $850,000 | 2 | Meriton |
| 206/16 Hudson Street | by 17 Aug 2026 | $960,000 | 2 | Meriton |
| 813/20 Hudson St | by 17 Aug 2026 | $1,030,000 | 2 | Meriton |
| 207 New Canterbury Road | 24 Sept 2025 | $1,500,000 | 3 | Harris Partners |
Prices as published on the selling agency's own website (their sold pages) — includes private-treaty sales the auction results never see. Only sales the agency chose to publish a figure for appear here.
Construction risk — what no listing tells you
Building Commission NSW / Strata Community Association 2023 Strata Defects Survey: 53% of newly registered strata buildings reported at least one serious defect in common property (39% in the 2021 survey). Defects are common, not exceptional — and new does not mean safe (Opal Tower was under a year old).
Get an independent structural and strata inspection before you commit — the defect base rate makes it the single highest-value dollar in the purchase.
We cannot see inside a building — no one can from public records. This section states base rates and observable adjacency only, and will never call a building safe.
The building — its registered strata scheme
Strata plan SP73714 registered 2004 — the building is at least 22 years old · 4 lots in the scheme (small scheme — levies and decisions shared among few owners).
Registration is an age floor, not a build date — a converted building is older than its strata plan. Scheme records from the NSW Strata Hub. © State of New South Wales (Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW). For current information go to spatial.nsw.gov.au.
What's changing in Lewisham — recent local signals
2025-05-30 — Aged care / seniors invest — 2B WEST STREET LEWISHAM 2049 ($236238k) (institutional-signals.json (PAN-535200, OnlineDA))
Dated public signals compiled for this suburb — openings, closures, site sales and institutional moves. Facts with sources, not forecasts.
School catchments
Petersham PS (primary) · Dulwich HS of Visual Arts and Design (secondary)
10 primary schools within 2 km · ICSEA ~1101 — the socio-educational advantage of the school community (My School, national average ~1000): a demographic measure, never a results or quality score.
Suburb-centre approximation for Lewisham — addresses near a boundary can differ. Verify the exact address at School Finder. Intake zones cover government schools only.
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Data from published auction results (Domain) and live portal listings. Estimates are never valuations or financial advice. Own this home and want a result corrected? hello@aipropertyeye.com.