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VIC › Maldon › Hornsby St

4 Hornsby St, Maldon VIC 3463

House

$615,000

Last sold

17 Nov 2020

3

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

5

Car spaces

2,472 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 $615,000 (17 Nov 2020).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 2,472 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Maldon (last 5 years) with land size: median $531/m² of land (n=79). 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

$615,000

17 Nov 2020 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Maldon (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $531/m² of land (n=79). 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

-15.8%

Median sale

Suburb $730,000

+0.59 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$615,00017 Nov 2020
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted21 Oct 2020

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 Hornsby St →

Listing material

Listed by Castlemaine Property Group

MEREDITH COTTAGE circa 1865 – WHERE THE CHARM OF YESTERYEAR LIVES ON

Lovingly maintained traditional cottage showcasing many charming period features providing a comfortable lifestyle set in a spacious ½ acre cottage garden setting including a fruit tree orchard and perfectly located just 380 metres from the Historic Maldon township centre.

The cottage boasts a welcoming reception room with a recently installed new wood heater leading into a gallery style kitchen with sky-lighting, walk-in pantry, cast iron wood heater, and original baker’s oven. Two bedrooms, master with ensuite, central bathroom/laundry, claw foot bath with traditional metal shower shrouding. Delightful lounge area at the rear flowing onto a rear covered entertainment deck porch. Special features include timber cove ceilings throughout, timber dado and Baltic floors adding to the heritage ambience.

Also on the property is a spacious fully self-contained 1-bedroom studio with bathroom-ideal for guests or to generate additional income via Airbnb. The garage has front and rear entry with paved brick floor and mains power. In addition to town services, there are two rain-water tanks perfect for garden watering.

Read the full description

The property offers convenient front and rear vehicle access. The side and rear boundary adjoins a large Crown reserve with many walking tracks either to town, local heritage sites or for quiet strolls. The rear porch provides uninterrupted panoramic bushland views towards far-off ranges. No nearby artificial light at night; only dark starry night skies. With the Maldon station just a 5-minute stroll, step back in time with a romantic steam train trip through the scenic countryside to Castlemaine.

This property offers all the charm of yesteryear with loads of space and privacy, gardens, fruit trees, natural setting and a perfect central location. The property also offers subdivision potential (stca).

Contact the marketing agents for further details and to book a private inspection.

Listing description written by Brett Fitzpatrick, Castlemaine Property Group — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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