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VIC › Mount Macedon › Childers Rd

1 Childers Rd, Mount Macedon VIC 3441

House

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

20,000 m²

Land

464.515 m²

Building

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • CalculationLand 20,000 m² against a 465 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Mount Macedon (last 5 years) with land size: median $482/m² of land (n=33). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • InterpretationA large lot with a small dwelling means the value case rests on the land and what the zone allows on it, not the house.

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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Mount Macedon (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $482/m² of land (n=33). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Mount Macedon at a glance

1,504

People

$1,441,000

Median sale

$539/wk

Median rent

1.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Mount Macedon report →

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. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 May 2015
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 May 2015
  3. Soldprice unknown8 May 2015
  4. Soldprice unknown26 Apr 2015
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Jan 2001
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Jan 2001

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 $539/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

Mount Macedon in one glance

Mount Macedon at a glance

1,504

People

$1,441,000

Median sale

$539/wk

Median rent

1.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 11 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Mount Macedon report →

Keep researching

  • Why Mount Macedon? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Mount Macedon →
  • Other records on Childers Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Kennedy & Hunt Real Estate

Tarn House - Affordable Luxury

Tarn House offers an exceptional opportunity to secure one of Mount Macedon?s charming lifestyle properties within a glorious garden setting. Situated on approximately 5 acres and once part of the historic ?Dreamthorpe? estate, Tarn House offers a substantial home of approx. 50 squares. Comprising 4 large bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and an enormous main bedroom with ensuite and dressing room. The substantial kitchen offers a large walk-in pantry and breakfast room overlooking the orchard. The formal rooms include a light filled sitting room, formal lounge, dining room and a huge entertainment room and gymnasium, all with magnificent views overlooking the sweeping lawn and established garden.

The 5 acre private garden offers 2 stunning lakes, mature trees, oaks, tulip tree, redwood, crab apple walk, a birch grove and an orchard. The Turritable Creek meanders through the property adding to its tranquil atmosphere.

The property is serviced by bore water, tank capacity of 100,000 litres, town water and includes extensive storage shedding and a 2 car integrated garage.

Read the full description

Tarn House is within close proximity to the historic Mount Macedon village, leading restaurants and cafes in Macedon, Gisborne and Woodend and is a comfortable drive to the Melbourne city centre and Tullamarine International Airport.

This is a unique opportunity to own an exceptional lifestyle property.

Property Code: 605

Listing description written by Jason Kennedy, Kennedy & Hunt Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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