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11 Bower St, Ascot Vale VIC 3032

Townhouse

$1,070,000

Last sold

27 Apr 2021

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,070,000 (27 Apr 2021).(Recorded sale)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 (GRZ1) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactDEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)
  • FactDEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)
  • FactDESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 2.2% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)
  • FactLAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 1.3% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  2. 2DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  3. 3DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  4. 4LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 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

$1,070,000

27 Apr 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Ascot Vale at a glance

16,465

People

$1,285,000

Median sale

$495/wk

Median rent

2.00%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 43 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Ascot Vale report →

Vs Ascot Vale

-16.7%

Median sale

Suburb $1,285,000

+0.41 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.00%

Suburb median $1,285,000 from 43 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1

GRZ1

Jurisdiction

Moonee Valley

Moonee Valley, VIC

Planning overlays

  • DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4Detected — 99.8% of parcel

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 420083867

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

Detected — official

The official layer maps a flood zone on this parcel, intersecting about 1.3% of it (Vicmap Planning, retrieved 31 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

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$1,070,00027 Apr 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Mar 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Mar 2021

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 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 · GRZ1 (ZN). Official parcel area about 4,135 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: medium

1.3% of the official parcel intersects the loaded flood overlay. Layer: LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1. That is a finance, insurance, and rentability screen — distinct from whether the land can be subdivided. It is not a flood certificate or an insurer quote. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 4,135 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4; DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1. 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 $495/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. Flood on or flagged for this lot can discount tenant demand versus a dry comparable.

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

This looks more like a hold-as-is house than a development site. Flood on the lot is the first thing to price.

Detail

Official parcel about 4,135 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4; DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1. 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.

4 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE - SCHEDULE 1 · GRZ1 (ZN). Official parcel area about 4,135 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 4,135 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 4; DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack.

  • Lot-level flood

    Knownmedium

    1.3% of the official parcel intersects the loaded flood overlay. Layer: LAND SUBJECT TO INUNDATION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1. That is a finance, insurance, and rentability screen — distinct from whether the land can be subdivided. It is not a flood certificate or an insurer quote.

  • 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

Ascot Vale in one glance

Ascot Vale at a glance

16,465

People

$1,285,000

Median sale

$495/wk

Median rent

2.00%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 43 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Ascot Vale report →

Keep researching

  • Why Ascot Vale? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Ascot Vale →
  • Other records on Bower St →

Listing material

Listed by McDonald Upton

Space And Sophistication By The River

Nestled in a sought-after riverside pocket, this private and tranquil residence is no ordinary townhome. Thoughtfully designed for today’s lifestyle, it offers versatility and ultimate convenience with open-plan living and dining plus a second living space on entry, a stylish island-bench kitchen, extensive master bedroom with ensuite, generous second and third bedrooms (all with BIRs) and sleek modern bathrooms with underfloor heating.

• Two separate ground floor living areas

• Sunny courtyard garden and double garage

Read the full description

• Ducted heating and refrigerated cooling

• Moments to river trails and Fairbairn Park

• Walk to Union Road trams and cafes

Flowing effortlessly with a north-facing aspect and ample natural light, every premium option was included in the build and other highlights include a ground floor laundry and guest powder room, stone countertops throughout, Smeg kitchen appliances, solar hot water, alarm system, water tank, built-in storage options and external gas/water plumbing in place. From the serenity of this stunning modern home, Fairbairn Park and Walter Reserve are just a few minutes’ walk away, along with endless Maribyrnong River trails, Riverside Golf Club, quality local schools and Ascot Vale Leisure Centre.

In conjunction with Dell Property Advisors

Listing description written by Julia Murphy, McDonald Upton — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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