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31 Cathcart St, Marong VIC 3515

Rural Property

6

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

5

Car spaces

5,156 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 5,156 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Rural Property sales in Marong (last 5 years) with land size: median $8/m² of land (n=4). 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 Rural Property sales in Marong (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $8/m² of land (n=4). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Marong at a glance

2,165

People

$677,500

Median sale

$481/wk

Median rent

3.69%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 22 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Marong 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 unknown8 Feb 2022
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted29 Oct 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 $481/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

Marong in one glance

Marong at a glance

2,165

People

$677,500

Median sale

$481/wk

Median rent

3.69%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 22 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Marong report →

Keep researching

  • Why Marong? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Marong →
  • Other records on Cathcart St →

Listing material

Listed by Tweed Sutherland First National

A Slice of Heaven in Marong

TO ATTEND A PUBLICLY ADVERTISED OPEN FOR INSPECTION YOU’LL NEED TO BE DOUBLE VACCINATED AND PROVIDE PROOF OR ALTERNATIVELY REQUEST A PRIVATE INSPECTION.

This incredible country escape is like a piece of history set in the rapidly expanding community of Marong, a 20-minute drive to Bendigo CBD.

Circa 1905, the home was the former presbytery for St Patrick's Catholic church built opposite.

Read the full description

Twenty years ago, the property captured the hearts of the current owners, and they have spent many hours since lavishing it with passion and careful attention to authenticity. Their labour of love is now your opportunity to step back in time and secure an outstanding, fully restored heritage property.

The solid red brick home retains a wealth of period features such as cast iron lace-trimmed return verandah, tuck pointed brickwork, high pitched roof with ornate chimney stacks,

3.8m (12"6") ceilings, sash windows, grand arched entry hall, wide ornate cornice, moulded skirting boards and architraves, polished timber floors, pressed metal/timber ceilings, open fireplaces and a claw foot bath.

Generous accommodation includes four bedrooms, two bathrooms, spacious formal lounge with a feature arched bay window with leadlight glazed fanlights, a study, 3m x 4m cellar and expansive extended open-style living/dining/kitchen areas.

The kitchen features electric cooking appliances, a dishwasher, stainless steel island, walk-in pantry and rustic timber cabinetry topped with earthy concrete benchtops.

Enjoy easy family living in the living room with a cosy Gourmet cook-on solid-fuel heater, split system air con. and French doors to a side outdoor living deck positioned to appreciate the landscaped gardens and northerly aspect. A brick wood-fired pizza oven will help with catering for family and friends.

A separate driveway leads to the restored coach house/barn, perfect for dual living/house guests or an Airbnb. Full of rustic charm and character, it incorporates a ground-floor living area, dining, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and walk-through laundry. A wooden staircase with custom-made aged wrought iron balustrading leads to the upper bedroom suite with toilet and barn doors opening to a Juliet balcony with more bespoke wrought iron.

Every piece of the approx 5156m² lot is a gardener's paradise. With the combination of fertile soil and both town and tank water, it includes a productive orchard and vegetable plot with potting shed, espaliered olive trees, drifts of hardy herbaceous plants, towering palm trees, autumn-loving ornamental pears, grapevines and much more.

Outbuildings include a three-car carport, 7.5m x 12m. Colorbond shed/workshop and hen house.

Set in the heart of the township, it's a short stroll to school, childcare, medical centre, general store, hotel and bus service to Bendigo.

Listing description written by Wendy Carman, Tweed Sutherland First National — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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