75 properties · Tinwald, Ashburton

Melcombe Street, Tinwald

Melcombe Street in Tinwald has 75 properties, valued by the council between $290,000 and $940,000 with a median of $460,000 (Tinwald: $520,000). More of its homes were built in the 1950s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $512,000. 6 sold in the last twelve months, for a median $536,500. The highest sale in 2026 was 90 Melcombe Street, at $525,000. 2 are for sale now.

$460kmedian council valuation
$512kour median estimate
$537kmedian sale, last 12 months · 6 sales
1960median year built
2for sale now
AshburtonTinwald ×Melcombe Street ×

75 properties on Melcombe Street, Tinwald

Highest and lowest on Melcombe Street

Highest-valued home56A Melcombe Street$940,000council valuation · 4 bed · 294 m² floor · 4,624 m² land
Lowest-valued home102 Melcombe Street$290,000council valuation · 3 bed · 120 m² floor · 1,186 m² land
Highest sale in 202690 Melcombe Street$525,000sold 7 Mar 2026 · 3 bed · 110 m² floor · 1,012 m² land

Property values on Melcombe Street

The council values Melcombe Street's 61 rated properties between $290,000 and $940,000. The middle half sit between about $400,000 and $565,000; the median is $460,000 and the mean $496,885.

Lowest: $290k$290kLowest10%: $380k20%: $390k20%30%: $410k40%: $440k40%Median: $460k60%: $520k60%70%: $540k80%: $590k80%90%: $650kHighest: $940k$940kHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
11$380k0—
27$395k0—
342$460k4$537k
411$620k2—

Council rating valuations: the council's figure for apportioning rates, not a market appraisal.

Melcombe Street compared with Tinwald

Melcombe Street's median council value is 12% below Tinwald's.

Melcombe StreetTinwaldAshburton
Median council value$460k$520k$530k
Median sale, last 12 months$537k$552k$570k
Sold in the last 12 months8%5.6%4.9%
Time between sales4.8 yrs5.5 yrs6.5 yrs
Median section923 m²842 m²835 m²
Median year built196019801970
Council value per m² of floor$4k$4k$4k

Melcombe Street house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2026 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $293k (3 sales)$293k20162017: $336k (2 sales)2018: $255k (6 sales)20182019: $374k (2 sales)2020: $384k (8 sales)20202021: $411k (10 sales)2022: $477k (6 sales)20222023: $435k (3 sales)2024: $470k (9 sales)20242025: $573k (10 sales)$573k2026: $505k (2 sales, this year so far)$505k2026
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20262$504,500$4,338
202510$572,750$4,490
20249$470,000$3,780
20233$435,000$3,508
20226$477,000$3,944
202110$411,000$3,311
20208$384,250$2,869
20192$373,500$2,511
20186$255,000$2,281
20172$335,750$2,318
20163$293,000$2,545

Recent sales on Melcombe Street

The homes on Melcombe Street

Melcombe Street has 65 houses and 8 units and townhouses. More were built in the 1950s than in any other decade (26%).

1910s: 6 (6 homes)61930s: 1 (1 home)1930s1940s: 2 (2 homes)1950s: 16 (16 homes)161950s1960s: 10 (10 homes)1970s: 7 (7 homes)1970s1990s: 11 (11 homes)2000s: 3 (3 homes)2000s2010s: 3 (3 homes)2020s: 2 (2 homes)22020s

How long owners stay on Melcombe Street

Homes on Melcombe Street that resold in the last five years had been held a median 4.8 years (Tinwald: 5.5 years).

Time between a home's sales, for 29 resales in the last five years. A home not sold since our records begin is not counted, so owners who stay longest are under-represented.

Building and resource consents on Melcombe Street

11building consents in the last 5 years
3resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 128 Melcombe Street1 Jul 2026 · Building consentF/s masport Kaituna sfh
  • 6 Melcombe Street1 Feb 2026 · Building consentTwo single level dwg with attached garages
  • 6 Melcombe Street1 Jan 2026 · Building consentInternal alterations
  • 106 Melcombe Street1 Apr 2025 · Building consentAlt/extension to dwg
  • 52B Melcombe Street1 Jun 2024 · Building consentInstall a Woodsman Serene SFH
  • 58-62 Melcombe Street28 May 2024 · Resource consentLand use consent at 48 George St and 58 Melcombe St to undertake earthworks and the construction of the right of way access, zoned Residential C.
  • 58-62 Melcombe Street28 May 2024 · Resource consentResource consent to subdivide two existing sites in order to create 7 new residential lots at 48 George Street & 58 Melcombe St, zoned Residential C
  • 126A Melcombe Street23 Sept 2022 · Resource consentLand Use Consents to address non complying site coverage at 126A Melcombe Street, zoned residential C

Sales and valuations as at 11 September 2026, from council and LINZ records. Medians resting on fewer than 3 sales are not shown.

Agents who sold on Melcombe Street

The real estate agents credited on Melcombe Street sales since 2016, most first. Selling here? These are the agents who have sold your neighbours' homes. A count of sales, not a rating. Every agent who sold in Tinwald.

  1. Karen McRaeProperty Brokers Ashburton
    3 sales on Melcombe Street · last Mar 2026
  2. Dulcie EllisArizto
    3 sales on Melcombe Street · last May 2025
  3. Kirsty ClayProperty Brokers Ashburton
    3 sales on Melcombe Street · last Jan 2024
  4. Bruce McPhersonRay White Ashburton
    2 sales on Melcombe Street · last Nov 2025
  5. Dale ThomasBayleys Ashburton
    2 sales on Melcombe Street · last May 2025
  6. Della GlasseyHarcourts Ashburton
    2 sales on Melcombe Street · last Sep 2024
  7. Cheryl FowlerRay White Ashburton
    2 sales on Melcombe Street · last Apr 2024
  8. Leah HarrisonArizto
    2 sales on Melcombe Street · last Jan 2024
  9. Denise McPhersonRay White Ashburton
    1 sale on Melcombe Street · last Nov 2025

66 sales on Melcombe Street since 2016; 20 of them name an agent we can show, and the counts here are taken from those.

Every address on Melcombe Street

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About property on Melcombe Street, Tinwald

Every property in Melcombe Street, Tinwald, whether it is for sale or not: homes, sections, farms, lifestyle blocks, shops, offices and industrial land. Each is listed from the council rating roll and Toitū Te Whenua LINZ, with the listing beside it when an agent is marketing it.

Each property has its own page: our estimate of its value beside the council rating valuation, past sale prices, the title and land area, zoning and hazards, building consents, and what it would cost to own.

Listings are published by the agents who market them. Addresses, land details and rating valuations come from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and from the council. No ownership information is published.

Header photo: Andrew Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence).