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8/40 Sunbird Street, Burleigh Waters
SOLD · 4 AUG 2026

8/40 Sunbird Street, Burleigh Waters

$900,000
3 bed1 bath1 car100 m² inside

Sold in 42 days by Will West, Lacey West Real Estate · Private treaty

The sale in brief

8/40 Sunbird Street sold for $900,000 on 4 Aug 2026, 42 days after it was listed. That is $295,000 below the $1,195,000 median of the 15 units and townhouses sold within a kilometre in the year to the sale, and $450,000 more than it sold for in Mar 2016.

The campaign opened with offers over $1,000,000. On day 28 it moved to offers over $950,000. It sold for $900,000 on day 42.

It is a two-storey home from about 1988.

Listed
23 Jun 2026
Sold
4 Aug 2026
Days on market
42
Method
private treaty
Price changes
1
Previous sale
$450,000 · Mar 2016
Sales on record
5 since 1988
01 · The campaign

2 settings in 42 days

Every published price, in order, with the sale at the end.

$0.85M$0.90M$0.95M$1.00M$1.05M23 Junday 021 Julday 284 Augday 42Open home · Sat 27 Junopen homesover $1,000,000over $950,000Sold $900,000 on day 42SOLD$900,000
Days 0–28 · Offers over

$1,000,000

The first figure the market saw.

68 m away, Sold 2/23 Sunbird Street sold for $1,085,000 in Jan 2026 after 26 days.

Days 28–42 · Offers over

$950,000

A $50,000 change from the previous figure.

Of the 15 units and townhouses sold within a kilometre in the year to this sale, the median sold for $1,195,000 in a median 28 days.

Burleigh Waters campaigns that cut their price

Median days to sell, units and townhouses with a published price, year to this sale

Price held · 14
26 d
This home
42 d

What they sold for against their first price

Median sale price as a share of the first published price. Bars start at 90%.

Price held · 14
100.8%
This home
90.0%
02 · Speed

42 days, against every Burleigh Waters home sale in the year to it

Each dot is a Burleigh Waters home sold between 4 Aug 2025 and 4 Aug 2026 with a published price. Left is faster; up is dearer. The shaded band is $800,000 to $1,000,000, where the median sale took 18.5 days.

$0.50M$0.75M$1.0M$1.25M$1.50M$1.75M$2.0M0306090120150180+Days on marketMedian 24 days$1,150,000, 38 days$1,425,000, 28 days$1,000,000, 35 days$710,000, 28 days$720,000, 17 days$895,000, 38 days$1,085,000, 26 days$1,090,000, 8 days$1,090,000, 7 days$1,110,000, 16 days$1,100,000, 35 days$1,800,000, 38 days$1,195,000, 85 days$1,400,000, 16 days$1,295,000, 23 days$1,052,500, 10 days$1,260,000, 15 days$2,105,000, 25 days$701,000, 101 days$1,250,000, 38 days$1,350,000, 7 days$1,250,000, 34 days$1,650,000, 20 days$1,082,000, 61 days$1,100,000, 29 days$1,210,000, 17 days$1,010,000, 23 days$1,225,000, 84 days$1,300,000, 19 days$1,400,000, 34 days$1,100,000, 27 days$940,000, 6 days$1,100,000, 8 days$940,000, 39 days$840,000, 13 days$907,000, 17 days$930,000, 20 days$870,000, 71 days$920,000, 9 days$750,000, 14 days$751,000, 12 days$870,000, 6 days$940,000, 15 days$1,230,000, 61 days$670,000, 32 days$1,300,000, 67 days$812,000, 74 days$1,100,500, 15 days$770,000, 20 days$655,000, 45 days$1,250,000, 16 days$900,000, 10 days$880,000, 13 days$1,458,000, 22 days$870,000, 27 days$990,000, 24 daysThis home: $900,000, 42 daysThis home
This homeWithin 1 kmElsewhere in Burleigh Waters

24 daysMedian time to sell for a Burleigh Waters home in the year to this sale (61 sales).

80%of those sales took fewer than 42 days.

18.5 daysMedian in the $800,000 to $1,000,000 band (16 sales). 12% took 42 days or more.

03 · 38 years of one address

5 sales, and the suburb around them

The dots are every recorded sale of 8/40 Sunbird Street.

$0$0.5M$1.0M$1.5M1990200020102020Dec 1988: $130,000May 2002: $182,000May 2007: $330,000Mar 2016: $450,000Aug 2026: $900,000$900,000$130,000

Between its last two sales it rose 100.0%.

SoldPrice
Dec 1988$130,000
May 2002$182,000
May 2007$330,000
Mar 2016$450,000
Aug 2026$900,000
04 · The sales around it

10 nearby sales, and how each one was run

Units and townhouses within 500 metres sold in the year to this sale, nearest first.

Aerial of the streets around 8/40 Sunbird Street with nearby sales marked
8/40 Sunbird · $900,000
Sold 2/23 Sunbird · $1,085,000
· $1,052,500
1/10 Cotinga · $895,000

5 more of these sales sit beyond this frame.

AddressSoldDaysPrice path
8/40 Sunbird Street
this sale · Aug 2026
$900,00042offers over $1,000,000 → offers over $950,000
Sold 2/23 Sunbird Street
68 m · Jan 2026 · 2 bed
$1,085,00026No price published

139 m · Sep 2025 · 2 bed
$1,052,50010No price published
1/10 Cotinga Crescent
178 m · Jun 2026 · 2 bed
$895,00038$899,000+ −0.4%
2/5 Hillstar Avenue
187 m · Jul 2026 · 3 bed
$1,195,00085Offers Over $1,249,000 → Offers Over $1,199,000 −4.3%
1/104 Christine Avenue
223 m · Apr 2026 · 3 bed
$1,650,00020No price published

331 m · Oct 2025 · 3 bed
$1,082,00061No price published

364 m · Oct 2025 · 3 bed
$1,260,000–No price published

400 m · Nov 2025 · 3 bed
$1,345,000–No price published

411 m · Jan 2026 · 3 bed
$1,190,000–No price published

429 m · Dec 2025 · 3 bed
$1,190,000–No price published
05 · The home, measured

What the buyer got for $900,000

Block, land, flood height, rooms and condition, from survey, laser and photo data.

Building

Internal living
100 m²
With garage, decks and patio
155 m²
Levels
2
Built
c. 1988

Condition, from the listing photographs

Overall7/10
Kitchen7/10
Bathrooms6/10
Interior7/10
Exterior6/10
Outdoor6/10
Stone benchtopsIsland benchBath2 living areas
Floor plan of 8/40 Sunbird Street

Rooms

RoomSizeArea
Kitchen4.8 × 3.0 m14.4 m²
Dining3.3 × 2.2 m7.3 m²
Living4.6 × 3.3 m15.2 m²
Garage4.8 × 2.8 m13.4 m²
Main Bedroom3.4 × 3.3 m11.2 m²
Bedroom 22.6 × 3.3 m8.6 m²
Bedroom 33.0 × 2.8 m8.4 m²
Deck5.0 × 4.8 m24.0 m²
Courtyard5.7 × 3.3 m18.8 m²
Balcony (Front)4.1 × 1.0 m4.1 m²
Balcony (Rear)3.3 × 1.5 m5.0 m²

Dimensions read from the printed floor plan.

Location

John Handley Community Complex
441 m by road
Christine Avenue station
3 min drive
North Burleigh Beach
4 min drive
Miami One Shopping Centre
3 min drive
Robina Hospital
12 min drive
Caningeraba State School.
1.1 km by road
Caningeraba State School (primary catchment)
In zone
Miami State High School (junior secondary catchment)
In zone
Surfers Paradise
16 min drive
Gold Coast Airport
18 min drive
No power lines nearbyOff flight pathsNo commercial neighbours

What the buyer paid on top

Transfer duty, owner-occupier
$26,350
Transfer duty, investor
$33,525

Queensland Revenue Office schedule applied to $900,000.

Photographs from the campaign

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