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VIC › Lake Gardens › Scarlet Dr

1 Scarlet Dr, Lake Gardens VIC 3355

For saleLand

$1,400,000–$1,495,000

For sale

Asking range

$430,000

Last sold

28 July 2021

0

Bedrooms

0

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

506 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

Given the $1,400,000–$1,495,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $1,400,000–$1,495,000(Listing record · 11 May 2026)
  • FactLand 506 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationAsk is 76% above the Lake Gardens median recorded sale ($795,000, n=19, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Lake Gardens's advertised median rent ($433/wk), implied gross yield would be 1.61% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK (TRZ2) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 2 Sept 2026)

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. 1No 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

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$1,400,000–$1,495,000

Asking range · $2,767/m² of land

Last recorded sale $430,000 (28 July 2021).

Lake Gardens at a glance

1,722

People

$795,000

Median sale

$433/wk

Median rent

2.83%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lake Gardens report →

Vs Lake Gardens

+76.1%

Median sale

Suburb $795,000

-1.22 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.83%

Suburb median $795,000 from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

Purchase Price
$1,400,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$77,000
Transfer/Registration Fee
$3,380
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$1,484,080

$84,080 on top of the price (6.0% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (Victoria)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: Victoria schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

Pre-filled with Lake Gardens's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
0.11%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-71,284
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.02
Annual rent
$22,516
Operating expenses
$21,000
Loan amount
$1,120,000
Annual interest
$72,800
Gross yield
1.61%

Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK

TRZ2

Jurisdiction

Ballarat

Ballarat, VIC

Official property report

The original government planning document for this property. Sign in to view or download the PDF. Districts facts are a separate GIS extract and may not include every statement in the report.

Planning overlays

  • environmentalNot detected

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 2 Sept 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 420973257

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

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

202120232026$430k$1.4m
  • Sold (recorded)
  • Asking price (not a sale)
  1. Listed$1,400,000–$1,495,000available11 May 2026
  2. Sold$430,00028 July 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted9 July 2020
  4. Listedprice unknowncompleted9 July 2020

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 TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK · TRZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 9,532 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. 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: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. 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 $433/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. No recorded off-street parking — often a discount versus the suburb median for the same beds.

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

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 1.6%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. 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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK · TRZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 9,532 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. 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 9,532 m² — land size can look like optionality. No material overlays were returned that would explain a discount. That is not proof the price is fair. Nearby DAs, easements, and flood-layer gaps can still explain a cheap-looking listing — those are not all loaded.

  • 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

Lake Gardens in one glance

Lake Gardens at a glance

1,722

People

$795,000

Median sale

$433/wk

Median rent

2.83%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 19 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lake Gardens report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lake Gardens? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lake Gardens →
  • Other records on Scarlet Dr →

Listing material

Listed by McGrath Ballarat

Luxury Family Home In Prestigious Lake Gardens

Delivering grand proportions, exceptional design, and a sought-after Lake Gardens address, this architectural residence embodies luxury family living. Spanning two impeccably crafted levels, the home combines elegance, functionality, and sophistication - all within walking distance of Lake Wendouree, parklands, shopping, and cafes.

• This grand architectural residence features five expansive bedrooms, five bathrooms and multiple living zones across two superbly appointed levels.

• A palatial master suite occupies an entire upper wing, complete with a private retreat living room, a luxurious dressing room that ensures you're catwalk-ready every day, and an opulent ensuite with a freestanding bath.

Read the full description

• Four additional bedrooms, each with large walk-in robes and four offering their own private ensuites, ensuring comfort and privacy for every family member or guest.

• Ground-floor master suite ideal for extended or multigenerational living, boasting its own ensuite and walk-in robe for ultimate independence.

• Ducted heating, a gas log fire and refrigerated cooling ensures your families comfort in all seasons.

• The property is built with hebel panelling, upgraded insulation in the walls and double glazed windows to provide noise reduction and comfort for the family.

• Two dedicated home offices and a study space attached to the upstairs living area - perfect for professionals or students needing quiet, flexible spaces.

• Designer kitchen with a striking island bench, walk-in pantry and seamless connection to the open-plan living and dining zones.

• Multiple sophisticated living areas, including a formal lounge, upstairs retreat and elegant dining space, all designed for refined family living and entertaining.

• Enjoy seamless indoor–outdoor flow to a covered alfresco and landscaped outdoor living area for year-round enjoyment.

• Premium craftsmanship with high ceilings, quality finishes and a floorplan balancing elegance and everyday practicality.

• Functional family design featuring a full laundry, powder room, cloak storage and internal access to a secure double garage.

• Prestigious Lake Gardens address, close to parklands, Lake Wendouree, leading schools, boutique shopping and just minutes from Ballarat Train Station for effortless city commuting.

Listing description written by Zac Boland, McGrath Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Living Areas: 4

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