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VIC › Lara › Forest Road South

83 Forest Road South, Lara VIC 3212

House

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

3

Car spaces

659 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLand 659 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Lara (last 5 years) with land size: median $1,357/m² of land (n=75). 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 Lara (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $1,357/m² of land (n=75). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Lara at a glance

22,225

People

$740,000

Median sale

$514/wk

Median rent

3.61%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 44 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lara 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. Soldprice unknown18 May 2023
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted26 Apr 2023

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 $514/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

Lara in one glance

Lara at a glance

22,225

People

$740,000

Median sale

$514/wk

Median rent

3.61%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 44 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Lara report →

Keep researching

  • Why Lara? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Lara →
  • Other records on Forest Road South →

Listing material

Listed by McGrath Geelong | Newtown

UNDER CONTRACT - Country Charm in the Heart of it All

This beautiful cottage-style home is sure to pull at your heart strings. Set on a fantastic sized corner block of 659m2 (approx.) this meticulous home oozes a warm country appeal. Boasting a large well-kept yard with the added feature of being able to house your boat and caravan off-street, with double door access at the side of the home with a ready-made concrete pad.

Recently updated the home boasts stunning contemporary accents such as new engineered timber floors, industrial inspired timeless black kitchen and a beautiful neutral bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tiling, which enhances the home's country vibe and creates a sense of luxury. The home has also been recently painted throughout so everything feels fresh and new.

The three bedrooms are all of fantastic size and have built-in robes, and the master boasts a full walk-in robe. There is also a separate study/home office with a built-in desk and shelving, ready-made for working or running a business from home. All the bedrooms and the study boast beautiful new charcoal carpets.

Read the full description

Outside boasts a fantastic outdoor dining gazebo with a louvered roof for all-season alfresco dining. The yard offers a fantastic lawn area for kids to play and there is also a great sized garden shed for storage.

Ideal for a family with young children, the home is located across the road from Lara Lake primary school and the Lara Lake Community pre-school is just a short walk. The beautiful Lara Lakelands reserve is also a short stroll which is a large neighbourhood park set within the wetlands reserve with extensive walking tracks and vegetation, perfect for exploring and observing the wildlife. The park also has good playground equipment and a basketball tower and concrete pad. Only a few minutes from Lara central shopping centre, this home really offers the very best in lifestyle and convenience.

- Three bedrooms plus study

- 659m2 (approx.)

- Recently updated

- Corner block with side access to a fit boat or caravan, plus single garage

- Kitchen has 900mm upright gas oven, dishwasher

- Engineered timber floors

- Bathroom with floor-to-ceiling tiling

- Outdoor gazebo with louvre roof

- Garden shed

- Primary school opposite and pre school a short walk

- Lakelands a short walk

- Just a couple of minutes to Lara Shopping

- Close to public transport

- 30 minutes to Werribee Plaza

- Easy access to the Princes Freeway, only an hour to Melbourne CBD

Listing description written by Mergim Ibrahimi, McGrath Geelong | Newtown — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

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