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VIC › Maldon › Newstead Rd

30 Newstead Rd, Maldon VIC 3463

House

$1,065,000

Last sold

1 Sept 2023

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

1,318 m²

Land

160 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 $1,065,000 (1 Sept 2023).(Recorded sale)
  • CalculationLand 1,318 m² against a 160 m² dwelling — the land is most of what is being bought.(Districts calculation)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Maldon (last 5 years) with land size: median $521/m² of land (n=78). 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

$1,065,000

1 Sept 2023 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Maldon (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $521/m² of land (n=78). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Maldon at a glance

1,656

People

$730,000

Median sale

$441/wk

Median rent

3.14%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Maldon report →

Vs Maldon

+45.9%

Median sale

Suburb $730,000

-0.99 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.14%

Suburb median $730,000 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$1,065,0001 Sept 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Aug 2023

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 $441/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

Maldon in one glance

Maldon at a glance

1,656

People

$730,000

Median sale

$441/wk

Median rent

3.14%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Maldon report →

Keep researching

  • Why Maldon? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Maldon →
  • Other records on Newstead Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Cantwell Property Castlemaine

"Paddolane House" c1860s

'Paddolane is a place that brings people together' is a perfect description of this circa 1860s four-bedroom cottage, which enfolds you in its warmth and treats you with kindness. Set back from the street and surrounded by a beautiful established garden, "Paddolane House" is steeped in local history and conveniently located within a short stroll to historic Maldon.

A front porch leads into the original sitting room of the historic cottage, highlighted by the period open fireplace with an Art Nouveau surround. A hall leads to two bedrooms, the main with a split system, a built-in wardrobe, and an ensuite with a shower, vanity and toilet. At the heart of the cottage is a professional kitchen with stainless steel benchtops, a dishwasher, a freestanding gas cooktop with an oven and plenty of storage. Facing north with doors opening onto the garden and entertaining area is an open plan living room with dining and a snug with a Nectre solid wood heater and baker's oven. To the rear of this much-loved cottage is an office/study, a bathroom with a bath, shower, vanity, a separate toilet and laundry with storage. Updates include two split systems, ceiling fans, carpet, solar hot water and period details being; timber cove ceilings, floorboards, leadlight windows, and pressed metal exterior hoods. This property is on bottled gas.

The 1318sqm property includes a four-car carport (10m x 5m), a studio/ guest house with a deck overlooking the garden, 6 x water tanks, shedding, secure fencing and a meandering garden with gravel paths dotted with established trees and private sitting areas and a mix of native and ornamental, citrus and fruiting.

Read the full description

Like its namesake, Paddolane is the perfect place to bring family and friends together, sit and enjoy the beautiful gardens, be warmed by its embrace, and enjoy the beauty and history that Maldon Town provides.

Listing description written by Tom Robertson, Cantwell Property Castlemaine — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Deck
  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
  • Living Areas: 2
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Shed
  • Solar Hot Water
  • Study
  • Toilets: 2
  • Water Tank
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