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55 & 55A Albert St, Creswick VIC 3363

House

4

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

0

Car spaces

1,019 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 1,019 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Creswick (last 5 years) with land size: median $624/m² of land (n=77). 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

No recorded sale price for this property yet.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Creswick (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $624/m² of land (n=77). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Creswick at a glance

3,290

People

$580,000

Median sale

$380/wk

Median rent

3.41%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 64 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Creswick report →

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. Listedprice unknowncompleted8 Mar 2022

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 $380/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

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

Creswick in one glance

Creswick at a glance

3,290

People

$580,000

Median sale

$380/wk

Median rent

3.41%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 64 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Creswick report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Buxton Ballarat

Historic Residence with shop front attached in heart of Creswick

Set In the heart of Creswick is this classic historic residence with shopfront attached offering a rare yet sought after opportunity for a quality historic residence with shopfront and business opportunity.

Since the 1880’s this original bank with managers residence known as 55 Albert Street has stood sentinel to the growth of Creswick from a post Goldrush town, through Federation, greeting the troops back from WW1, throwing petals from Camellia bush at returning soldiers to the present where Creswick has become a destination for many seeking a quality lifestyle in a vibrant and inclusive community.

Currently operating with a business in its shopfront with the residence as a separate Airbnb this property is being sold either in its current operation or vacant possession allowing flexibility for the new owners.

Read the full description

The residence is superb. It offers so much scope either as an Airbnb, residence or other uses such as Restaurant, Wine bar with its enchanting courtyard space or just as an inner-city residence of Historic Charm.

The shop itself features great street appeal with its original shopfront with balustraded Parapet, string course, pilasters with console brackets providing great historic appeal while comprising showroom, original bank vault and office with toilet facilities and can have direct access through to residence or can be easily secured as two separate entities.

The entrance to the residence is private and secure being accessed from Albert St through the handmade metal gates made by a local artist and admired by many albeit locals or tourists alike.

The residence offers 4 bedrooms, master with original fireplace and mantle, formal lounge with original cast iron insert and timber mantle. The bathroom has been renovated with separate bath and shower while the rear family area with combustion nectre wood fire comprises meals and living overlooked by the modernised kitchen with stone bench top and gas cooking.

A private courtyard is accessible via the double doors from the rear living zone and formal entrance and feels like inner city Brunswick esq and offers for residence a great area to relax, or for a business a great outdoor area for dining or entertaining and is currently set up as a food forest with seasonal veggies.

The rear yard is accessible from the family/kitchen area and boasts a plethora of fruit trees such as quince, pears, apples, plums and lime and has rear lane access to Cambridge Street and is set on a generous 1019M2 allotment.

An inspection will not disappoint.

We are honoured to offer this property for sale and inspections via appointment only or gazetted open homes each Saturday. Call Matthew for further information.

Listing description written by Matthew Stevens, Buxton Ballarat — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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