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VIC › Soldiers Hill › Doveton Street North

525 Doveton Street North, Soldiers Hill VIC 3350

House

$640,000

Last sold

17 Jan 2023

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

511 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $640,000 (17 Jan 2023).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 511 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Soldiers Hill (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,127/m² of land (n=110). 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

$640,000

17 Jan 2023 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Soldiers Hill (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,127/m² of land (n=110). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Soldiers Hill at a glance

2,751

People

$631,000

Median sale

$415/wk

Median rent

3.42%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 38 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Soldiers Hill report →

Vs Soldiers Hill

+1.4%

Median sale

Suburb $631,000

-0.05 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.42%

Suburb median $631,000 from 38 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

i

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

202020212023$460k$640k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$640,00017 Jan 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted13 Oct 2022
  3. Sold$460,00020 Jan 2020
  4. Listedprice unknowncompleted17 May 2019

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 $415/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

Soldiers Hill in one glance

Soldiers Hill at a glance

2,751

People

$631,000

Median sale

$415/wk

Median rent

3.42%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 38 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Soldiers Hill report →

Keep researching

  • Why Soldiers Hill? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Soldiers Hill →
  • Other records on Doveton Street North →

Listing material

Listed by Buxton Ballarat

Beautiful home in fantastic location With Self Contained Studio

Light, bright and with extensive living space, this three bedroom plus studio offers everything you need for easy living in this great regional city.

Located in sought-after Soldiers Hill, within walking distance to the CBD, train station, Lake Wendouree, schools, popular cafes and restaurants., everything you need is right at your doorstep.

As you enter into this lovely home, prepare to be surprised. The two generous bedrooms upstairs feature built in robes and a great outlook, and this unique second story means that there is significantly more living space in the main floor than in other inner-city properties.

Read the full description

The main level is filled with excellent features including a master bedroom with large built-in robes that looks out into the pretty front garden.

Extensive living areas- a formal living zone at the front of the home that connects through a glass panelled door to the lovely open plan kitchen, which in turns opens onto another stunning, large and light filled dining and living space with high raked ceilings featuring extensive skylights windows, floor to ceiling windows and double doors through to a lovely covered outdoor entertaining area.

The large open plan kitchen features hardwoods throughout and offers an abundance of storage, gas stove and plenty of bench space.

Finishing off this extensive main level is a study that’s perfect for a home office, a charming bathroom with a separate shower and bath, separate toilet, laundry with large linen cupboards, and handy under stair storage.

Externally this fully fenced 511m2 approx. allotment features established gardens with fruit trees and further entertaining space including a pretty gazebo, a large single car garage from a shared driveway with remote door and ample room for additional storage or workshop, and the wonderful studio with large windows, timber panelling and attached toilet perfect for a home business, retreat or gym space or additional bedroom.

Listing description written by Lisa Eden-Horvat, Buxton Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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