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VIC › Lara › Houston Rd

45 Houston Rd, Lara VIC 3212

House

$915,000

Last sold

14 July 2020

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

28

Car spaces

18,210 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $915,000 (14 July 2020).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 18,210 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lara (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,357/m² of land (n=75). 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

$915,000

14 July 2020 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Lara (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,357/m² of land (n=75). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lara at a glance

22,225

People

$740,000

Median sale

$514/wk

Median rent

3.61%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 44 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lara report →

Vs Lara

+23.6%

Median sale

Suburb $740,000

-0.69 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.61%

Suburb median $740,000 from 44 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$915,00014 July 2020
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted20 May 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 $514/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

Lara in one glance

Lara at a glance

22,225

People

$740,000

Median sale

$514/wk

Median rent

3.61%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 44 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lara report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lara? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lara →
  • Other records on Houston Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Harcourts - North Geelong

Lifestyle Manor In Allocated Growth Precinct

This rural living home offers over 50 squares of living and over 4 and a half acres and best of all is located within the Northern Geelong Growth Precinct. This magnificent home comprises of 4 double bedrooms, the master with en suite and a separate retreat or dressing room plus a large study that could be another bedroom if required. Multiple living zones include a lounge, a rumpus room with a wood heater and bar plus the main living space with soaring timber cathedral ceilings and brick feature wall with a large fire place that is open to the meals and expansive solid timber kitchen with loads of bench and cupboard space including a walk-in-pantry. With 3 bathrooms, a sauna and an abundance of storage this home is like no other you have seen before. With a large double garage with an extra storage space plus another colossus shed with a tall entry and 19 metres long. With remote access gates and on just over 4.5 acres this place will give you the lifestyle you have been dreaming of. Located in the Northern Growth Precinct earmarked to be Geelong's next suburb the potential and opportunity are sky high. The accessibility from this location includes the Lara township and shopping district less than 8 minutes away plus the Lara train station. The Ring Road is less than 5 minutes' drive and Avalon Airport and Geelong City Centre and stunning waterfront is only 15 minutes' drive. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed.

Due Diligence checklist are available at www.consumer.vic.gov.au/duediligencechecklist

Listing description written by Joe Grgic, Harcourts - North Geelong — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Built-in Robes
  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Fully Fenced
  • Living Areas: 3
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Remote Garage
  • Workshop

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