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VIC › Kew East › Violet Grove

18 Violet Grove, Kew East VIC 3102

House

$2,100,000

Last sold

20 Mar 2021

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

593 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 $2,100,000 (20 Mar 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 593 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Kew East (last 5 years) with land size: median $3,103/m² of land (n=12). 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

$2,100,000

20 Mar 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Kew East (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,103/m² of land (n=12). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Kew East at a glance

6,902

People

$2,300,000

Median sale

$613/wk

Median rent

1.39%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 24 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Kew East report →

Vs Kew East

-8.7%

Median sale

Suburb $2,300,000

+0.13 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 1.39%

Suburb median $2,300,000 from 5 recorded sales (last 24 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$2,100,00020 Mar 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Feb 2021
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Feb 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 $613/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

Kew East in one glance

Kew East at a glance

6,902

People

$2,300,000

Median sale

$613/wk

Median rent

1.39%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 5 recorded sales (last 24 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Kew East report →

Keep researching

  • Why Kew East? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Kew East →
  • Other records on Violet Grove →

Listing material

Listed by Woodards Blackburn

Immaculate mid-century classic with superb potential

Graced with heartwarming mid-century character while also promising exciting potential on 593sqm (approx.) with a 22m front and including dual crossovers, this classic 3 bedroom residence is ripe for the taking!

This charming 1950s retro dwelling is situated on a stunning tree-lined Kew East street. The residence is wonderfully updated and immaculately presented making it ideal for those looking to enjoy the increasingly popular mid-century style, while the home is also open to further renovation and extension or alternatively you may wish to start again and build the home or homes of your dreams (STCA) thanks to the generous land size and width plus the benefit of pre-existing dual crossovers.

Highlights include relaxed living and dining zone with terrific open space and wood fireplace and near new carpets, sizeable kitchen/meals with quality Asko and Ariston appliances plus a servery to the dining area, large main bedroom with dual BIRs, 2 other adjoining bedrooms, period bathroom with laundry facilities and a separate powder room, sun-drenched northern front terrace, surrounding gardens, courtyard space, ducted heating, and double garage with space for a workshop.

Read the full description

So close to Kew High School, Kew East Primary School, elite private schools, Harp Village Shopping Centre, Kew Junction shops and restaurants, picturesque parklands, Anniversary Outer Circle Trail, golf clubs, trams, buses, and Eastern Freeway.

Conditions of Entry

We take the health and well-being of our staff and clients very seriously and our inspection practices are taken in line with Government directions and our COVID Safe plan.

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We donate a portion of our fee from every property transaction to the Woodards Foundation to support people experiencing homelessness, family violence and social isolation.

Listing description written by Julian Badenach, Woodards Blackburn — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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