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17 Orange Grove, Essendon North VIC 3041

House

$1,630,000

Last sold

19 May 2022

3

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

605 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 $1,630,000 (19 May 2022).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 605 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Essendon North (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,397/m² of land (n=17). 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 · 30 Aug 2026)

What could make it worth less?

  • FactDEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactDESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 11 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactNEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 intersects 99.8% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)
  • FactENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 intersects 2.3% of this parcel.(Vicmap Planning · 30 Aug 2026)

What should you verify next?

  1. 1DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  2. 2DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 11 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  3. 3NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  4. 4ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2 affects this parcel — verify the mapped extent against the title / planning certificate before relying on unaffected land.
  5. 5No 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

$1,630,000

19 May 2022 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Essendon North (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,397/m² of land (n=17). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Essendon North at a glance

3,982

People

$1,382,500

Median sale

$539/wk

Median rent

2.03%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 14 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Essendon North report →

Vs Essendon North

+17.9%

Median sale

Suburb $1,382,500

-0.31 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.03%

Suburb median $1,382,500 from 14 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

HOUSING CHOICE AND TRANSPORT ZONE - SCHEDULE 2

HCTZ2

Jurisdiction

Moonee Valley

Moonee Valley, 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: 1013159

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 30 Aug 2026). Verify the extent against the title before relying on unaffected land.

Records

Property history

  1. Sold$1,630,00019 May 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 Apr 2022
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 Apr 2022

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 604 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 604 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 11; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2. 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 $539/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 604 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 11; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2. Pay house money or walk — do not pay site money until a planner confirms a pathway through this stack.

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 604 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 604 m² — land size can look like optionality. What reduces it: DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS PLAN OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 1; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 11; NEIGHBOURHOOD CHARACTER OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY - SCHEDULE 2. 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

Essendon North in one glance

Essendon North at a glance

3,982

People

$1,382,500

Median sale

$539/wk

Median rent

2.03%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 14 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Essendon North report →

Keep researching

  • Why Essendon North? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Essendon North →
  • Other records on Orange Grove →

Listing material

Listed by McDonald Upton

Family Entertainer In Idyllic Location

Located along a premier street rich with heritage, this thoughtfully renovated and extended home delivers an impressive family lifestyle, inside and out. A charming period facade belies an interior designed around modern comforts and convenience, with bedrooms at the front and zoned family living spaces toward the rear.

Featuring three bedrooms, each providing mirrored robes, with a roomy master bedroom boasting a gorgeous, newly refurbished en-suite containing free-standing soaker tub, double vanity and full width walk-in double rain head shower.

The well designed kitchen, with ample counter space and storage, offers stainless steel appliances, (gas cook top/oven /dishwasher) and adjoins the dining room. Step up to a massive living/entertainment space, with vaulted ceiling, bluestone floors and a bar ready for the most serious of home mixologists! A laundry and two further bathrooms complete the interior, while a converted garage with internal access makes the ideal work-from-home space or external storage.

Read the full description

• Brilliantly located renovated family home

• Period charm with modern appointments throughout

• Zoned living and entertaining spaces

• Outdoor pool/gazebo

• Walk to transport, shops, cafes, schools, parks

Summer entertaining is a breeze with a fabulous swimming pool, large gazebo and plenty of room to relax surrounded by established gardens. Additional highlights include polished timber floors, ceiling fans in all bedrooms and dining, evaporative cooling and two central heating systems for zoned comfort, masses of storage capacity throughout, and off-street parking for up to 4 cars.

Walk to Keilor Road trams, schools, Woodlands Park, North Essendon Village shops and cafes, with easy access to Citylink/freeway and DFO.

Listing description written by Julia Murphy, McDonald Upton — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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