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VIC › Foster › Old Hat Rd

10 Old Hat Rd, Foster VIC 3960

Rural Property

4

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,456,868.312 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 1,456,868 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Rural Property sales in Foster (last 5 years) with land size: median $38/m² of land (n=13). 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded Rural Property sales in Foster (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $38/m² of land (n=13). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Foster at a glance

2,084

People

$525,000

Median sale

$399/wk

Median rent

3.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Foster 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. Soldprice unknown19 Nov 2024
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Sept 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted6 Sept 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 $399/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

Foster in one glance

Foster at a glance

2,084

People

$525,000

Median sale

$399/wk

Median rent

3.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Foster report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Elders Real Estate Leongatha/ Korumburra

"KOORATONG" OCEAN FRONTAGE DAIRY/GRAZING PROPERTY

With frontage to Fosters, Corner Inlet this superb 360-acre property has previously milked around 300 cows. Alternatively, 'Kooratong' would easily convert to an excellent beef fattening/breeding property or equally suit as a dairy turnout and fodder farm

Land: Majority of heavy carrying flats with some undulating rising country

Dairy: 23 swing over herringbone with 14,000 litre vat capacity& auto feed system

Read the full description

Shedding: 23.5x18m steel utility shed plus calving shed, separate calf rearing shed, hay shed, barn & workshop

Home: Older weatherboard cottage style home (approx. 100 years old) with 3 bedrooms plus study, kitchen/dining & separate lounge.

Water: 2 excellent main dams plus a permanent well all interconnected to a header tank system for the dairy and all troughs. A reliable high rainfall ensures water security.

Pasture: Comprising black loam, sandy loam & peat soil types, pastures are highly improved with a strong fertiliser history.

Paddocks: An extensive central laneway system to all 30 + paddocks, provides easy access to the dairy & yards.

Location: Foster 5km, Leongatha 30 mins, Melbourne is just 2 hours.

'Kooratong' is an outstanding opportunity to secure a productive dairy farm which would also make an excellent grazing property with lifestyle benefits.

'Kooratong' boasts stunning views overlooking the property to Corner Inlet & Wilsons Promontory. Situated just 5 minutes from Foster township for all shopping, cafes, schools & services. 'Kooratong' is also on the doorstep of the magnificent Wilsons Promontory National Park. With a quick settlement possible 'Kooratong' is an opportunity not to be missed. For further information or to inspect the property, contact Don Olden on 0417 805 312, or Ben Townsend on 0400 594 487. This property is being sold in conjunction with Alex, Scott & Staff Leongatha.

For a Due Diligence Checklist go to: consumer.vic.gov.au/duediligencechecklist

Listing description written by Don Olden, Elders Real Estate Leongatha/ Korumburra — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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