Property management in Calderwood
Almost every home in Calderwood was built in the last few years, so most rentals here are a first or second tenancy in a new four-bedroom house. We lease them, inspect them and look after them from our office at Shell Cove Marina, with Jordan as your one point of contact.
Your Calderwood rental
Jordan ThomasBusiness Development Manager- A rental appraisal, in writing
- The right tenant, checked properly
- Inspections with photos
- Rent reviewed every year
Renting out in Calderwood
Renting out a new home in the Calderwood Valley
A new house is easy to lease and easy to look after, but it has a few things an older rental doesn't. The first is the builder. NSW gives a new home a statutory warranty of six years for major defects and two years for everything else, and a tenant is often the first to notice a sticking door, a cracked tile or a leaking shower. We record each one with dated photos, tell you, and lodge it with the builder while it's still covered, so a defect isn't mistaken for wear and tear or paid for twice.
The second is the ingoing condition report. In a home this new it's the record of what was there on day one, from the lawn that has only just gone down to the marks on the walls, and it's what settles the bond at the end. Ours are detailed, room by room, with dated photos.
The third is how many homes look alike. Investors' houses in the same stage are often finished in the same months, so several near-identical four-bedroom homes can be advertised at once. What sets yours apart is a rent set from homes that have actually leased, good photographs, and being ready to show it the week it comes up.
The market
What homes rent for in Calderwood
Houses across postcode 2527, which also takes in Albion Park, Albion Park Rail and Tullimbar, leased for a median of $800 a week in the June quarter 2026, up 15.1% on a year earlier. A three-bedroom house leased for a median of $720, and four bedrooms or more for $875.
New bonds were lodged for 92 houses in the quarter, 21% fewer than a year earlier, while rents rose. Fewer houses are coming up for lease, and a well-presented one is in demand.
At the 2021 Census, 19.8% of Calderwood's homes were rented.
Calderwood is a young family suburb: a median age of 30 and just over three people to a household at the 2021 Census, with nearly every home a separate house. Tenants ask about the trails and parks, Calderwood Village and its Woolworths, Calderwood Christian School, the public primary school planned for Calderwood Road, and the drive to Albion Park, the M1 and Wollongong.
Most new homes here are separately metered and fitted with water-efficient showerheads, taps and toilets. If yours meets the standards NSW sets, the tenant can be asked to pay for the water they use, and we check before the lease is signed so it's written in from the start.
Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median weekly rent of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2527. Sale prices: the same report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2527. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), CC BY 4.0. People and homes: ABS 2021 Census, Calderwood. © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Medians are a guide, not an appraisal.
Rental appraisal
Free rental appraisal in Calderwood
Tell us about the home and Jordan will come back with a weekly rent range based on homes like it that have recently leased in Calderwood and nearby, what would lift it, and our fees in writing. Free, and no obligation.
- Jordan calls to arrange a time to see the property.
- She looks at it, inside and out, and at what's leased in Calderwood lately.
- You get a weekly rent range in writing, with what would lift it and how we'd manage it.
Rather talk? Call 0403 021 172
Thank you.
Thanks. Jordan will call you shortly to arrange a time to see the property.
What's included
How we look after a Calderwood rental
Leasing
Photographs, a listing written for the tenants who look in Calderwood, open inspections at times that suit renters, and every application checked: identity, income, rental history and references.
Inspections
A detailed ingoing condition report with dated photos, then routine inspections with the notice the law requires, each written up with photos.
Repairs
Local tradespeople we trust, urgent repairs dealt with at once, and your approval before anything over the limit you set.
Rent
Rent paid into our trust account by a free electronic method, arrears followed up the day they happen, and a monthly statement.
Rent reviews
Once a year, against what's leasing in Calderwood and nearby, with the 60 days' written notice NSW requires before any increase.
Compliance
Smoke alarms, minimum standards, water charging and the 2025 tenancy reforms, with the records kept to prove it.
The detail of each, and the 2025 rules, are on how we manage. Already with another agent? Switching is simple: your tenant and lease stay.
Who you'll deal with
Jordan looks after Calderwood rentals
Jordan Thomas, our Business Development Manager, does your rental appraisal, signs up your tenant, inspects the home and takes the tenant's calls. We're about 13 km from Calderwood, so she's never far away.
Questions
Landlords in Calderwood ask us
How much rent will my Calderwood house get?
Houses in postcode 2527 leased for a median of $800 a week in the June quarter 2026: about $720 for three bedrooms and $875 for four or more. Your home's rent depends on its size, condition, yard and position, and on what's leasing near it this month. A free rental appraisal gives you a figure for your home, in writing.
Do you manage rentals in Calderwood?
Yes. We manage houses in Calderwood from our office at Shell Cove Marina, about 13 km away. Jordan Thomas looks after each one herself, from the appraisal to the end of the lease.
Who fixes a defect in a new Calderwood home while it's tenanted?
If it's covered by the builder's warranty, the builder does, and we arrange it: we report it with photos, book the trade in with the tenant and follow it up until it's done. Anything urgent, like a burst pipe or no hot water, is fixed straight away, as the law requires, and we sort out who pays afterwards.
Can my Calderwood tenant pay for water?
Yes, if the home is separately metered and meets the NSW water efficiency standards: no leaking taps or toilets, showerheads and kitchen and basin taps that use no more than nine litres a minute, and, since March 2025, dual-flush toilets with at least a three-star rating. New homes in Calderwood usually do. We check the fittings before the lease starts, and the tenant then pays for the water they use while you keep paying the fixed charges.
Do you manage rentals in the Wollongong part of Calderwood Valley?
Yes. Part of the release area towards Marshall Mount is in the City of Wollongong. The tenancy rules are the same across NSW, and it's the same drive from our office.
What does property management cost?
It depends on the property and the services you want. We set our fees out in writing with your rental appraisal, so you can compare them properly, and every charge is in the management agreement you sign.
Nearby
More for landlords and owners
Thinking of selling instead? See a free property appraisal in Calderwood. We also manage in Flinders, and right across the Shellharbour coast, Kiama and the Shoalhaven.
What would your Calderwood home rent for?
Tell us about it and Jordan will come back with a weekly rent range, what's leased nearby, and how we'd manage it.