Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds on 550-700m² blocks, sitting on sandy loam, with high pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Glen Eira.
Dual occupancies and townhouse rows replacing 1950s-60s veneers under ResCode, plus single-block knockdown rebuilds.
Triple-fronted cream or clinker brick veneer, tiled roof, timber floors on stumps, single carport, a lemon tree out the back.
Housing Commission concrete-panel and brick veneer homes, timber floors on stumps, small windows, tile or iron roofs.
Californian bungalows and Spanish Mission in brick or weatherboard, terracotta tiles, wide porches, timber floors on stumps.
Free-draining, low reactivity (Class A to S). Cheap slabs, few movement problems. Watch for old fill on sites that have been subdivided, and check for termites in the older timber-floored stock.
Dual occupancies on almost every second block. Townhouse pairs are the dominant new building.
Sandy loam means cheap slabs and fast builds, which is a big part of why developers love it.
House prices in years of wages, decade by decade, what was standing when, and what her block does now.
Likely in the older stock. About 60% of Bentleigh East was built between the 1920s and 1980s, the peak asbestos period. Eaves, wet-area sheeting, fences and sheds are the usual places. Test before you drill, sand or demolish.
Sandy loam. Free-draining, low reactivity (Class A to S). Cheap slabs, few movement problems. Watch for old fill on sites that have been subdivided, and check for termites in the older timber-floored stock.
High subdivision pressure: Two or three homes replacing one on many streets. Original houses are becoming the minority and land value drives everything. Typical blocks are 550-700m². Check the zone, ResCode and any Neighbourhood Character or Heritage overlay for the exact street.
Street-level generalisations from council heritage studies, ABS dwelling-age data, soil classification maps and BuildPilot partner site reports. Every street has exceptions. A soil test, a building inspection and the council's overlay map beat any suburb profile, including this one.
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