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VIC › Diamond Creek › Helen Ct

5 Helen Ct, Diamond Creek VIC 3089

For saleHouse

$820,000–$850,000

For sale

Asking range

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

919 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

Given the $820,000–$850,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $820,000–$850,000(Listing record · 30 Mar 2026)
  • FactLand 919 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Diamond Creek (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,393/m² of land (n=93). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)
  • CalculationAsk is 21% below the Diamond Creek median recorded sale ($1,035,000, n=97, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Diamond Creek's advertised median rent ($573/wk), implied gross yield would be 3.63% — 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

$820,000–$850,000

Asking range · $892/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Diamond Creek (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,393/m² of land (n=93). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Diamond Creek at a glance

12,997

People

$1,035,000

Median sale

$573/wk

Median rent

2.88%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 97 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Diamond Creek report →

Vs Diamond Creek

-20.8%

Median sale

Suburb $1,035,000

+0.75 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.88%

Suburb median $1,035,000 from 97 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

Purchase Price
$820,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$44,270
Transfer/Registration Fee
$2,023
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
$869,993

$49,993 on top of the price (6.1% 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

Based on the low end of the asking range, not a contract price.

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

Net yield
2.13%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-25,144
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.41
Annual rent
$29,796
Operating expenses
$12,300
Loan amount
$656,000
Annual interest
$42,640
Gross yield
3.63%

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$820,000–$850,000available30 Mar 2026
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 Aug 2023

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 $573/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

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 3.6%. 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

Diamond Creek in one glance

Diamond Creek at a glance

12,997

People

$1,035,000

Median sale

$573/wk

Median rent

2.88%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 97 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Diamond Creek report →

Keep researching

  • Why Diamond Creek? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Diamond Creek →
  • Other records on Helen Ct →

Listing material

Listed by Chadwick & Co Real Estate

MOTIVATED VENDOR - DEADLINE 30/06/2026

PROJECT OVERVIEW - DEADLINE 30/06/2026

We've been given clear and simple instructions - this property must be SOLD. Don't miss out on this unbeatable value in a prime location.

A premium 919sqm creek-front property in Diamond Creek with direct views over the Diamond Creek reserve. This site offers multiple development pathways and strong profit potential for builders, investors, and owner-occupiers.

Read the full description

Located in the golden pocket of Diamond Creek, the walking trail runs directly along your backyard, Diamond Creek Plaza is a 5-minute walk, and the train station is only 7 minutes away. Ryan Reserve playground sits just 30 seconds from your front door.

The area is surrounded by top-tier family amenities—Diamond Creek Primary School is 450m, Diamond Valley College is 1km, and the Diamond Creek Community Centre is 500m from the property.

In 2021, this property sold for $862,000 with no plans or permits. It now includes fully approved plans and permits for two luxury 37-square side-by -side homes, each with its own private swimming pool creating a rare and significantly enhanced development opportunity.

This is the last remaining land in Helen Court, Diamond Creek with this size, creek frontage, premium location, and fully approved plans and permits. A rare development opportunity in one of the suburb’s most tightly held pockets.

KEY FEATURES OF THE PROPERTY

• Build two luxury 37-square homes, each with a private pool • Located in Diamond Creek’s prime golden pocket • Creek-front with walking trail directly along your land • 30-second walk to Ryan Reserve playground • 5-minute walk to Diamond Creek Plaza • 7-minute walk to Diamond Creek Train Station • 450m to Diamond Creek Primary School • 1km to Diamond Valley College • 500m to Diamond Creek Community Centre • No comparable land in the area offering this size, location, plans, and permits.

Contact NUMBER ONE AGENT IN MARIBYRNONG Margaret Chadwick on 0467 236 327 or Sameer on 0404 968 664

*Disclaimer: All information is provided in good faith and is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but Chadwick & Co takes no responsibility for any error or omission. Buyers are encouraged to conduct their own enquiries and should satisfy themselves as to all aspects of the property prior to making any purchasing decision

Listing description written by Margaret Chadwick, Chadwick & Co Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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