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VIC › Junortoun › Rathlin Ave

17 Rathlin Ave, Junortoun VIC 3551

House

$705,000

Last sold

5 May 2021

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

5

Car spaces

949 m²

Land

213.63 m²

Building

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $705,000 (5 May 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 949 m² against a 214 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Junortoun (last 5 years) with land size: median $447/m² of land (n=94). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

  • InterpretationA large lot with a small dwelling means the value case rests on the land and what the zone allows on it, not the house.
  • FactZoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE (GRZ) under the ZN.(Vicmap Planning · 31 Aug 2026)

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. 1No 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

$705,000

5 May 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Junortoun (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $447/m² of land (n=94). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Junortoun at a glance

3,678

People

$937,500

Median sale

$540/wk

Median rent

3.00%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 16 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Junortoun report →

Vs Junortoun

-24.8%

Median sale

Suburb $937,500

+0.98 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.00%

Suburb median $937,500 from 16 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning scheme

ZN

Zone

GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE

GRZ

Jurisdiction

Greater Bendigo

Greater Bendigo, VIC

Planning overlays

  • environmentalNot detected

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: Vicmap Planning
  • Dataset: PLAN_ZONE
  • Retrieved: 31 Aug 2026
  • Version: 1
  • Parcel: 126414092

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

i

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$705,0005 May 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Mar 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Mar 2021

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 GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE · GRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 952 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. 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: low

Flood overlay has not been queried for this lot. Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Minimum lot size is not loaded, so two-lot subdivision is not confirmed. 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 $540/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.

3 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Knownmedium

    Zoned GENERAL RESIDENTIAL ZONE · GRZ (ZN). Official parcel area about 952 m². Dual occupancy is not confirmed from the controls loaded for this lot. Two-lot subdivision is unknown without minimum lot size and frontage. 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 952 m² — land size can look like optionality. No material overlays were returned that would explain a discount. That is not proof the price is fair. Nearby DAs, easements, and flood-layer gaps can still explain a cheap-looking listing — those are not all loaded.

  • 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

Junortoun in one glance

Junortoun at a glance

3,678

People

$937,500

Median sale

$540/wk

Median rent

3.00%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 16 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Junortoun report →

Keep researching

  • Why Junortoun? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Junortoun →
  • Other records on Rathlin Ave →

Listing material

Listed by Belle Property Bendigo | Castlemaine | Maldon

IMPRESSIVE HOME IN A PREMIUM ESTATE - Spacious living on a 949m2 allotment!

Picturesquely located in one of Bendigo's premium estates - McIvor Forest Estate, in Junortoun - the impressive spacious home is ideal for people who need the convenience of modern living with extra space to breathe.

Sitting on a 949m2 block, the stylish home has been designed to make the most of the block's orientation with the spacious central living area north facing and glowing in natural light.

The 3-bedroom home boasts a huge master suite, complete with a walk-in-robe behind the bedhead wall, as well as large ensuite with a twin-vanity and a shower and toilet behind the vanity wall. The house will be the ideal temperature all year round with evaporative cooling and gas ducted heating throughout the home and ceilings fan in each of the bedrooms.

Read the full description

As well as a main open plan area for the dining, living, and kitchen, the home offers a second living space at the front of the home and a study room off to its side for extra space. The kitchen, centrally located as the true gathering place, features 900mm oven and gas cooktop, walk in pantry and an ideal view out through large glass sliding doors to the backyard.

An undercover outdoor seating area sits within a secluded backyard that has a low maintenance garden and good-sized lawn area with plenty of room to install a pool and backyard retreat.

Along with a two-car remote controlled garage, the property has terrific side access that leads to 3-bay 10m x 6m Stratco shed with cement floor at the rear of the house, perfect to store work vehicles, plus the caravan and boat. There you will also find 10,000lt rainwater tank, and access to the 1.5kw solar with an impressive 60cent rebate.

This lovely home is surrounded by walking tracks and bike trails, within close proximity to Catherine McAuley College and 10 minutes from town.

Listing description written by Tim Noonan, Belle Property Bendigo | Castlemaine | Maldon — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Dishwasher
  • Ducted Cooling
  • Ducted Heating
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Living Areas: 2
  • Toilets: 2
  • Workshop
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