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14 The Ridge, Canterbury VIC 3126

House

6

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

1,461 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 1,461 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Canterbury (last 5 years) with land size: median $4,675/m² of land (n=13). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • FactZoned HOUSING CHOICE AND TRANSPORT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 (HCTZ2) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 2 Sept 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactHERITAGE OVERLAY (HO694) intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 2 Sept 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1HERITAGE OVERLAY (HO694) affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Canterbury (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $4,675/m² of land (n=13). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Canterbury at a glance

7,754

People

$1,725,000

Median sale

$636/wk

Median rent

1.92%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Canterbury report →

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

HOUSING CHOICE AND TRANSPORT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2

HCTZ2

Jurisdiction

Boroondara

Boroondara, VIC

Official property report

The original government planning document for this property. Sign in to view or download the PDF. Districts facts are a separate GIS extract and may not include every statement in the report.

Planning overlays

  • environmentalDetected

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 2 Sept 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 813073

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

Detected — official

The official layer maps a heritage listed area on this parcel, intersecting about 99.8% of it (Vicmap Planning, retrieved 2 Sept 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Soldprice unknown19 Dec 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted16 Oct 2023
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted16 Oct 2023

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 HOUSING CHOICE AND TRANSPORT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 · HCTZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,459 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. 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: medium

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Heritage constraint may block demolition or dual occupancy even on a large block. Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. Official parcel about 1,459 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: HERITAGE OVERLAY (HO694). Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site. 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 $636/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. Heritage constraints are a maintenance and alteration cost, not usually a rent premium by themselves.

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

Loaded constraints look like they kill a naive land-size story. Pay house money, or walk, until a planner confirms a pathway.

Detail

Official parcel about 1,459 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: HERITAGE OVERLAY (HO694). Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

Read more

Nearby competing dwellings and net yield are still unknown.

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 HOUSING CHOICE AND TRANSPORT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2 · HCTZ2 (ZN). Official parcel area about 1,459 m². Dual occupancy looks constrained by site overlays or terrain. Two-lot subdivision looks unlikely on the loaded constraints. 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?

    Knownmedium

    Official parcel about 1,459 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: HERITAGE OVERLAY (HO694). Heritage can block demolition and dual occupancy even when land size looks like a site.

  • 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

Canterbury in one glance

Canterbury at a glance

7,754

People

$1,725,000

Median sale

$636/wk

Median rent

1.92%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Canterbury report →

Keep researching

  • Why Canterbury? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Canterbury →
  • Other records on The Ridge →

Listing material

Listed by RT Edgar Boroondara

Once-In-A-Lifetime In The Golden Mile Precinct

Sold by Rachael Fabbro & Paul Walker of RT Edgar Boroondara

In Canterbury’s prestigious Golden Mile precinct, a rare jewel of Canterbury’s past now presents one of its most remarkable opportunities surrounded by prestigious family homes and leading private schools. Designed by prominent local and Melbourne architect A E H Carleton in 1923 on a remarkable 1,461sqm(approx.) of estate style grounds, the home’s rich heritage character and picturesque family appeal have been beautifully preserved and maintained by four generations of the same family since the 1970’s. Offered for the first time now in more than sixty years, its comfortable accommodation presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become not only the custodian of one of the area’s most significant homes, but create a modern family estate that honours that legacy.

Straight from the pages of a storybook, all the romance of its English Revival design remains in a perfectly preserved exterior positioned at a rare 45-degree angle to its sweeping 26m frontage. A handsome entry porch introduces interiors of immediately impressive size and character defined by high decorative ceilings, brick fireplaces, delicate leadlight and bay windows, original timber panelling and joinery and hardwood floors.

Read the full description

A large formal living room with gas fireplace is accompanied by equally handsome formal dining and a library/living room with built in bookcase storage. An impeccably finished and presented 1970s kitchen featuring extensive handcrafted storage and ILVE Majestic dual fuel range accompanies original family dining with gas fireplace and bureau storage, a ground floor study/fifth bedroom and bathroom. Upstairs, four additional bedrooms with excellent BIRs, one with kitchenette, are served by a second family bathroom.

Outside, a breakfast terrace and undercover alfresco areas overlook the garden with fenced pool, poolside cabana and extensive lawn areas perfect for whole family cricket matches, a game of touch footy or grand benchmark birthday parties. Other highlights include original light fittings and door hardware, extensive built in and roofline storage, garage/workshop with first floor studio loft or sixth bedroom, extensive driveway and secure OSP.

From this premium Oak Tree lined position, walk to Camberwell Grammar Schools, Burke Road trams and Outer Circle Trails with minutes to the cream of Melbourne’s private schools, Camberwell Junction shopping and dining, Balwyn and Maling Road Villages.

Listing description written by Rachael Fabbro, RT Edgar Boroondara — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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