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VIC › East Geelong › Orchard St

18 Orchard St, East Geelong VIC 3219

House

$1,200,000

Last sold

7 Aug 2021

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,200,000 (7 Aug 2021).(Recorded sale)

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

$1,200,000

7 Aug 2021 · derived via latest_sale

East Geelong at a glance

4,014

People

$860,000

Median sale

$444/wk

Median rent

2.68%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 23 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full East Geelong report →

Vs East Geelong

+39.5%

Median sale

Suburb $860,000

-0.76 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.68%

Suburb median $860,000 from 23 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$1,200,0007 Aug 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 June 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted28 June 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?

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 $444/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

East Geelong in one glance

East Geelong at a glance

4,014

People

$860,000

Median sale

$444/wk

Median rent

2.68%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 23 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full East Geelong report →

Keep researching

  • Why East Geelong? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in East Geelong →
  • Other records on Orchard St →

Listing material

Listed by Jellis Craig Geelong

BEST OF INNER-CITY LIVING

AUCTION ONLINE SATURDAY 7 AUGUST AT 12.00PM

To view/follow/bid:

https://auctionnow.com.au/properties/73446

Read the full description

Please note If you INTEND TO BID you MUST pre-register via the AUCTION NOW registration process and prompts.

Should you need assistance with pre-registering please contact SALLY MCKAY - 0432 765 831 or smckay@hodgesgeelong.com.au

The very best of inner-city Geelong is right on your doorstep with this four-bedroom home offering a perfect mix of convenience, charm and quality living.

Walk to the hospital precinct, East Geelong shops and cafes, schools and Eastern Beach, jog the track around the Geelong Botanic Gardens and enjoy a spot of fishing at Limeburners Point.

The double-fronted Victorian home, on a wide, quiet street in a prime patch of East Geelong, offers heritage features including a bull-nose verandah, fretwork and sidelight windows.

An open-plan living, dining and kitchen zone is the hub for a busy family, with sliding doors opening wide to extend the living space onto a long undercover alfresco deck.

The contemporary kitchen boasts striking cast concrete benchtops, an island bench, Bosch appliances, including a 900mm wide oven and six-burner gas cooktop, pantry, loads of storage and splashback garden window.

The dining space is designed for family dinners around a long table, while the lounge area, with gas wall furnace, has room for multiple sofas and for kids to play.

The four bedrooms are all accessed off the wide entry hall, providing privacy to also utilise one as a study or work-from-home space.

The master suite with garden outlook, features a walk-in robe and luxe ensuite, including sleek walk-in shower.

Three further bedrooms, two with built-in robes and custom-fitted desks, share a new central bathroom with large walk-in shower, honed bluestone tiles and vanity, plus convenient Euro laundry.

A side lane provides easy access to the rear yard via large gate for parking or storage.

The rear yard, with a fire pit terrace and bank of trees on the boundary, is an oasis of green, offering privacy to entertain, relax or for kids to play safely.

Other highlights include solar panels to reduce power bills, double-glazed windows and quality insulation in the living area for year-round comfort and energy-efficiency, polished timber floors and plantation shutters.

The home is zoned to Tate Street Primary School and Geelong High and close to St Margaret’s and St Mary’s primary schools, popular Normanby Street Pre-school, private schools in Newtown, Deakin University’s waterfront campus and local sports grounds.

It’s also a short drive or bus ride to CBD shops and offices and Geelong railway station, with the Princes Freeway and Ring Road to Melbourne within easy reach.

Listing description written by Marcus Falconer, Jellis Craig Geelong — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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