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17 Orbost Dr, Miners Rest VIC 3352

House

$525,000

Last sold

22 July 2021

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

520 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 $525,000 (22 July 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 520 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Miners Rest (last 5 years) with land size: median $955/m² of land (n=95). 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

$525,000

22 July 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Miners Rest (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $955/m² of land (n=95). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Miners Rest at a glance

3,862

People

$690,000

Median sale

$360/wk

Median rent

2.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 45 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Miners Rest report →

Vs Miners Rest

-23.9%

Median sale

Suburb $690,000

+0.86 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.71%

Suburb median $690,000 from 45 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

201920202021$390k$525k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$525,00022 July 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 July 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted5 July 2021
  4. Sold$390,0008 Mar 2019
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 Feb 2019
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 Feb 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?

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 $360/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

Miners Rest in one glance

Miners Rest at a glance

3,862

People

$690,000

Median sale

$360/wk

Median rent

2.71%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 45 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Miners Rest report →

Keep researching

  • Why Miners Rest? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Miners Rest →
  • Other records on Orbost Dr →

Listing material

Listed by Buxton Ballarat

Immaculate spacious light filled home

Located on the fringe of Ballarat in an urban-rural pocket. In a tree lined street of native trees.

Move into this contemporary home which requires nothing to be done other than put your own furniture in. It is immaculate through inside and out.

You can only be pleasantly surprised from the moment you approach the home. Plenty of driveway room in front of the double lock up garage and much sort after gated vehicular side access, to secure the motor home. A well designed floor plan, with the formal living room to the front, master bedroom in the middle includes an ensuite and walk in robe, the two further bedrooms have built in robes. Great storage space throughout and separate laundry also direct access to the home from the garage. The open plan living, dining and well appointed kitchen to the rear over looks your alfresco for entertaining family and friends.

Read the full description

The home wouldnt be complete without the comfort of gas central heating and a split system in the open plan living area.

The garden has lush lawn and trees along the hedging creating privacy and your own sanctuary.

Looking to invest, starter home, families, or for the downsize. Situated close to the freeway for an easy commute, or the road direct to Ballarat.

Is this the home you have been looking for? Make time to inspect today.

Listing description written by Mark Nunn, Buxton Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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