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VIC › Strathbogie › Merton Strathbogie Rd

1491 Merton Strathbogie Rd, Strathbogie VIC 3666

For saleRural Property

$695,000

For sale

Asking

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

33,993.594 m²

Land

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Given the $695,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $695,000(Listing record · 20 Aug 2026)
  • FactLand 33,994 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)

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

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$695,000

Asking · $20/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Strathbogie at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

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Suburb gross yield

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Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$695,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$36,770
Transfer/Registration Fee
$1,731
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$737,201

$42,201 on top of the price (6.1% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (Victoria)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: Victoria schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

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Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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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

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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. Listed$695,000available20 Aug 2026

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?

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.

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.”

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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.

0 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

    Unknown

    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.

  • 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

Strathbogie in one glance

Strathbogie at a glance

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Median sale

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Median rent

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Suburb gross yield

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Keep researching

  • Why Strathbogie? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Strathbogie →
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Listing material

Listed by North Eastern Country Real Estate

Productive 8.4 Acres - Strathbogie Tablelands – Comfortable 3Br Home with Dual Living - Bore Water -Shedding

Productive 8.4 Acres in Beautiful Strathbogie Tablelands. - Abundant Bore Water - Comfortable 3Br Home with Dual Living - Impressive Shedding - Lovely Gardens & Outlooks - Currently an Alpaca Farm

Home Set amidst beautiful park like gardens with established shade European trees and lawn areas. The design of the home consists of 2 original dwellings joined together. Providing 2 self-contained areas ideal for those family members who need their own space.

Comfortable 3 bedroom family home, having in more recent years been repainted, new floor coverings – appliances – ceiling fans installed, sections of cladding replaced including decking timbers/ stairs, ceiling and wall insulation to main building, along with other thoughtful improvements.

Read the full description

Entry to home is via either of the two elevated verandahs. Layout comprises entry/central hallway, leading to the formal lounge with pleasant garden outlooks, Jindara combustion wood heater, ceiling fan and handy heat transfer unit to 2 bedrooms.

Country kitchen again with pleasant rural outlooks, as-new electric wall oven/ griller, electric stove top, plenty of cupboards/ draws and bench space. Hallway leads to 2 comfortable bedrooms with built in robes and ceiling fans. Family bathroom with bath, laundry and 2nd toilet.

Accessed also from the central hallway is the self-contained accommodation. Originally designed as a portable home this area comprises open lounge/ dining / kitchen area. Lounge/ kitchen with split system heating/cooling unit, electric stove and oven. Bedroom with built in robe and ceiling fan. Ensuite provides a shower, toilet, sink, cupboard and laundry wash trough with outlets for washing machine. Direct door access to verandah area, sit and relax while looking the lovely gardens. External cladding combining weatherboard and Hardie plank cladding, recently repainted.

Outdoor Improvements: Attached carport. Shedding: Built in recent years is the impressive 14.2m x 7m x3m shed / workshop. Comprising handy drive in open /storage bay with power and lights, area along with lock up workshop boasting 2 roller doors, access door, power, lights, large mounted fan and concreted flooring. Solid concreted retaining wall surrounding 3 sides.

Next to home lockup 6mt x 9mt garage/ workshop with mains power. Lockup workshop/shearing shed 4mt x 7mt. 3 bay machinery storage shed. Alpaca shelter shed. Selection of storage / pens / woodshed spread around the rear paddocks. Newly installed hot water system. Starlink currently providing internet access with NBN also available.

Landscaped Gardens: Attractive established gardens with a selection of Native and English trees, including bushes/shrubs, roses and fruit trees.

Land: Attractive and productive 8.4 acres, currently running a boutique alpaca farm. Lovely outlooks to the surrounding Strathbogie Tablelands/ ranges. Fertile soil type with impressive pastures.

Separated into 6 main paddocks. Gently undulating to rising country with granite stone in areas. Currently successfully carrying Alpacas, suitable for grazing a variety of stock. Great access to property with bitumen road frontage.

Water: Abundant water with a reliable underground bore, currently supplies the house gardens and stock troughs, along with 4 poly rainwater storage tanks with 37,500L capacity, 27,500L feeding the home. Additional catchment dam for stock water supply. Strathbogie is located in a higher rainfall area within our region.

Location: 5 minutes drive to Strathbogie township, which provides an active local store, great primary school and an impressive 18-hole golf course. Situated 26kms to Euroa - 38km Violet Town, under an hour to Benalla or Shepparton, 65km Mansfield, 2.15hrs ex Melbourne.

Listing description written by Warren Langsford, North Eastern Country Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Deck
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Fully Fenced
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Toilets: 2
  • Water Tank
  • Workshop
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