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4 The Cres, Footscray VIC 3011

House

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

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Districts View

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

View not ready — official layers are still retrieving for this property. Official planning layers still retrieving. Flood / bushfire / heritage not yet retrieved. No recorded sale price for this property. Districts does not score a property it cannot yet see.

Why this property?

Nothing about this record stands out yet — coverage may still be filling in.

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.

Footscray at a glance

20,920

People

$880,000

Median sale

$498/wk

Median rent

2.94%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Footscray 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 unknown7 Aug 2026
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted18 May 2026

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 $498/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

Footscray in one glance

Footscray at a glance

20,920

People

$880,000

Median sale

$498/wk

Median rent

2.94%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Footscray report →

Keep researching

  • Why Footscray? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Footscray →
  • Other records on The Cres →

Listing material

Listed by Village Real Estate Seddon

Luxe city-fringe haven, premium lifestyle location

Historic beauty meets modern luxury in this beautifully renovated three-bedroom period home, ideally situated for walk-to-everything convenience in a coveted pocket of Footscray.

Light-filled interiors are accentuated by heritage features and sophisticated contemporary updates to offer timeless appeal, while outside landscaped front and back gardens and superb outdoor entertaining zones are sure to impress.

With every convenience within easy walking distance and the city only 8.3km away, this is a lifestyle opportunity not to be missed.

Read the full description

-fully-renovated three-bedroom period home offering modern comfort, timeless style and easy entertaining

-an outstanding opportunity for discerning buyers seeking instant comfort in a superb lifestyle location

-inviting front garden with water feature + generous, landscaped backyard + water irrigation systems and lighting, with covered and enclosed deck and paved entertaining zone

-heritage features include high ceilings, cornices/skirting boards, leadlight windows and period fireplace

-two bedrooms with built-in robes + smaller third bedroom also ideal for use as a home office

-neat, stone-topped corner kitchen with stainless-steel appliances

-elegant open-plan dining/living room offering a spacious area for relaxing and entertaining

-five-star luxury bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tiling, a walk-in rainfall shower and a chic timber-topped vanity

-walk-in laundry

-ducted heating/cooling + split-system heating/cooling

-stylish plantation shutters + quality floor treatments, including hardwood floorboards and premium carpet

-enviably located to offer a superb city-fringe lifestyle! Walk to a choice of cafes for a great morning coffee, including local favourites Rudimentary and Gordon Street Bakery. Barkly Street’s bars and eateries await an eleven-minute stroll from home, while the heart of Footscray offers renowned international dining, diverse shopping and Footscray Market an easy walk away. Walking distance proximity to Footscray Park and Western Hospital adds extra prestige to this superb location.

-sought-after school zone – Footscray Primary School (nine-minute walk) and Footscray High School’s Barkly campus (12-minute walk) + Victoria University and a choice of childcare providers within easy strolling distance

-only 8.3km from the CBD with easy road access, or walk to Middle Footscray Station for regular city-bound trains

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

Property features

  • Alarm System
  • Broadband
  • Courtyard
  • Deck
  • Dishwasher
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
  • Gas Heating
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Pay TV
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