Mostly villas and cottages on 300-800m², plus a lot of flats blocks, sitting on coastal sand, with low pressure to knock down and rebuild. City of Port Phillip.
Victorian and Edwardian weatherboards and brick terraces, iron lace, slate or iron roofs, timber floors on stumps, rooms off a hall.
Californian bungalows and Spanish Mission in brick or weatherboard, terracotta tiles, wide porches, timber floors on stumps.
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.
Good bearing, quick drainage, stable slabs (often Class A or S). The risks are excavation collapse, wind-blown sand under the house, salt corrosion, and the coastal erosion or acid-sulfate overlays that come with living near the water.
Apartment conversions and the occasional new mid-rise. The Victorian mansions and interwar flats are protected.
Interwar apartment blocks are St Kilda's signature housing, and their 1930s plumbing and wiring are their signature problem.
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 35% of St Kilda 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.
Coastal sand. Good bearing, quick drainage, stable slabs (often Class A or S). The risks are excavation collapse, wind-blown sand under the house, salt corrosion, and the coastal erosion or acid-sulfate overlays that come with living near the water.
Low subdivision pressure: Streets look much as they did. Occasional renovation, very little demolition. Typical blocks are 300-800m², plus a lot of flats. 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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