Mostly infill townhouses and rebuilds on 550-750m² blocks, sitting on sandy loam, with high pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Greater Dandenong.
Dual occupancies and townhouse rows replacing 1950s-60s veneers under ResCode, plus single-block knockdown rebuilds.
Housing Commission concrete-panel and brick veneer homes, timber floors on stumps, small windows, tile or iron roofs.
Triple-fronted cream or clinker brick veneer, tiled roof, timber floors on stumps, single carport, a lemon tree out the back.
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.
Apartments in the revitalised centre, unit developments across the residential streets. The 1950s-60s stock is going.
Some of the highest unit-development density in Melbourne. Three or four dwellings on a 700m² block is common here.
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 55% of Dandenong 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 550-750m². 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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