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VIC › Essendon West › Emerald St

18a Emerald St, Essendon West VIC 3040

House

$1,450,000

Last sold

1 Sept 2018

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

364 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 $1,450,000 (1 Sept 2018).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 364 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Essendon West (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,880/m² of land (n=19). 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

$1,450,000

1 Sept 2018 · 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 Essendon West (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,880/m² of land (n=19). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Essendon West at a glance

1,764

People

$1,300,000

Median sale

$614/wk

Median rent

2.46%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 6 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Essendon West report →

Vs Essendon West

+11.5%

Median sale

Suburb $1,300,000

-0.26 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.46%

Suburb median $1,300,000 from 6 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

20172018$1.3m$1.45m
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Soldprice unknown31 Mar 2026
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Feb 2026
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Feb 2026
  4. Sold$1,450,0001 Sept 2018
  5. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 Aug 2018
  6. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 Aug 2018
  7. Sold$1,296,00010 May 2017
  8. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Mar 2017
  9. Listedprice unknowncompleted3 Mar 2017

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 $614/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

Essendon West in one glance

Essendon West at a glance

1,764

People

$1,300,000

Median sale

$614/wk

Median rent

2.46%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 6 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Essendon West report →

Keep researching

  • Why Essendon West? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Essendon West →
  • Other records on Emerald St →

Listing material

Listed by Woodards Essendon

Near New Family Luxury

Near new and spanning an extraordinary 42 squares, this magnificent four bedroom, three bathroom home will surpass family expectations with its sleek appointments, spacious interior and desirable locale opposite Heinze Reserve. Sure to impress, the gourmet kitchen incorporates a large walk-in pantry, 900mm Ilve cooking appliances and dual drawer Fisher & Paykel dishwasher amid thick Caesarstone benches and soft closing, handle free Blum cabinetry, also apparent in luxurious bathrooms. A seamless transition from a huge open living domain to a covered, north facing alfresco area invites entertaining. A tranquil parkside outlook is experienced from the upstairs retreat and master bedroom (WIR/deluxe dual vanity ensuite) and their shared balcony. Matching central bathrooms on each level service remaining double bedrooms (BIRs). Further inclusions of zoned ducted heating/refrigerated cooling, ducted vacuum, security alarm, spotted gum floorboards, video intercom, high ceilings, underground water tank and remote double garage (internal access) added with close proximity to St Bernard's, Ave Maria and Rosehill Colleges, public transport and shops/cafes confirm family luxury.

Listing description written by Rebecca Towns, Woodards Essendon — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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