8 Sly Place, Charnwood ACT 2615, Australia
| Event | Date | Price | Price per m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold | Jan 2020 | $630,000 | $672 |
| Sold | Dec 1990 | $149,950 | $160 |
Price per m² based on land size of 937 m².
8 Sly Place is a detached house offering five bedrooms and three bathrooms. It sits on a 937 m² block and includes two parking spaces.
The property comes with two parking spaces for residents' vehicles.
The Charnwood centre shopping area is within the suburb, featuring a Woolworths supermarket, a Shell service station, fast‑food outlets and a Labor Club. An emergency services station with ambulance, fire and rescue services is also located at the south‑west corner of Lhotsky Street and Tillyard Drive.
The Boslem and Harte Park is about 0.8 km away, and George Simpson Park is roughly 1.4 km from the property, both offering green space and walking paths.
Charnwood was planned using the Radburn principle, where houses were intended to face shared parkland and garages were placed at the rear of the homes. In practice, many owners fenced off the park side, creating narrow walkways with limited lighting.
The Charnwood District Playing Fields host the Ginninderra “The Tigers” athletics club during the track season (October – March), providing local residents with easy access to athletics facilities.
Charnwood sits on Silurian‑age rocks, predominantly Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite. The Deakin Fault runs along the north‑east edge of these rocks, while Hawkins Volcanics green‑grey dacite and quartz‑andesite occur on the opposite side of the fault.
