62 properties · Caversham, Dunedin

Playfair Street, Caversham

Playfair Street in Caversham has 62 properties, valued by the council between $285,000 and $670,000 with a median of $500,000 (Caversham: $450,000). More of its homes were built in the 2020s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $510,500. 1 sold in the last twelve months.

$500kmedian council valuation
$511kour median estimate
1sold in the last 12 months
1940median year built
DunedinCaversham ×Playfair Street ×

62 properties on Playfair Street, Caversham

Highest and lowest on Playfair Street

Highest-valued home71 Playfair Street$670,000council valuation · 4 bed · 175 m² floor · 898 m² land
Lowest-valued home10 Playfair Street$285,000council valuation · 3 bed · 75 m² floor · 243 m² land
Highest sale, last 12 months70 Playfair Street$385,000sold 12 Oct 2025 · 4 bed · 110 m² floor · 676 m² land

Property values on Playfair Street

The council values Playfair Street's 54 rated properties between $285,000 and $670,000. The middle half sit between about $464,000 and $545,000; the median is $500,000 and the mean $499,352.

Lowest: $285k$285kLowest10%: $418k20%: $453k20%30%: $475k40%: $486k40%Median: $500k60%: $518k60%70%: $540k80%: $550k80%90%: $587kHighest: $670k$670kHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
212$483k0—
332$505k0—
410$555k1—

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

Playfair Street compared with Caversham

Playfair Street's median council value is 11% above Caversham's.

Playfair StreetCavershamDunedin
Median council value$500k$450k$580k
Sold in the last 12 months1.6%3.6%3.7%
Time between sales5.4 yrs8.2 yrs9.1 yrs
Median section552 m²422 m²647 m²
Median year built194019301950
Council value per m² of floor$4k$4k$5k

Playfair Street house prices over time

Median sale price by year; 2025 is the year so far. A year with fewer than two sales has no bar.

2016: $249k (3 sales)$249k2017: $298k (7 sales)20172018: $270k (4 sales)2019: $328k (3 sales)20192020: $520k (5 sales)2021: $545k (9 sales)$545k20212022: too few sales to say (1 sale)2023: too few sales to say (1 sale)20232024: $499k (6 sales)2025: $465k (4 sales, this year so far)$465k2025
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20254$465,000$3,567
20246$498,500$4,112
20231$531,670$3,127
20221$610,000$3,389
20219$545,000$8,182
20205$520,000$4,583
20193$328,000$3,689
20184$270,250$2,721
20177$298,000$2,667
20163$249,000$2,284

Recent sales on Playfair Street

The homes on Playfair Street

Playfair Street has 56 houses and 6 units and townhouses. More were built in the 2020s than in any other decade (15%).

1880s: 1 (1 home)11880s1890s: 1 (1 home)1900s: 6 (6 homes)1900s1910s: 4 (4 homes)1920s: 6 (6 homes)1920s1930s: 7 (7 homes)1940s: 7 (7 homes)1940s1950s: 4 (4 homes)1960s: 5 (5 homes)1960s1970s: 3 (3 homes)1980s: 1 (1 home)1980s2000s: 1 (1 home)2020s: 8 (8 homes)82020s

How long owners stay on Playfair Street

Homes on Playfair Street that resold in the last five years had been held a median 5.4 years (Caversham: 8.2 years).

Time between a home's sales, for 11 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 Playfair Street

5building consents in the last 5 years
2resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 57 Playfair Street1 Oct 2025 · Building consentMetro smart insert heater in dwg
  • 46 Playfair Street1 May 2025 · Building consentInstall yunca uelb ruby heater in dwg
  • 64 Playfair Street1 Apr 2025 · Building consentInstall sump
  • 75 Playfair Street1 Aug 2023 · Building consentAlt dwg - demolish chimney & install beam/bracing, form ensuite & cupboard with new hot water cylinder all within bdrm two
  • 63 Playfair Street1 Mar 2023 · Building consentAlt dwg - convert existing laundry to additional bathrm & laundry
  • 79 Playfair Street5 Nov 2024 · Resource consentWork in dripline of tree t571
  • 79 Playfair Street18 Nov 2021 · Resource consentMaintenance on Scheduled tree ( T571 Magnolia)

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 Playfair Street

The real estate agents credited on Playfair 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 Caversham.

  1. Ganesh RoutThe Rout Group
    2 sales on Playfair Street · last Sep 2025
  2. Renee PerenaraThe Rout Group
    2 sales on Playfair Street · last Sep 2025
  3. Lawrence PeetersThe Collective Realty
    2 sales on Playfair Street · last Mar 2025
  4. Shozanna WheelerProperty Brokers Mosgiel
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last Sep 2024
  5. Christopher TaylorNidd Realty
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last Aug 2024
  6. Toni CurlineLJ Hooker Dunedin
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last May 2024
  7. Jason HynesLJ Hooker Dunedin
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last Oct 2023
  8. Lawrence SchaumannLJ Hooker Dunedin
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last Oct 2023
  9. Trista TownsendLJ Hooker Dunedin
    1 sale on Playfair Street · last Jan 2021

43 sales on Playfair Street since 2016; 13 of them name an agent we can show, and the counts here are taken from those.

Every address on Playfair Street

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About property on Playfair Street, Caversham

Every property in Playfair Street, Caversham, 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.

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