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VIC › Garfield › Brownbill Rd

85 Brownbill Rd, Garfield VIC 3814

Rural Property

$1,140,000

Last sold

22 Sept 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

4

Car spaces

40,468.564 m²

Land

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

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $1,140,000 (22 Sept 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 40,469 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded Rural Property sales in Garfield (last 5 years) with land size: median $14/m² of land (n=4). 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

$1,140,000

22 Sept 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Local land rate: recorded Rural Property sales in Garfield (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $14/m² of land (n=4). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Garfield at a glance

2,310

People

$782,500

Median sale

$486/wk

Median rent

3.23%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Garfield report →

Vs Garfield

+45.7%

Median sale

Suburb $782,500

-1.01 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.23%

Suburb median $782,500 from 21 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$1,140,00022 Sept 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted2 July 2025

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 $486/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

Garfield in one glance

Garfield at a glance

2,310

People

$782,500

Median sale

$486/wk

Median rent

3.23%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 21 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Garfield report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by First National Real Estate Neilson Partners (Pakenham)

Quiet rural living, yet close to town

Escape to acreage lifestyle with this stunning 10-acre property, ideally located just moments from Garfield's main street. Perfect for animal enthusiasts, this offering presents a rare opportunity to acquire a cleared and usable canvas for your rural aspirations.

Located down a tree-lined driveway, the comfortable, sun-drenched cottage-style home features three bedrooms and a second separate toilet for convenience. The spacious main bedroom boasts ample storage. At the heart of the home, polished floorboards and a wood-burning fireplace create a warm and inviting atmosphere, while the integrated kitchen, living, and dining area enjoys abundant natural light and picturesque views through large picture windows. Enjoy the outdoors from your covered verandas at both the front and rear of the home.

Four paddocks are accessed by a central laneway, complemented by an impressive 8-megalitre dam, ensuring ample water supply no matter what the season.

Read the full description

In addition to the single carport, an array of shedding includes a 6x9m garage, a 17m x 7m machinery shed with lockable workshop, and a hayshed extension.

Embrace self-sufficiency with a flourishing orchard featuring apple, plum, apricot, pear, fig, lemon, orange, and mandarin trees. Adjacent, a highly productive vegetable garden awaits, complete with six raised garden beds.

Sustainable features include a 1.5Kw solar system, bottled gas, mains water, and water tanks - supplemented by your very own bore to replenish the dam.

Located just 2.1km from Garfield's main street, you'll enjoy easy access to local cafes, shops, butchers, the train station, the popular Garfield Pub - and the Garfield Golf Course is right on your doorstep.

Properties at this price point are increasingly rare - don't miss this exceptional opportunity!

Listing description written by Jess Ostrom, First National Real Estate Neilson Partners (Pakenham) — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

  • Air Conditioning
  • Balcony
  • Built-in Robes
  • Dishwasher
  • Floorboards
  • Fully Fenced
  • Outdoor Entertaining
  • Secure Parking
  • Shed
  • Solar Panels
  • Toilets: 1
  • Water Tank
  • Workshop
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