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45 Dowding St, California Gully VIC 3556

House

$492,250

Last sold

18 Nov 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

608 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 $492,250 (18 Nov 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 608 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in California Gully (last 5 years) with land size: median $809/m² of land (n=119). 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

$492,250

18 Nov 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in California Gully (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $809/m² of land (n=119). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

California Gully at a glance

4,449

People

$599,000

Median sale

$444/wk

Median rent

3.85%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 43 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full California Gully report →

Vs California Gully

-17.8%

Median sale

Suburb $599,000

+0.84 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.85%

Suburb median $599,000 from 43 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$492,25018 Nov 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted1 Jan 2001

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 $444/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

California Gully in one glance

California Gully at a glance

4,449

People

$599,000

Median sale

$444/wk

Median rent

3.85%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 43 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full California Gully report →

Keep researching

  • Why California Gully? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in California Gully →
  • Other records on Dowding St →

Listing material

Listed by PH Property

45 Dowding Street, California Gully – Great Bones, Space & Endless Potential

Affordable and oozing potential, this classic weatherboard home at 45 Dowding Street is ready for its next chapter. With a practical layout, generous shedding and a spacious yard, it's an ideal choice for an owner-occupier, investor or someone wanting to add their own touch to the property.

Step inside through the front entry and into the hallway that connects the heart of the home. To the left sits a comfortable lounge room with timber floors (ready to be polished), a wall heater and wall-mounted air conditioner. The room features blue and white walls and a sliding door entry, offering plenty of natural light and front yard views.

The kitchen includes a Westinghouse oven and gas cooktop, single basin sink, overhead and under-bench storage and there's space for a meals table. The laundry is located separately, fitted with a trough and built-in storage for added practicality.

Read the full description

There are three bedrooms throughout the home, each carpeted and equipped with ceiling fans. The main bedroom includes built-in robes and overhead storage, while another features a wall-mounted air conditioner. The hallway also provides extra storage with three built-in robes and overhead cupboards. The bathroom maintains its originality, with tiled walls, a bathtub, single-basin vanity with four cupboards, and a separate toilet located conveniently adjacent.

Some cosmetic upgrades could be considered, including new carpet, additional storage solutions and upgraded heating and cooling, giving you the opportunity to modernise the home to your taste.

A concrete driveway leads to a large single carport and there's further access to a 4x7m garage, plus a second 4x4m shed behind it-perfect for a workshop, hobby space or extra storage. Beyond the sheds, there's a fenced pen area and a grassed backyard complete with a clothesline. A small rear alfresco area fitted with block-out blinds offers a private spot to sit and relax outdoors.

With solid foundations, a functional layout, and excellent outdoor space, 45 Dowding Street offers a fantastic opportunity to create a comfortable family home or smart investment in a convenient California Gully location-close to schools, shops, parks and just minutes from Bendigo's CBD.

Listing description written by Brad Hinton, PH Property — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

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