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VIC › Daylesford › Old Ballarat Rd

1 Old Ballarat Rd, Daylesford VIC 3460

House

$1,185,000

Last sold

22 Dec 2025

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,659 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,185,000 (22 Dec 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 1,659 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Daylesford (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,005/m² of land (n=109). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE (PPRZ) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactBUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactNEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 6 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  2. 2ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  3. 3ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  4. 4NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 6 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  5. 5No 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

$1,185,000

22 Dec 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Daylesford (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,005/m² of land (n=109). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Daylesford at a glance

2,781

People

$760,000

Median sale

$509/wk

Median rent

3.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 50 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Daylesford report →

Vs Daylesford

+55.9%

Median sale

Suburb $760,000

-1.25 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.48%

Suburb median $760,000 from 50 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE

PPRZ

Jurisdiction

Hepburn

Hepburn, VIC

Planning overlays

  • environmentalDetected

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 423016730

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

i

Flood

Not retrieved

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

Bushfire

Detected — official

The official layer maps a bushfire risk zone on this parcel, intersecting about 99.8% of it (Vicmap Planning, retrieved 30 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Heritage

Detected — official

The official layer maps a heritage listed area on this parcel, intersecting about 99.8% of it (Vicmap Planning, retrieved 30 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$1,185,00022 Dec 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted29 Oct 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted29 Oct 2025

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?

Confidence: medium

Zoned PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE · PPRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,663 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. This is a screen, not a planning certificate. Zoning and lot facts are a starting point, not proof this lot outperforms the suburb. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: medium

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Heritage constraint may block demolition or dual occupancy even on a large block. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 1,663 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 6. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack. 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 $509/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. Heritage constraints are a maintenance and alteration cost, not usually a rent premium by themselves.

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

Loaded constraints look like they kill a naive land-size story. Pay house money, or walk, until a planner confirms a pathway.

Detail

Official parcel about 1,663 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 6. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack.

Read more

Nearby competing dwellings and net yield are still unknown.

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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned PUBLIC PARK AND RECREATION ZONE · PPRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,663 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. This is a screen, not a planning certificate.

  • 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?

    Knownmedium

    Official parcel about 1,663 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 6. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. 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

    No DA adapter returned applications 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

Daylesford in one glance

Daylesford at a glance

2,781

People

$760,000

Median sale

$509/wk

Median rent

3.48%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 50 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Daylesford report →

Keep researching

  • Why Daylesford? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Daylesford →
  • Other records on Old Ballarat Rd →

Listing material

Listed by McQueen Real Estate

A Private Sanctuary Moments from Lake Daylesford

Within a short walk of Lake Daylesford, beautiful established gardens create the pristine setting for this custom designed single level home, situated on 1659sqm (approx.) bordering Lake Gardens Reserve. A magical world of calm, privacy and retreat awaits, enhanced by a backdrop of mature trees and native birdlife.

Behind a striking minimalist exterior, the home nestles gently in the landscape while inside, graceful natural light drenches the interior and an easy flow between spaces creates a sense of effortless everyday ease of living. The open plan family living room opens to an east facing verandah and west facing alfresco dining deck overlooking the leafy surrounds, making an exquisite setting for quiet mornings, long lunches and tranquil evenings with friends and family.

A second living space offers flexibility for those working from home or needing a quiet place to read or create and garden or treetop outlooks feature in each of the three bedrooms, including the primary bedroom with a walk in robe and ensuite. The central bathroom features a freestanding bath and walk in shower, and the laundry includes storage and offers direct access to the garden. Comfort is at the heart of the design, with a wood fireplace and split system heating and cooling.

Read the full description

Outside, easily maintained gardens feature vegetable beds and beautiful tree top views. A two car garage also includes a shed plus a studio or workshop, extending the flexibility, and features include a solar system and two water tanks. Settle into a slower pace and simpler lifestyle, just 40 minutes from Ballarat and 90 minutes from Melbourne, offering a fine balance that’s close to nature yet easily accessible to every imaginable convenience.

** We have obtained all information in this document from sources we believe to be reliable, however, we cannot guarantee its accuracy. Prospective purchasers are advised to carry out their own investigations.

Listing description written by Kim McQueen, McQueen Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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