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VIC › Cobains › Hughes Rd

58 Hughes Rd, Cobains VIC 3851

For saleRural Property

$1,295,000

For sale

Asking

4

Bedrooms

3

Bathrooms

14

Car spaces

124,700 m²

Land

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Given the $1,295,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $1,295,000(Listing record · 10 June 2026)
  • FactLand 124,700 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)

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

$1,295,000

Asking · $10/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Cobains at a glance

No data

Median sale

No data

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

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Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$1,295,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$71,225
Transfer/Registration Fee
$3,135
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
$1,373,060

$78,060 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

No rent is recorded for this listing. Enter a weekly rent to model yield.

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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$1,295,000available10 June 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?

No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

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.”

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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.

0 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

    Unknown

    No advertised rent and no suburb rent aggregate are loaded. Official bond files are not loaded. Listing rent and suburb aggregates are evidence, not this address’s rent.

  • 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

Cobains in one glance

Cobains at a glance

No data

Median sale

No data

Median rent

No data

Suburb gross yield

See the full Cobains report →

Keep researching

  • Why Cobains? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Cobains →
  • Other records on Hughes Rd →

Listing material

Listed by Graham Chalmer

MERECROFT

This beautifully unique home that has been constructed from locally sourced materials is rustic, homely and characteristic beyond belief. Sitting on 12.47 Hectares (30.80 Acres) of fully fenced land, this property offers ample lifestyle opportunities.

This gorgeous mudbrick home is full of surprises with features including hydronic heating off the combustion stove, split system heating/cooling and an open fire. The layout is just superb and comprises of entrance into sun room, lovely open plan kitchen/family and dining room, large lounge room with adjoining study, both these areas boast eye catching cathedral ceilings as well as the chic Tasmanian timber oak floors laid throughout. There are four spacious bedrooms with the master boasting renovated ensuite and walk in robe, beautifully appointed family bathroom and a laundry make up the rest of this home's immaculate interior, which then brings us to the home's amazing exterior.

The full circumference of the home has a lovely timber veranda where you can admire the beautifully established gardens that were specifically designed to attract the wonderful native birds.

Read the full description

Another part to this elaborate equation is an impressive 6m x 9m freestanding games/rumpus room which is fully lined and air-conditioned.

You cannot miss the remarkable 30m x 9m shed with unlimited space, the eastern end of this shed is inclusive of a double story studio apartment. This neat and tidy apartment is fully functional with two large bedrooms, bathroom, laundry and lounge with a wonderful kitchen/dining area.

As if that is not enough, add in two main paddocks, cattle yards, two Hay/Machinery sheds approximately 20m x 6m each and you're just about there.

The water needs are covered by two large tanks, two dams and a pumping right off the drain, while two solar power systems supported by a 12.8KW Battery.

Don't just take my word for how incredible this property, get in touch to see it for yourself!

For a Due Diligence Checklist go to: consumer.vic.gov.au/duediligencechecklist, or call us on (03) 5144 4333

Listing description written by Brett Glover, Graham Chalmer — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Balcony
  • Built-in Robes
  • Courtyard
  • Deck
  • Dishwasher
  • Ensuites: 1
  • Gas Heating
  • Living Areas: 5
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Rumpus Room
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Solar Hot Water
  • Solar Panels
  • Study
  • Toilets: 3
  • Vacuum System
  • Water Tank
  • Workshop
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