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VIC › Geelong West › Crofton St

61 Crofton St, Geelong West VIC 3218

House

$807,000

Last sold

20 Feb 2021

6

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

2

Car spaces

409 m²

Land

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Districts View

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $807,000 (20 Feb 2021).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 409 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Geelong West (last 5 years) with land size: median $2,443/m² of land (n=42). 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

$807,000

20 Feb 2021 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Geelong West (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $2,443/m² of land (n=42). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Geelong West at a glance

8,284

People

$880,000

Median sale

$466/wk

Median rent

2.75%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 6 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Geelong West report →

Vs Geelong West

-8.3%

Median sale

Suburb $880,000

+0.25 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 2.75%

Suburb median $880,000 from 6 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$807,00020 Feb 2021
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted25 Jan 2021

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 $466/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

Geelong West in one glance

Geelong West at a glance

8,284

People

$880,000

Median sale

$466/wk

Median rent

2.75%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 6 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Geelong West report →

Keep researching

  • Why Geelong West? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Geelong West →
  • Other records on Crofton St →

Listing material

Listed by Hayeswinckle Drysdale

6 Bedrooms in the HEART of WEST!!

Often sought but RARELY found best depicts what we have on offer here today!

The desirable suburbs of Geelong West, Newtown, and East Geelong (to name a few) more than often come with compromise, buyers are prepared to sacrifice their wants and need just to hold an address in these locations, this is where Crofton Street offers unparalleled potential.

A charming Californian Bungalow with more than meets the eye is located right in the center of all your amenities. Situated amongst the best of what Shannon Avenue and Pakington Street has to offer, public transport, boutique shops and cafes, superstores and supermarkets, medical clinics, reserves and parks, highly sought-after schools, golf courses and the Barwon River - The list goes on!!!

Read the full description

Now that we have a good understanding of what the location offers, let us look at what the home offers. Comprising 6 FULL bedrooms (yes 6) this free-flowing floorplan caters for the whole family. Upon entry you are greeted with floating floors and character entry. The home is zoned into 3 sections, the fore of the home hosts the master bedroom with ¾ timber paneling, feature open fireplace and built-in robes, formal living area with split system heating and cooling), bedroom 2 with ceiling fan, built in robes and feature fireplace, bedroom 3 with built in robes and built-in desk before flowing into the updated laundry, bathroom, and separate toilet.

The heart of the home where all the entertaining is to be had begins with a renovated designer kitchen including a gas 5 burner in bench Bosch cooktop, Miele dishwasher, stunning timber top benches, ample soft close cupboards, and drawers; overlooking the light filled 2nd living and dining area with access to the undercover area via aluminum stacker doors.

The rear wing is home to 3 further bedrooms all with ceiling fans, built in robes, built in desks and a garden outlook complete with a central bathroom, separate toilet, and separate sliding door deck access.

Set upon 409m2 this tidy allotment offers manicured, low maintenance gardens an undercover decked area, shed/workshop, and gated side access through to the yard. This set up allows you to park onsite with room down the side.

Features of the home include heating and cooling, character features, recently refurbished, restumped in the early 00's, re-roofed in 2020, quality appliances, large shed/ workshop and gated side access.

This home has exceptional bones and the character trimmings with enough completed and room to improved and add your own creative flare in time to come. The location is paramount, and the price point is affordable opening the market to first home buyers, downsizers, investors, and families alike.

*All information about the property has been provided to Hayeswinckle by third parties. Hayeswinckle has not verified the information and does not warrant its accuracy or completeness. Parties should make and rely on their own enquiries in relation to this property.

Listing description written by Grace Borg, Hayeswinckle Drysdale — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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