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VIC › Bentleigh East › Poet Rd

18b Poet Rd, Bentleigh East VIC 3165

Townhouse

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

375 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 375 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Townhouse sales in Bentleigh East (last 5 years) with land size: median $4,032/m² of land (n=3). 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded Townhouse sales in Bentleigh East (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $4,032/m² of land (n=3). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Bentleigh East at a glance

32,378

People

$1,400,000

Median sale

$686/wk

Median rent

2.55%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 37 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Bentleigh East report →

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. Soldprice unknown21 Feb 2026
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted29 Jan 2026
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted29 Jan 2026

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 $686/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

Bentleigh East in one glance

Bentleigh East at a glance

32,378

People

$1,400,000

Median sale

$686/wk

Median rent

2.55%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 37 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Bentleigh East report →

Keep researching

  • Why Bentleigh East? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Bentleigh East →
  • Other records on Poet Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Jellis Craig Bentleigh

Inspired architectural family warmth

Design by Finnis Architects as the builder’s own home, this sumptuous four bedroom plus study three bathroom stunner is better than new within a private landscaped garden sanctuary. Using 100 year old recycled pressed red solid bricks from a Kensington warehouse to pay homage to Bentleigh East’s 1920s past coupled with the inspired lifestyle needs of today, this c2021 built home is full of contemporary character using VJ board panelling to frame the spaces. On the northern side ensuring plenty of natural light, this bespoke creation showcases a large private study, a mudroom to the garage, a downstairs guest bedroom with robes and beautiful semi ensuite and custom laundry. The Hamptons style kitchen is a highlight with its Miele appliances include two pyrolytic ovens, Fisher & Paykel extraction rangehood, Hafele cabinetry, Japanese finger mosaic splashback, 60mm benchtops and a butler’s pantry. The awe inspiring open plan entertaining area is a relaxed space for family connection with its gas fireplace and stacker sliding doors to a covered alfresco deck, with Velux skylights, is home to a Weber barbecue kitchen with bar fridge space and gas/water points, and a landscaped fire pit area. The first floor has a huge living area for kids to escape with two double bedrooms towards the back with robes, a stylish bathroom with bath, powder room and the gorgeous main bedroom is at the front featuring a double sided walk in robe and luxe ensuite. Fully insulated, this incredible home is finished with European Oak engineered floors, brushed nickel tapware and S-fold linen sheers with block out blinds, while appotined with MYAIR zoned ducted heating/cooling, intercom with keypad pedestrian gate entry, CCTV, an alarm, designer LED lighting, double glazing, a wealth of storage, water tank, a garden shed and auto gates to tandem driveway parking plus a motorised sectional door on the garage. In the prized McKinnon Secondary College zone, metres to bus services, handy shops and parkland, walk to Mackie Road shops, Duncan MacKinnon Reserve, Marlborough Street Reserve, Hughesdale Primary School and childcare, and up the road to Hughesdale station and Chadstone Shopping Centre.

Listing description written by Robert De Freitas, Jellis Craig Bentleigh — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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