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VIC › Ivanhoe › Waterdale Rd

161 Waterdale Rd, Ivanhoe VIC 3079

House

$1,810,000

Last sold

20 Aug 2025

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

649 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,810,000 (20 Aug 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 649 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Ivanhoe (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,863/m² of land (n=25). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

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

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$1,810,000

20 Aug 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Ivanhoe (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,863/m² of land (n=25). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Ivanhoe at a glance

15,199

People

$1,838,500

Median sale

$558/wk

Median rent

1.58%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 36 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Ivanhoe report →

Vs Ivanhoe

-1.6%

Median sale

Suburb $1,838,500

+0.02 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 1.58%

Suburb median $1,838,500 from 36 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

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. Sold$1,810,00020 Aug 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted25 June 2025
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted25 June 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?

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?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $558/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.

1 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

    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?

    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

Ivanhoe in one glance

Ivanhoe at a glance

15,199

People

$1,838,500

Median sale

$558/wk

Median rent

1.58%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 36 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Ivanhoe report →

Keep researching

  • Why Ivanhoe? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Ivanhoe →
  • Other records on Waterdale Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Miles Real Estate Ivanhoe & Rosanna

Exceptional, Secluded & Central Dual-Dwelling Opportunity

SOLD By Miles Real Estate.

A peaceful Ivanhoe property that has it all from an eight-room interior and self-contained studio to loads of parking and garden space, this extraordinary Art Deco residence has something for everyone less than 500-metres to boutique shopping, restaurants and schools.

Secure and secluded beyond an automatic gate and established garden, this elevated solid brick home offers an extensive layout, exquisite decoration and an emphasis on family flexibility amidst a generous 649m2 allotment (approx) with rear ROW.

Read the full description

The bonus of a separate two-room studio self contained unit with a kitchen, bathroom/laundry and private courtyard that's ideal for multi-generational living or income-generating leasing complements this extra-spacious, single-level home introduced by an attractive period profile.

High ornate ceilings, polished floorboards and timber paneling provide a warm welcome as the layout unfolds revealing a beautiful living room with leadlight French doors, an open fireplace and views to the city.

Perfect for changing phases and stages of family life, accommodation in the main home consists of potentially four or five bedrooms where a separate formal dining room and a rear lounge room are easily converted, while there's also an additional living room and family/meals area.

A large and centrally-situated kitchen with a breakfast bar is fully-appointed with stainless-steel appliances plus there are two superbly-updated bathrooms, a European laundry, solar electricity, security alarm, ducted heating and ceiling fans.

A leafy rear garden, which is the setting for the studio, includes a sun-drenched alfresco terrace for private and peaceful entertaining as well as a handy workshop and a flourishing greenhouse.

Parking is no problem as not only are there several secure spaces located at the front, a lock-up carport and garage area with internal access can comfortably fit two or three cars.

Entirely unique for a range of lifestyle scenarios, this exceptional opportunity for a forward-thinking family is enviably located only moments to Ivanhoe's excellent retail and restaurant precinct, primary and grammar schools, train station, aquatic centre, parkland, Burgundy Street and the Austin and Mercy Hospitals.

Listing description written by Damien Carter, Miles Real Estate Ivanhoe & Rosanna — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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