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VIC › Smythes Creek › Buick Rd

1 Buick Rd, Smythes Creek VIC 3351

House

$499,000

Last sold

3 Feb 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

619 m²

Land

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Districts View

What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $499,000 (3 Feb 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 619 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Smythes Creek (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,015/m² of land (n=57). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Official planning layers are still retrieving for this parcel — check back before relying on zoning or overlay absence.
  2. 2No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$499,000

3 Feb 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Smythes Creek (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,015/m² of land (n=57). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Smythes Creek at a glance

3,083

People

$630,000

Median sale

$497/wk

Median rent

4.10%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Smythes Creek report →

Vs Smythes Creek

-20.8%

Median sale

Suburb $630,000

+1.08 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 4.10%

Suburb median $630,000 from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

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Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$499,0003 Feb 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Nov 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Nov 2024

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

VIC

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $497/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

1 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    Planning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Victoria has no public statewide property-level DA API. Nearby pipeline is unknown.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Unknown

    The constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    Development applications have not been queried for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Smythes Creek in one glance

Smythes Creek at a glance

3,083

People

$630,000

Median sale

$497/wk

Median rent

4.10%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 33 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Smythes Creek report →

Keep researching

  • Why Smythes Creek? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Smythes Creek →
  • Other records on Buick Rd →

Listing material

Listed by McGrath Ballarat

A Sensational First Home / Investment Opportunity.

A magnificent home that showcases quality and practicality in thriving locale.

• The home features three large bedrooms all of which feature built in robes.

• The open plan kitchen/meals/living is light filled with its easterly orientation, the kitchen features gas cooktop, stainless steel dishwasher as well as plenty of bench and cupboard space.

Read the full description

• Step through the sliding door in which you are greeted by the large yard with plenty of space for the kids to play and pets to roam.

• Ensure comfort all year round with gas central heating and keep energy costs low with the 6.7kw solar system.

• There is also a formal sitting room situated at the front of the home a perfect place to relax and unwind after a big day.

• The main bathroom offers built in bath, shower, vanity and separate toilet.

• The home offers double gates on the side of the property that could be utilised for a perfect place to park the caravan, boat, or trailer.

• Other features of note include the hot and cold water taps in the entertainment area, upgraded insulation, double glazed windows and the irrigation system installed in the front yard controllable via phone using bluetooth.

• Car accommodation is well catered for with a double driveway and the 6x9m lockup garage positioned at the front of the property with direct access to the home and roller door access through to the yard. The garage also features 4 double 10amp points and one double 15amp point in both the garage and laundry.

• Outside you will find the 2.26mx3m garden shed, provisons for a water tank where plumbing has been completed and power provision to handle 40amps of power located at the rear of the home next to the automatic dog water tap.

• With an estimated rental return of $380 - $400 per week this would make for a wonderful investment to set and forget.

• We are only a short drive two minute drive to the Delacombe Town Centre, Bunnings, top quality Primary and Secondary Schooling and with the Ballarat CBD only being 10 minutes away, the location here is very convenient.

• Be quick to inspect, contact Tony to arrange your very own private inspection.

Listing description written by Tony Zelencich, McGrath Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Living Areas: 2

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