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4 Bolton St, Spotswood VIC 3015

House

$950,000

Last sold

20 Oct 2023

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

259 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $950,000 (20 Oct 2023).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 259 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Spotswood (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,345/m² of land (n=38). 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

$950,000

20 Oct 2023 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Spotswood (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,345/m² of land (n=38). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Spotswood at a glance

4,657

People

$1,039,000

Median sale

$646/wk

Median rent

3.23%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Spotswood report →

Vs Spotswood

-8.6%

Median sale

Suburb $1,039,000

+0.31 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.23%

Suburb median $1,039,000 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$950,00020 Oct 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 Oct 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 $646/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms. No recorded off-street parking — often a discount versus the suburb median for the same beds.

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

Spotswood in one glance

Spotswood at a glance

4,657

People

$1,039,000

Median sale

$646/wk

Median rent

3.23%

Suburb gross yield

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

See the full Spotswood report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Village Real Estate Seddon

Family comfort awaits in one of Spotswood’s BEST locations!

On the market for the first time in almost thirty years, this welcoming three-bedroom family home presents an unmissable opportunity to secure a superb Spotswood address in a tightly-held inner-village neighbourhood! Skylit interiors are ideally complemented by spacious outdoor entertaining and a large back garden, while proximity to parks, sought-after schools, and the CBD promises a fabulous lifestyle.

_Move-in ready with scope for cosmetic updates to modernise the interiors

_Perfect for home buyers and investors alike

Read the full description

_Open-plan living providing an inviting family hub encompassing dining and living zones and a well-appointed family kitchen with stone benchtops and a large breakfast bar with storage

_Three bedrooms with built-in robes

_Skylit bathroom with shower over bath

_Generous laundry

_Split-system heating and cooling

_Private courtyard front garden + large leafy back garden offering a covered entertaining patio and plenty of room for the kids to play

_Easy street parking + rear laneway access

_Perfectly positioned on a pretty, tree-lined street one of Spotswood’s most sought-after locations! Spotswood Village awaits a two-minute stroll from your front door, with inviting cafes and eateries, boutique shopping, and local grocers and services offering every convenience. The magnificent new playground at Donald McLean Reserve is a two-minute walk away at the end of the street while walking distance proximity to the waterfront and Westgate Golf Club and moments-from-home access to Newport Lakes and Williamstown Beach ensures a fabulous outdoor lifestyle. A soon-to-be-opened major supermarket awaits a six-minute walk away, while the short walk to Grazeland and easy access to Newport and Yarraville put the renowned Inner West lifestyle at your fingertips

_Only 9.5 km from the CBD with enviably easy freeway access, or walk to Spotswood Station in five minutes for regular city-bound trains

_Superb school zone! Walk to Spotswood Primary School and St. Margaret Mary’s Primary School and catch the train to Footscray High School’s Pilgrim campus

Listing description written by Joseph Allan, Village Real Estate Seddon — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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