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VIC › Malvern East › Castlebar Rd

45 Castlebar Rd, Malvern East VIC 3145

House

$1,280,000

Last sold

18 Feb 2020

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,280,000 (18 Feb 2020).(Recorded sale)

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

$1,280,000

18 Feb 2020 · derived via latest_sale

Malvern East at a glance

24,390

People

$1,550,000

Median sale

$605/wk

Median rent

2.03%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Malvern East report →

Vs Malvern East

-17.4%

Median sale

Suburb $1,550,000

+0.43 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.03%

Suburb median $1,550,000 from 21 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$1,280,00018 Feb 2020
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 Feb 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 $605/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

Malvern East in one glance

Malvern East at a glance

24,390

People

$1,550,000

Median sale

$605/wk

Median rent

2.03%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Malvern East report →

Keep researching

  • Why Malvern East? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Malvern East →
  • Other records on Castlebar Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Fitch Partners

Current and Future Potential in a Perfect Position!

If you’re talking about position, connection and location in real estate, then this sprawling suburban property is sure to form part of the conversation. Set back off the main roads, yet within walking distance to the incredible Chadstone shopping and entertainment mecca, this amazing opportunity is set to provide a range of options for its lucky new owners. Ready to be lived in and currently returning a steady rental income, the spacious and perfectly placed residence has scope for further renovation or even complete re-development (STCA).

Plenty of off-street parking welcomes you in before you enter onto polished wooden floorboards which flow throughout an open entrance foyer and an expansive lounge and dining area. Forming the centrepiece of this flowing floor plan is an updated kitchen which features a built-in stainless-steel gas cook top, range hood, Bosch wall-mounted oven, dishwasher and an abundance of storage. Bedroom accommodation is housed off the hallway, where 3 bedrooms with built-in robes all enjoy proximity to the bathroom facilities which include a corner shower, separate bath and 2 vanities. Double doors off the dining space open out to a covered seating area and a large Northern backyard which has plenty of lawn for the kids and pets to explore. Here is where you’ll discover the hidden gem of this allotment, a double garage that has been converted into a modern fully self-contained studio with spacious living space, separate bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette. In a property that will only be limited by your imagination, there’s also secure off-street parking under the carport and gas ducted heating for comfort.

Close to Malvern Valley Primary School, Holmsglen train station the prestigious Oakleigh Grammar School, with easy access to Warrigal Road, Waverley Road and Dandenong Road, plus enjoying great connection to the Melbourne CBD via the Monash M1 Freeway - this is a property of current and future potential.

Listing description written by Alex Voronin, Fitch Partners — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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