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Riverside Drive, Waterloo

Riverside Drive in Waterloo has 94 properties, valued by the council between $460,000 and $1,800,000 with a median of $790,000 (Waterloo: $800,000). More of its homes were built in the 1940s than in any other decade. We estimate its homes at a median $776,000. 4 sold in the last twelve months, for a median $802,500. The highest sale in 2026 was 10/323 Riverside Drive, at $930,000.

$790kmedian council valuation
$776kour median estimate
$803kmedian sale, last 12 months · 4 sales
1940median year built
Lower HuttWaterloo ×Riverside Drive ×

94 properties on Riverside Drive, Waterloo

Highest and lowest on Riverside Drive

Highest-valued home257 Riverside Drive$1,800,000council valuation · 3 bed · 160 m² floor · 1,314 m² land
Lowest-valued home2/211 Riverside Drive$460,000council valuation · 2 bed · 60 m² floor · 304 m² land
Highest sale in 202610/323 Riverside Drive$930,000sold 6 Feb 2026 · 136 m² floor

Property values on Riverside Drive

The council values Riverside Drive's 89 rated properties between $460,000 and $1,800,000. The middle half sit between about $685,000 and $865,000; the median is $790,000 and the mean $790,449.

Lowest: $460k$460kLowest10%: $568k20%: $676k20%30%: $694k40%: $742k40%Median: $790k60%: $848k60%70%: $860k80%: $870k80%90%: $940kHighest: $1.8m$1.8mHighest
BedroomsHomesMedian council valueSold, last 12 monthsMedian sale
11$510k0—
215$560k1—
339$770k1—
417$910k1—
5+3$870k0—

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

Riverside Drive compared with Waterloo

Riverside Drive's median council value is about the same as Waterloo's.

Riverside DriveWaterlooLower Hutt
Median council value$790k$800k$790k
Median sale, last 12 months$803k$769k$790k
Sold in the last 12 months4.3%3.7%1.5%
Time between sales13.7 yrs10.3 yrs9.7 yrs
Median section589 m²574 m²579 m²
Median year built194019401960
Council value per m² of floor$7k$6k$6k

Riverside Drive 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: $790k (3 sales)$790k2017: too few sales to say (1 sale)20172018: $630k (5 sales)2019: $741k (3 sales)20192021: $1.13m (12 sales)$1.13m2022: too few sales to say (1 sale)20222023: $791k (4 sales)2024: $943k (3 sales)20242025: $740k (3 sales)2026: $803k (4 sales, this year so far)$803k2026
Sales by year as a table
YearSalesMedian pricePer m² floor
20264$802,500$6,605
20253$740,000$7,056
20243$942,870$6,400
20234$790,500$7,814
20221$1,220,000$9,606
202112$1,132,750$9,777
20193$741,000$5,833
20185$630,000$5,252
20171$600,000$4,286
20163$790,000$3,950

Recent sales on Riverside Drive

The homes on Riverside Drive

Riverside Drive has 62 houses, 16 units and townhouses and 15 apartments. More were built in the 1940s than in any other decade (45%).

1910s: 1 (1 home)11910s1920s: 1 (1 home)1930s: 9 (9 homes)1930s1940s: 40 (40 homes)401950s: 4 (4 homes)1950s1960s: 5 (5 homes)1970s: 6 (6 homes)1970s1980s: 4 (4 homes)1990s: 3 (3 homes)1990s2000s: 1 (1 home)2020s: 15 (15 homes)152020s

How long owners stay on Riverside Drive

Homes on Riverside Drive that resold in the last five years had been held a median 13.7 years (Waterloo: 10.3 years).

Time between a home's sales, for 14 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 Riverside Drive

16building consents in the last 5 years
3resource consents in the last 5 years
  • 287 Riverside Drive1 Feb 2026 · Building consentRbw - housing (detached dwg) - internal alterations, fill in rear porch to connect kitchen & laundry, remove some load-bearing walls & replace with beams
  • 281 Riverside Drive1 Jan 2026 · Building consentRbw - housing (detached dwg) - alterations to lower level, includes new kitchen, laundry, bathrm & ensuite
  • 277 Riverside Drive1 May 2025 · Building consentHousing (detached dwg) - convert gge to sleepout
  • 213 Riverside Drive1 Mar 2025 · Building consentHousing (detached dwg) - install new freestanding pyro classic mini fire with new flue & flashings
  • 227 Riverside Drive1 Jul 2024 · Building consentOutbuilding - demolish & rebuild gge structure on existing concrete foundation
  • 183 Riverside Drive9 Sept 2024 · Resource consent3 lot subdivision and construction of 2 residential units.
  • 227 Riverside Drive14 May 2024 · Resource consentGarage workshop constructed east boundary w/229 Riverside Drive
  • 8/323 Riverside Drive24 Feb 2023 · Resource consentVariation to the introduce stage to approved unit title subdivision RM210278

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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 Riverside Drive

The real estate agents credited on Riverside Drive 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 Waterloo.

  1. Shane BrockelbankProfessionals Redcoats
    2 sales on Riverside Drive · last Jun 2026
  2. Aaron WilkinsProfessionals Redcoats
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Mar 2025
  3. Alice PearsonProfessionals Redcoats
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Mar 2025
  4. Glen RobertsonHarcourts Lower Hutt
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Jul 2024
  5. Michelle RobertsonHarcourts Lower Hutt
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Jul 2024
  6. Renaye HuiaRay White Lower Hutt
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Jun 2023
  7. Jerry WaddingtonBayleys Whangamata
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last May 2023
  8. Diane CummingsCummings Kilgariff & Co Realty
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Mar 2023
  9. Hannah KilgariffCummings Kilgariff & Co Realty
    1 sale on Riverside Drive · last Mar 2023

45 sales on Riverside Drive since 2016; 11 of them name an agent we can show, and the counts here are taken from those.

Every address on Riverside Drive

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About property on Riverside Drive, Waterloo

Every property in Riverside Drive, Waterloo, 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: Greater Wellington Regional Council, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (licence).