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23 Hammer St, Flora Hill VIC 3550

House

$505,000

Last sold

2 Jan 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

686 m²

Land

97.7 m²

Building

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $505,000 (2 Jan 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 686 m² against a 98 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Flora Hill (last 5 years) with land size: median $919/m² of land (n=82). 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.

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

$505,000

2 Jan 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Flora Hill (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $919/m² of land (n=82). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Flora Hill at a glance

4,040

People

$635,000

Median sale

$460/wk

Median rent

3.77%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 40 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Flora Hill report →

Vs Flora Hill

-20.5%

Median sale

Suburb $635,000

+0.97 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.77%

Suburb median $635,000 from 40 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

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$505,0002 Jan 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted23 Dec 2024
  3. Listedprice unknowncompleted23 Dec 2024

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 $460/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

Flora Hill in one glance

Flora Hill at a glance

4,040

People

$635,000

Median sale

$460/wk

Median rent

3.77%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 40 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Flora Hill report →

Keep researching

  • Why Flora Hill? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Flora Hill →
  • Other records on Hammer St →

Listing material

Listed by Gavin Butler Real Estate

Location, Location, Location! On the doorstep of the University!

A superb opportunity presents to buy a beautiful home on the doorstep of the La Trobe University. An ideal location for both yield and capital growth. This very appealing home is filled with charm and character.

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- Charming home of three bedrooms with impressive period features close to the Bendigo CBD and train station

Read the full description

- Opportunity presents to secure this delightful home and own a beautiful residence close to the CBD and all amenities

- Offering three bedrooms, separate kitchen, dining and family room

- A lovely light filled kitchen with modern stainless steel appliances including dishwasher, oven, range hood and ample cupboard space. The kitchen has been nicely renovated as has the main bathroom

- Features include high ceilings, polished timber floors, central corridor, picture rails, original brick fireplaces and over mantles, old reds brick pathway, ornate cornices etc

- Ducted gas heating and three split systems reverse and ceiling fans for all heating and cooling needs

- The home is positioned in a blue chip locale - one of Bendigo's better locations for inner city living close to the University. Extremely high profile location- 2.1. km to Central Bendigo, train station, arts precinct, restaurants, Art gallery and all amenities.

- Given the desirable locale you will always be rewarded for your investment - a high capital growth area and a fabulous area to live. This is an ideal home for the first home buyer wanting to simply move in and enjoy living in a very comfortable family home

- All services are connected i.e. natural gas, power, town water and sewer

- Outside is a large decking perfect for entertaining and those Summer barbeques

- Gorgeous rear yard with established trees, vegetable garden beds, fruit trees and a barn style shed with auto door for either the car or workshop

- Off street parking is available on the property for a several vehicles in addition to the single Garage for one vehicle

- A truly lovely period style home in excellent condition and very worthy of inspections

This information has been provided to us by third parties and we do not accept any responsibility for its accuracy. You should make your own enquiries and check the information so as to determine whether or not this information is in fact accurate. You must make your own assessment and obtain professional advice if necessary.

Property Code: 973

Listing description written by Paul Dalton, Gavin Butler Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Dishwasher
  • Ducted Heating
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
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