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VIC › Clunes › Mcdonalds Rd

125 Mcdonalds Rd, Clunes VIC 3370

Rural Property

$595,000

Last sold

19 May 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

12,064 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $595,000 (19 May 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 12,064 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Rural Property sales in Clunes (last 5 years) with land size: median $32/m² of land (n=6). 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

$595,000

19 May 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded Rural Property sales in Clunes (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $32/m² of land (n=6). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Clunes at a glance

1,810

People

$510,000

Median sale

$380/wk

Median rent

3.87%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 38 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Clunes report →

Vs Clunes

+16.7%

Median sale

Suburb $510,000

-0.55 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.87%

Suburb median $510,000 from 38 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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

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

202220232025$650k$595k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$595,00019 May 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 Apr 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 Apr 2025
  4. Sold$650,0009 Aug 2022
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 July 2022
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 July 2022

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 $380/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

Clunes in one glance

Clunes at a glance

1,810

People

$510,000

Median sale

$380/wk

Median rent

3.87%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 38 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Clunes report →

Keep researching

  • Why Clunes? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Clunes →
  • Other records on Mcdonalds Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Belle Property Daylesford

Mudbrick lifestyle property

This delightful 3-bedroom mudbrick home with exposed timber beams is set on 1.21Ha, has many prospects for the astute purchaser. The home is warm and inviting from the moment you step inside. Raised dining and kitchen area at the northerly end of the home features timber flooring.

The kitchen was renovated approx. 6years ago, with the inclusion of a new upright electric stove approx. 12 months ago. There is also a dishwasher, plus moveable cabinetry.

Step down to the lounge area which boasts a solid fuel heater, the 3 bedrooms access from the lounge, plus walk through into the laundry to access the bathroom and water closet.

Read the full description

Outside wherever you look there is something extra to see. Crazy paving paths weave their way around the established gardens and ponds encircling the home. Native trees and bushes, a chook run now converted to a woodshed, composting areas, BBQ area, fruit trees include apple, pear, plums, apricots. Behind the shedding the undeveloped back paddock features scattered gums and grazing pasture, ideal to sit and watch the native wildlife.

Energy efficiency - no worries. The 30-panel solar system boasts battery storage sufficient to operate the fridge, lights, septic pump, and power points during a mains power outage. Current tariff .66c solar hot water system has electric backup. All battery usage is monitored by a mobile app.

Shedding includes a mudbrick studio with concrete flooring, rafter storage, 15amp power point. Would also make the ideal teen retreat/games room. The double garage and workshop have two manual roller doors with access to the garage off the second driveway at the property. Plus, the shipping container was formerly a gallery/shop would make the perfect home office, with is usb power points, lined walls, carpet tiles, and double-glazed door. There is also a separate garden shed.

This property would make the ideal country getaway or first home buyer's chance to get into the market. The picturesque township of Clunes is only 90 minutes from Melbourne and an easy drive to Daylesford, Ballarat, Maryborough, and Castlemaine. Clunes is rich in diversity and community spirit; you don't just buy a property in Clunes; you are welcomed into the community family.

There is truly more than meets the eye at this country gem!!

For more information and to confirm you inspection, please call Angela Flowers on 0437 456 908

Listing description written by Angela Flowers, Belle Property Daylesford — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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