Districts
SuburbsBlogSearch
Sign inGet started
Districts
SuburbsBlogSearch
Sign inGet started

VIC › Foster › Elphicks Rd

85 Elphicks Rd, Foster VIC 3960

For saleHouse for Sale

$985,000

For sale

Asking

3

Bedrooms

2

Bathrooms

5

Car spaces

50,600 m²

Land

Districts ViewPrice evidencePlanningSite constraintsHistoryListing

Districts View

Given the $985,000 ask, is this worth your time?

Why this ask?

  • FactListed for sale, asking $985,000(Listing record · 28 Feb 2025)
  • FactLand 50,600 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationAsk is 88% above the Foster median recorded sale ($525,000, n=31, last 12 months).(Districts calculation from recorded sales)
  • CalculationIf it leased at Foster's advertised median rent ($399/wk), implied gross yield would be 2.11% — this is not a rent for this listing.(Districts scenario calculation)

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

$985,000

Asking · $19/m² of land

No recorded sale for this property.

Foster at a glance

2,084

People

$525,000

Median sale

$399/wk

Median rent

3.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Foster report →

Vs Foster

+87.6%

Median sale

Suburb $525,000

-1.84 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 3.95%

Suburb median $525,000 from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Total cost to purchase

Purchase Price
$985,000
Stamp Duty (Victoria)
$54,175
Transfer/Registration Fee
$2,409
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
$1,045,284

$60,284 on top of the price (6.1% 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

Pre-filled with Foster's advertised median rent — not a rent for this listing.

Net yield
0.61%
Annual cashflow (pre-tax)
$-45,247
Interest cover (DSCR)
0.12
Annual rent
$20,748
Operating expenses
$14,775
Loan amount
$788,000
Annual interest
$51,220
Gross yield
2.11%

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.

Open the full yield calculator →

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

i

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$985,000available27 Feb 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 $399/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

Gross yield if leased at the suburb aggregate is 2.1%. The yield that matters is the one on achieved rent, which has not been inferred for this address. Net yield (land tax, rates, insurance, vacancy) is not loaded. 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

Foster in one glance

Foster at a glance

2,084

People

$525,000

Median sale

$399/wk

Median rent

3.95%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 31 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Foster report →

Keep researching

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

Listing material

Listed by Paragreen Real Estate

12.5 ACRES ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

This property is ideally located on the edge of town, a flat 3.5kms from the centre of town and adjacent to the Great Southern Rail Trail.

A neat as a pin hardi-plank home which was built in 1993 and has been lovingly cared for by the current owners.

With an extra large open plan lounge area with carpet and north facing windows, solid wood heater and split system to keep you cosy all year around. An original style kitchen with peninsular eat at bench top, electric cook top and oven and upper and lower cabinets. Adjacent to the kitchen is a dining area with sliding door access to the front verandah.

Read the full description

A large master bedroom is at one end of the home with walk through robe, ensuite with vanity, toilet and shower.

2 additional bedrooms are located at the other end of the home and are large in size with BIR and overlook the rear fernery. A mud room / laundry with direct access from the carport.

Central bathroom with shower, bath and vanity and a separate toilet complete the internal features of the home.

Solar system to assist in reducing those every increasing power bills.

Kerbside garbage collection and town water is an added bonus.

Externally is a double carport, a front north facing verandah overlooking the property and towards the Toora and Foster North Hills. And sheds.... Yes ample shedding with a workshop space with concrete floor and power and a three bay shed attached. An additional 4 bay farm shed ideal for the machinery.

An various smaller sheds around the property, one used as a tack room the other for small garden tools.

Rear patio area and fern garden provide additional spots to relax. And an extensive garden surrounds the home.

Cattle race and yards with direct access to Elphicks Road and paddocks with a run towards the yards make this an ideal property for horses or someone to run a few stock. A hay shed a river front lease towards the rear of the property. And with glimpses of Wilsons Promontory National Park from the ground makes this property a real contender for someone wanting to spread out on acreage yet be walking distance to town.

Contact our office to arrange a private inspection.

Listing description written by Justin Wightman, Paragreen Real Estate — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Districts

Australian property research from recorded sales, listings, and official layers. Missing data is shown as unavailable, never filled in.

Research

  • Property search
  • Suburb profiles
  • Blog
  • Calculators
  • Follow suburbs
  • Sign in

Learn

  • How we use data
  • What's covered
  • Questions
  • Who it's for
  • Access

Company

  • About
  • Contact
  • support@districts.com.au

Legal

  • Privacy
  • Terms

© 2026 Districts

districts.com.au

Research purposes only. Not personal financial advice, a valuation, or a planning certificate. Always speak to a licensed financial adviser before you act.