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39 Bell St, Coburg VIC 3058

House

$890,000

Last sold

8 Sept 2018

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

507 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 $890,000 (8 Sept 2018).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 507 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Coburg (last 5 years) with land size: median $3,146/m² of land (n=13). 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

$890,000

8 Sept 2018 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Coburg (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $3,146/m² of land (n=13). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Coburg at a glance

29,470

People

$1,153,000

Median sale

$582/wk

Median rent

2.62%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 9 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Coburg report →

Vs Coburg

-22.8%

Median sale

Suburb $1,153,000

+0.78 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.62%

Suburb median $1,153,000 from 9 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$890,0008 Sept 2018
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted10 Aug 2018

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 $582/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

Coburg in one glance

Coburg at a glance

29,470

People

$1,153,000

Median sale

$582/wk

Median rent

2.62%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 9 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Coburg report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Barry Plant Inner City

SOLD

This beautiful double fronted north facing period home is sure to entice, with its carefully curated renovation and generous block of land totalling approximately 507 m2.

The home's interior warmly presents a spacious entry hall via double doors, high ceilings, a flexible floor plan comprising of three large bedrooms (including BIRs), contemporary central bathroom with designer European fittings from Rogerseller, living, dining and kitchen featuring a freestanding 900mm Ariston stainless steel cooker.

Other features include zoned gas ducted heating, evaporative cooling, and polished floorboards.

Read the full description

The expansive private backyard has an additional 4th bedroom/studio, second WC, laundry/store and plenty of space to entertain or extend (STCA), with convenient rear access via a double carport with automatic door.

Located opposite McDonald Reserve, the convenient location offers easy access to Coburg and Bell stations, Nicholson Street and Sydney Road trams, buses, local schools and shops. It's only a short stroll to the Merri Creek trail, cafes and restaurants including Ruby's, Glass Den and Cornerstone Pizzeria.

Picture perfect! The hard work has been done, nothing more to do than move in and enjoy the beauty and convenient location.

Listing description written by Jarrod Couch, Barry Plant Inner City — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Toilets: 2
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