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VIC › Chewton › Monks Hill Rd

11 Monks Hill Rd, Chewton VIC 3451

For saleHouse

$950,000

For sale

Asking

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

5,579 m²

Land

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Given the $950,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $950,000(Listing record · 4 Aug 2026)
  • CalculationLand 5,579 m² against a 146 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)

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

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$950,000

Asking · $170/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Chewton at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

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Suburb gross yield

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Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$950,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$52,070
Transfer/Registration Fee
$2,327
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
$1,008,097

$58,097 on top of the price (6.1% 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

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Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

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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. Listed$950,000available4 Aug 2026

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?

No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

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.”

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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.

0 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

    Unknown

    No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

  • 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

Chewton in one glance

Chewton at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

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Suburb gross yield

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Keep researching

  • Why Chewton? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Chewton →
  • Other records on Monks Hill Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Cantwell Property Castlemaine

Heritage Charm and Garden on the Edge of the Diggings

An 1860s miner's cottage sits at the heart of this Chewton property, framed by more than a century of established gums, willows, poplars and elms. Set back from the street behind a sweeping driveway, the garden faces north and holds the light for most of the day.

The cottage carries its history honestly. Stone terracing steps down from the house to a sweep of lawn, framed by established ornamental and gum trees that have had generations to find their shape. Inside, period timber floorboards and timber dado panelling sit beneath timber-clad ceilings, the double-glazed windows keeping the rooms comfortable through the seasons while framing the garden and landscape views.

The north-facing living space is centred by a bay window fitted with a window seat, drawing in the borrowed landscape of the neighbouring paddock and the countryside beyond. A Rocket solid wood heater and a split system carry the room through the seasons, with a servery pass-through to the kitchen keeping the everyday rhythms connected. An adjoining sitting room offers its own bay window over the front garden and a second wood heater, set into a period timber surround. The dining space steps out through a sliding door onto the front verandah and down to the stone terrace, adjoining a country-style kitchen fitted with a freestanding gas cooktop, oven and dishwasher.

Read the full description

A hallway leads to two bedrooms, both with built-in robes, garden views and their own access to the verandah, one framed by its own bay window. A period-style bathroom serves this wing, with a freestanding claw-foot bath set beneath a rain shower, timber vanity and a toilet, along with a mudroom for the everyday business of country living.

A Lifehouse extension has been added to the cottage with a sympathetic hand, sitting comfortably alongside the original fabric. It brings a third bedroom with a high pitched ceiling, built-in robe, ensuite and its own access to a private rear courtyard, along with a laundry and separate toilet.

Beyond the house, the property is as practical as it is picturesque. A carport with storage and a concrete floor, a separate studio or home office with power connected, sheds and water tanks. An integrated solar system, solar hot water and an EV charger bring the property's sustainability credentials up to date, without disturbing its heritage character.

The garden is the quiet drawcard. Established trees give way to parkland lawns, a seasonal creek and a dam, on a generous 5579sqm (approx) allotment that backs directly onto the Castlemaine Diggings National Park, with the bush at the back of the garden and walking tracks leading straight from the boundary into the reserve.

The setting is peaceful and quiet, yet close to everything Chewton offers. The oval and the community swimming pool are just a short walk away, and Castlemaine is eight minutes by car, with train services connecting through to Melbourne and Bendigo.

Listing description written by Bianca Wiegard, Cantwell Property Castlemaine — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Dishwasher
  • Floorboards
  • Living Areas: 2
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Shed
  • Solar Hot Water
  • Solar Panels
  • Toilets: 2
  • Water Tank
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