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5 Howard St, Maidstone VIC 3012

House

$725,000

Last sold

19 Aug 2025

2

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $725,000 (19 Aug 2025).(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

$725,000

19 Aug 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Maidstone at a glance

10,177

People

$875,500

Median sale

$492/wk

Median rent

2.92%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 58 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Maidstone report →

Vs Maidstone

-17.2%

Median sale

Suburb $875,500

+0.61 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.92%

Suburb median $875,500 from 58 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$725,00019 Aug 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted24 June 2025

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 $492/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

Maidstone in one glance

Maidstone at a glance

10,177

People

$875,500

Median sale

$492/wk

Median rent

2.92%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 58 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Maidstone report →

Keep researching

  • Why Maidstone? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Maidstone →
  • Other records on Howard St →

Listing material

Listed by Jas Stephens Real Estate

The Opportunity You’ve Been Waiting For

• Ready-for-reno home situated in a convenient lifestyle location just 8.9km* from the CBD

• Generous north-facing allotment + no heritage overlay = exciting potential for development (STCA)

• Two bedrooms

Read the full description

• Kitchen/dining + separate living room

• Centrally positioned bathroom

• Walk-in laundry

• Neatly paved back garden

• Carport parking + workshop

Situated in a superb lifestyle location within walking distance of West Footscray’s lifestyle attractions, public transport and great schools, this two-bedroom home presents an increasingly rare opportunity to purchase an original-condition house ready for a comprehensive renovation.

Alternatively, clear the land to make way for a new build to create your dream home from scratch (STCA) – the possibilities here are endless!

Keen renovators will be inspired by charming original features, including decorative ceilings, picture rails and the kitchen’s tiled hearth, with the neatly paved back garden also opening the possibility of extension. Two bedrooms are served by the centrally positioned bathroom, while adjoining kitchen/dining and living rooms offer plenty of space for family time.

A generous walk-in laundry completes the floor plan, while outside low-maintenance alfresco entertaining is complemented by carport parking and a workshop.

If you’ve been searching for a renovation or development opportunity in a dream Inner West lifestyle location, this one is a must for the inspection list!

Why you’ll love this location:

Ideally situated just 8.9km* from the CBD and within walking distance of West Footscray’s fabulous village lifestyle, this address is sure to delight.

Walk to local WeFo cafes, West 48 and Dumbo, for a great morning coffee or an indulgent weekend breakfast and enjoy nearby access to a range of shopping centres, with Highpoint and Central West Shopping Centre both only five minutes* from home.

Walking distance proximity to West Footscray's Barkly Village and moments-from-home access to Footscray’s vibrant dining precinct add loads of lifestyle appeal, while proximity to Footscray Park, Maribyrnong River and Flemington Racecourse offers a wonderful outdoor lifestyle.

Sought-after school zoning will delight families. Walk to Footscray North Primary School in five minutes* and St. John’s Primary School in 14 minutes* and drive to Maribyrnong College in five minutes*.

Enjoy a swift drive to the CBD or catch the bus to Footscray Station for regular city-bound trains.

*Approximate

Listing description written by Branko Lemaic, Jas Stephens Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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