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13 Symonds St, Yarra Glen VIC 3775

House

$900,000

Last sold

8 Apr 2025

5

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

1,092 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $900,000 (8 Apr 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 1,092 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Yarra Glen (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,037/m² of land (n=64). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK (TRZ2) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 1 Sept 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactSIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 23 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 1 Sept 2026)
  • FactDESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 5 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 1 Sept 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 23 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  2. 2DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 5 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  3. 3No 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

$900,000

8 Apr 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Yarra Glen (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,037/m² of land (n=64). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Yarra Glen at a glance

3,135

People

$1,014,000

Median sale

$550/wk

Median rent

2.82%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Yarra Glen report →

Vs Yarra Glen

-11.2%

Median sale

Suburb $1,014,000

+0.36 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.82%

Suburb median $1,014,000 from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK

TRZ2

Jurisdiction

Yarra Ranges

Yarra Ranges, VIC

Planning overlays

  • SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 23Detected — 99.8% of parcel

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 1 Sept 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 152474621

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. Sold$900,0008 Apr 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 Mar 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted27 Mar 2025

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 TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK · TRZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,094 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: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 1,094 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 23; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 5. 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 $550/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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned TRANSPORT ZONE 2 - PRINCIPAL ROAD NETWORK · TRZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,094 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?

    Knownlow

    Official parcel about 1,094 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 23; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 5. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. 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

    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

Yarra Glen in one glance

Yarra Glen at a glance

3,135

People

$1,014,000

Median sale

$550/wk

Median rent

2.82%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 18 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Yarra Glen report →

Keep researching

  • Why Yarra Glen? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Yarra Glen →
  • Other records on Symonds St →

Listing material

Listed by Woodards Lilydale & Yarra Valley

“Enjoy commanding views from this elevated 5 bedroom home”

Enjoy commanding views from this elevated 5 bedroom home

With its versatile layout, this property can be enjoyed as a spacious 5-bedroom family home, or a 4-bedroom home with adjoining 2-bedroom self-contained apartment. Just a short walk to the shops, schools and parks of Yarra Glen this spacious 5 bedroom timber home is set back from the road and elevated, maximising its views to the Dandenong Ranges and Christmas Hills.

From the double carport a gravel path crosses the front lawn past a mature liquid amber overhanging a fishpond with rockery, and leads up a set of steps to the front deck and veranda. This is the perfect spot to sit and enjoy the views to the distant hills, as the covered veranda runs the length and breadth of the house, with wide timber decking and feature glass panels.

Read the full description

Flanked by ornate leadlight windows, the front door opens into a country style kitchen/dining room with A/C, timber bench tops, spacious pantry and access to the side deck. With stunning parquetry floors, ducted heating and excellent storage throughout, this timber home features a spacious living room with Ultimate wood heater and slate hearth, split system A/C, and door onto the deck. A master bedroom (or second entertaining room) with large picture windows and parquetry floors has a door out to the front deck. The main house has an additional three double bedrooms all with large windows and BIR s, a separate toilet, large family bathroom with walk-in shower, hand-crafted timber vanity and spacious airing / drying cupboard, plus a generous laundry/utility room opening out to the rear garden.

The adjoining self-contained 2-bedroom apartment has a hostess kitchen, living room with doors to a decked area, and bathroom with walk in shower. Internal lockable doors separate the apartment from the main house and with its own private access via two external doors, it makes an ideal separate dwelling.

Outside, the rear garden has a lawned area with horizontal espalier fruit trees lining the boundary fence, a lockable workshop and shed, water tank and 10 solar panels on the roof. A path lined with fuchsias joins the front and rear garden.

With Yarra Glen on your doorstep and views to the hills from the front deck, this sizeable property offers great versatility as a large family home and will sell quickly, so call today to arrange an inspection.

Listing description written by Gary Fletcher, Woodards Lilydale & Yarra Valley — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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