Districts
SuburbsBlogSearch
Sign inGet started
Districts
SuburbsBlogSearch
Sign inGet started

VIC › Lower Plenty › Bonds Rd

138 Bonds Rd, Lower Plenty VIC 3093

House

$2,875,000

Last sold

21 Dec 2019

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

6,534 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 $2,875,000 (21 Dec 2019).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 6,534 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lower Plenty (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,324/m² of land (n=55). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE (LDRZ) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactVEGETATION PROTECTION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactDEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactSIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1VEGETATION PROTECTION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 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. 3SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  4. 4No 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

$2,875,000

21 Dec 2019 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Lower Plenty (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,324/m² of land (n=55). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lower Plenty at a glance

4,194

People

$1,390,000

Median sale

$574/wk

Median rent

2.15%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lower Plenty report →

Vs Lower Plenty

+106.8%

Median sale

Suburb $1,390,000

-1.11 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.15%

Suburb median $1,390,000 from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE

LDRZ

Jurisdiction

Banyule

Banyule, VIC

Planning overlays

  • DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1Detected — 99.8% of parcel

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 30 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 457736668

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

  1. Sold$2,875,00021 Dec 2019
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted25 Nov 2019
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted25 Nov 2019

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 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE · LDRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 4,304 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 4,304 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: VEGETATION PROTECTION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE 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 $574/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 LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONE · LDRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 4,304 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 4,304 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: VEGETATION PROTECTION OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE 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

    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

Lower Plenty in one glance

Lower Plenty at a glance

4,194

People

$1,390,000

Median sale

$574/wk

Median rent

2.15%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 15 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lower Plenty report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lower Plenty? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lower Plenty →
  • Other records on Bonds Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Barry Plant Eastern Group

Entertainer’s Paradise with Pool & Tennis Court

A masterpiece of meticulous design with magnificent city views, this impressive home on approximately 6534sqm boasts exciting architecture, stylish appointments and lavish amenity. Perfectly concealed behind landscaped gardens and auto-gated entry, an entertainer’s paradise awaits.

Casting a veil of natural sunlight throughout the modern abode are walls of floor-to-ceiling windows and high ceilings, complemented by Oak floors, quality tiling and alluring stone features.

The single-level layout flaunts open-plan living/dining accompanied by a formal lounge warmed by an open fireplace and a superbly appointed stone kitchen with seemingly endless features including a butcher block insert, high-end double ovens and dishwasher.

Read the full description

Zoned away from the living and entertaining hub for peace and privacy are four sizeable bedrooms all with fully-fitted robes and two bathrooms. The master bedroom benefits from its own luxe ensuite while the second bedroom is treated to its own study space.

External environs are an absolute delight as the property offers ample room to run around and enjoy the great outdoors. A tranquil place to relax and entertain in complete privacy, the resort-style surrounds include a sprawling alfresco, flood-lit mod-grass tennis court and a solar-heated swimming pool.

Located within a prestige neighbourhood surrounded by acre properties and parkland, this marvelous home is in easy reach of schools, shopping and transport.

Additional luxuries: gas ducted heating, split system A/C, security system, double carport, garden shed, chook pen and cubby.

Listing description written by Tristan Messerle, Barry Plant Eastern Group — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Tennis Court
  • Toilets: 2
Districts

Australian property research from recorded sales, listings, and official layers. Missing data is shown as unavailable, never filled in.

Research

  • Property search
  • Suburb profiles
  • Blog
  • Calculators
  • Follow suburbs
  • Sign in

Learn

  • How we use data
  • What's covered
  • Questions
  • Who it's for
  • Access

Company

  • About
  • Contact
  • support@districts.com.au

Legal

  • Privacy
  • Terms

© 2026 Districts

districts.com.au

Research purposes only. Not personal financial advice, a valuation, or a planning certificate. Always speak to a licensed financial adviser before you act.