Sold for $1,195,000: How a Rear-Block Duplex on Hillstar Avenue Landed 8.6% Above the Villa Median

A three-bedroom duplex at the quiet end of Hillstar Avenue sold on 30 July 2026 for $1,195,000 — 8.6% above the Burleigh Waters townhouse and villa median. It took a price adjustment and a two-month campaign to get there. Here's how the result came together in a suburb that is carrying more stock than it did a year ago.

The Property

2/5 Hillstar Avenue is a three-bedroom, one-bathroom duplex with two car spaces, positioned at the rear of the block. That rear placement is the home's quiet advantage — it sits back from the street, insulated from passing traffic, with the kind of private setting that attached dwellings in this pocket don't always offer.

The home had been recently updated ahead of the campaign and was presented as move-in ready, though with room for a buyer to add their own value over time. Its layout and single-bathroom configuration place it firmly in the practical, entry-to-mid tier of the Burleigh Waters attached-dwelling market — the kind of home that draws upsizers, downsizers and investors to the same open home. Duplexes here trade on location and privacy more than floor space, and this one had both.

The Market It Sold Into

Burleigh Waters remains a coastal-proximity suburb where buyers pay a premium to be close to the beach and inside the Burleigh State High catchment. Over the last 12 months, townhouses and villas here have carried a median of $1,100,000, based on 19 sales — a thin enough sample that any single result moves the needle. House values are still growing, up +6.9% year-on-year.

But the conditions this duplex sold into were softer than that headline growth suggests. Burleigh Waters is currently sitting on 3.6 months of supply — more breathing room for buyers than nearby Robina (2.2 months) or Varsity Lakes (1.8 months) — and the share of listings going stale past 60 days has been climbing. In a market with that much choice, buyers take their time and sharpen their offers. That backdrop matters for how this campaign played out.

The Campaign

The home first hit the market on 1 June 2026 at Offers Over $1,249,000. Eighteen days in, on 19 June, the guide was trimmed to Offers Over $1,199,000 — a reduction of 4.0%. It then sold on 30 July for $1,195,000.

That sequence tells the real story: the opening price was ambitious for the conditions, and the campaign found its buyer only after the guide came back to meet the market. The final sale landed just 0.3% under the adjusted asking price but 4.3% below where the campaign started. Against a suburb averaging 44 days on market for attached dwellings, a two-month campaign requiring one price adjustment is consistent with a suburb carrying 3.6 months of supply — not a runaway result, but a solid one once the pricing was calibrated.

The Result

2/5 Hillstar Avenue, Burleigh Waters sold on 30 July 2026 for $1,195,000. First advertised at $1,249,000, reduced once to $1,199,000 (-4.0%) on 19 June 2026. Final sale was 4.3% below the original guide and 0.3% below the adjusted asking price. The price sits 8.6% above the rolling 12-month townhouse and villa median of $1,100,000 (based on 19 sales). The property last changed hands in May 1995 for $116,000 — a capital gain of +930.2% over 31 years.

What This Means for Buyers and Sellers

For buyers active in the $1,100,000–$1,250,000 attached-dwelling range in Burleigh Waters, this sale is a useful marker. It shows that the premium end of the villa and duplex market can clear well above the median when the home offers privacy and a rear-block position — but it also shows buyers holding firm on price. The opening guide didn't hold; the buyer transacted only once it was adjusted. With more than three months of supply on the market, patience is currently on the buyer's side of the table.

For homeowners weighing up a sale nearby, the lesson is about pricing discipline. This home achieved a strong number — 8.6% above the median — but it got there by starting where the market would engage, not by anchoring high and hoping. In a suburb where stale listings are rising, the campaigns that reset early and read the depth of buyer interest are the ones converting. An overreaching guide costs time, and time on a softening market costs price.

Thinking of Selling in Burleigh Waters?

Fields tracks every attached-dwelling sale across Burleigh Waters and the wider southern Gold Coast corridor — not just the headline median, but how each campaign actually moved from first guide to final price. That's the detail that tells you where to open and what your home can realistically achieve. Talk to the Fields team about what your home could achieve in today's market.

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Data note: figures drawn from Fields internal sold-property database. Median reflects the rolling 12-month Burleigh Waters townhouse and villa market (19 sales); year-on-year growth figure covers houses. Suburb averages are indicative and can shift with small transaction counts.

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