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VIC › Lara › Kettlewell Dr

45 Kettlewell Dr, Lara VIC 3212

For saleLand for Sale

$450,000

For sale

Asking

0

Bedrooms

0

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

512 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

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Given the $450,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $450,000(Listing record · 13 Aug 2026)
  • FactLand 512 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationAsk is 39% below the Lara median recorded sale ($740,000, n=44, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Lara's advertised median rent ($514/wk), implied gross yield would be 5.94% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

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

The ask against the evidence

Asking

$450,000

Asking · $879/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

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

-39.2%

Median sale

Suburb $740,000

+2.33 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.61%

Suburb median $740,000 from 44 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$450,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$22,070
Transfer/Registration Fee
$1,157
Mortgage Registration (est., if financed)
$200
Legal & Conveyancing (est.)
$2,000
Building & Pest Inspection (est.)
$700
Rates & Water Adjustment at Settlement (est.)
$800
Total cash required
$476,927

$26,927 on top of the price (6.0% extra)

  • Stamp Duty (Victoria)
  • Transfer/Registration Fee
  • Mortgage Registration
  • Legal & Conveyancing
  • Building & Pest Inspection
  • Rates & Water Adjustment

Estimates only, at standard investor rates — no first-home or owner-occupier concessions applied. Not included: lenders mortgage insurance (usually applies when borrowing more than 80% of the price), loan application and settlement fees from your lender, the foreign-purchaser duty surcharge, and building insurance — in Queensland the property is at your risk from the first business day after signing, not from settlement. Verify with your conveyancer.

Stamp duty and transfer fees: Victoria schedules from 2026-07-01. Ongoing council rates and land tax are not included.

Rental yield

Pre-filled with Lara's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
4.44%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-3,422
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.85
Annual rent
$26,728
Operating expenses
$6,750
Loan amount
$360,000
Annual interest
$23,400
Gross yield
5.94%

Gross yield is weekly rent × 52 ÷ price. Net yield subtracts operating expenses. Cashflow then subtracts interest-only interest on price × LVR. Tax, vacancies, and principal repayments are not included.

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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. Listed$450,000available13 Aug 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 $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. 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

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 5.9%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. 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 Kettlewell Dr →

Listing material

Listed by Gartland Property

Picture Perfect on the Waterways | North Facing Living

Set within the established Austin Estate, this titled 512m² allotment presents an exciting opportunity to secure a quality piece of land in one of Lara's most desirable and fast-growing communities. Perfectly rectangular, exceptionally flat and easy to build on, the block offers the ideal foundation for families wanting to create their forever home or investors looking to secure land with strong lifestyle appeal.

What truly sets this allotment apart is its north-facing rear aspect and spectacular outlook. With the front of the property facing south towards the reserve and waterways, imagine positioning your master bedroom or living spaces at the front of the home to capture the outlook. At the rear, a wide northerly aspect provides the perfect setting for an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area that opens to the backyard and captures plenty of natural light.

A small easement to the rear has minimal impact on the overall appeal and leaves you with an exceptionally usable building envelope.

Read the full description

Being titled and ready to build on immediately, there is no waiting around for land registration. With the block's generous dimensions, flat profile and straightforward rectangular shape, you'll have plenty of flexibility when choosing your home design and builder.

Adding further appeal, Austin Estate is now well established, meaning you can enjoy the benefits of a newer community without being surrounded by the level of ongoing construction experienced in earlier stages. A new park is also being developed nearby, adding further recreational amenity to an already appealing location. Across the street, a local exercise park complements the peaceful reserve and waterways outlook.

Lara offers a wonderful balance between country-town charm and modern convenience, with a great mix of cafés and places to eat, a local swimming pool, sporting grounds and two community centres. Corio Village Shopping Centre is also just a five-minute drive away.

And while the setting feels removed from the hustle and bustle, Lara's broader connections are remarkably convenient. The town centre and train station are approximately five minutes away, Avalon Airport around 10 minutes, Geelong CBD approximately 20 minutes and Melbourne CBD around 45 minutes.

If you've been waiting for the right block to build your dream home, 45 Kettlewell Drive is one that deserves your attention.

Contact us today to express your interest and receive further information.

* 512m² titled allotment

* North-facing rear & spectacular outlook

* Flat, rectangular & ready to build

* Reserve, waterways & parks nearby

Listing description written by Lisa Emanuel, Gartland Property — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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