Forreston at a glance
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4
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Car spaces
279,233.093 m²
Land
Districts View
No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.
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
Asking
No recorded sale price for this property yet.
Forreston at a glance
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Planning
Planning data is being calculated
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Source
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 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 exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.
Records
Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.
Capital growth
SAPlanning 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.
Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Rental
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.
Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question. 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.
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
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.”
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
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
UnknownPlanning layers have not been retrieved for this property yet.
Nearby development pipeline
UnknownNearby development applications are not loaded. This lot’s own applications are a separate question.
Honest achievable rent
UnknownNo 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
UnknownSupply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.
Why is this cheap?
UnknownThe constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.
Lot-level flood
UnknownOfficial flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”
Catalyst exposure
UnknownFunded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.
This lot's DA history
UnknownDevelopment applications have not been queried for this parcel.
Statutory land value versus ask
UnknownStatutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.
Net yield / holding costs
UnknownNet yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.
Area
Forreston at a glance
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Listed by Weston Properties Pty LtdBELLWETHER FARM - Land area 27.8ha - 69 acres /Vineyard area 20.84ha - 51.5 acres
Residence
A very well positioned modern federation style home that offers good proportion.
Intelligently sited to overlook the vineyard, furthermore the huge kitchen/family area offers far reaching distant views to the North/Northeast. The adjoining modern hip roof fully paved undercover outside entertainment area further compliments the wonderful outlook.
The front entrance leads to the formal lounge on the right with inbuilt book shelving and a bay window. To the left is the master bedroom with walk in robe and the ensuite offering 2 door 3 drawer vanity, toilet and corner shower.
The room next to the huge kitchen/family a could be used as a separate family play area or home office. The other 3 bedrooms all offer floor to ceiling built in robes, two with 2 door width, one with three door width.
The 3-way bathroom offers fully width/mirror width 4 door vanity, separate bath & shower area, plus a separate toilet. The laundry is provided with a work bench with inbuilt trough and appliance cupboard.
The kitchen is very well appointed with plenty of cupboards including wall mounted cupboards, serving bench, Westinghouse 4 gas hot plate stove, Westinghouse wall oven, Fisher Paykel dishwasher and double sink. Further pantry storage is located upon internal entrance to the large double garage, one full width auto roller door.
Reverse cycle air conditioning is ducted throughout and there is also a large efficient slow combustion log fire.
The implement/wood storage shed is nearby and the modern 45' x 30' farm shed together with 3 phase power. Approximately 100,000 litres of rainwater storage is provided from five interconnected tanks.
The Vineyard - enquire with agent for extra information such as
1. Vineyard plan
2. Vineyard varieties/clones/planted area/row width/panel spacing/vine numbers/vine spacings/root stock/s/ year planted/grafts.
3. Frost Mitigation Area, infrastructure only 3 years old.
Water Information
1. Water Licence - No 403559, Western Mount Lofty Ranges Prescribed Well area.
2. 45,000 Mg/l Bore water (underground), 45,000 kL's of which 6,000 kL's was also set aside for frost protection, that is 39,000 kL's + 6,000 kL's.
3. Plus, the additional 5.15 Mg/l, 5,150 kL of dam water for taking, dam assessed by the Department for Environment and Water at 12.2 Mg/l, 12.200 kL capacity.
Bore Information/Pump Information
• Two bores, one with meter.
• The top bore, near the homestead is quoted as
- 21 lengths of 65mm stainless steel rising main and the pump should be a Lowara 2616. 10-6 submersible with a Franklin Electric 7.5 kW.
• The bottom bore, the main bore
- Grundfos SP30-17 15 kW with an Allen Bradley VSD and Dv Dt filter.
• The Dam pump
- Grundfos SP46-813 kW with a Schneider 15 kW variable speed drive and Sine filter.
Bore Output and Quality
Top Bore output
Quoted at 260 Litres/minute/3.5 thousand gallons/hour. See Water Test Analysis 5/9/2025.
1113-ppm total salts plus the other stated results all within reasonable parameters.
Bottom Bore output
Quoted at 500 Litres/minute/6.5 thousand gallons/hour. See Water Test Analysis 5/9/2025.
580ppm total salts (very good) plus the other stated results all within reasonable parameters.
The bottom bore (main bore) pumps direct into the dam. The pump on the dam via the filtration equipment pumps out to the vineyard at 600L/minute/9,000 gallons/hour, the entire vineyard is watered with 6 shifts over 22 irrigation blocks.
Solar Power
This fact is very significant and installed June 2025. Total cost $108,350.00.
Solar output 58 kW
Battery output 40.6 kW
Overall Summary
Well situated in the Forreston region, "the epicentre" of high-end productive country with good quality strong yield bores.
The residence is of a high standard, offering a great lifestyle and outlook.
The vineyard is in good heart with all the right varieties, the white varieties being in relatively high demand.
The capital value (as advertised) reflects only 70% of the definitive capital replacement value of $5M, combining house and land plus the operational vineyard at $140,000 per hectare* (in the Adelaide Hills).
*Inclusive of infrastructure/clones/water/licence/frost protection.
Listing description written by Chris Weston, Weston Properties Pty Ltd — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.