Mostly 1970s brown brick on 400-700m² blocks, sitting on basalt plains clay, with medium pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Melton.
Brown or clinker brick veneer, aluminium windows, ducted gas heating, family room, double carport. Project homes in the new estates of the day.
Brick veneer with tiled roof, ensuite, rumpus, double garage by the 90s, ducted heating. Rendered Federation-revival gables late in the period.
Two-storey on 300-400m² with 10-12.5m frontages, black frames, rendered and cladded fronts, solar common. Estate design guidelines control the facade.
Rendered four-two-two with alfresco, theatre and double garage on 450-600m². Volume-builder estates on the fringe.
Victorian and Edwardian weatherboards and brick terraces, iron lace, slate or iron roofs, timber floors on stumps, rooms off a hall.
Heavy grey and black clay over basalt across Melbourne's west and north. Highly reactive (Class H to E in places), with rock sometimes close to the surface. Expect waffle-pod or stiffened-raft slabs, and expect the concreter to hit rock.
A 1970s satellite town now surrounded by estates. Old Melton renovates; Melton South and West build.
Some of the most reactive clay in metro Melbourne. Class H2 and E slabs are normal, not exceptional.
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 25% of Melton 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.
Basalt plains clay. Heavy grey and black clay over basalt across Melbourne's west and north. Highly reactive (Class H to E in places), with rock sometimes close to the surface. Expect waffle-pod or stiffened-raft slabs, and expect the concreter to hit rock.
Medium subdivision pressure: A knockdown or a subdivision every few streets. Character is shifting but the original stock still dominates. Typical blocks are 400-700m². 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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