Mostly 1970s brown brick on 800-1,500m² blocks, sitting on reactive clay, with medium pressure to knock down and rebuild. Manningham City Council.
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.
Dual occupancies and townhouse rows replacing 1950s-60s veneers under ResCode, plus single-block knockdown rebuilds.
Victorian and Edwardian weatherboards and brick terraces, iron lace, slate or iron roofs, timber floors on stumps, rooms off a hall.
Moderately to highly reactive clay (Class M to H). Seasonal movement causes hairline cracking in brickwork and render. Modern slabs are engineered for it; older strip footings were not. Consistent moisture around the house is the whole game.
Big 1970s blocks near the Yarra are the KDR target. Single large rebuilds more than subdivision.
Sloping blocks toward the river and a Significant Landscape Overlay on many streets. Tree removal is the first approval you will need.
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 40% of Templestowe 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.
Reactive clay. Moderately to highly reactive clay (Class M to H). Seasonal movement causes hairline cracking in brickwork and render. Modern slabs are engineered for it; older strip footings were not. Consistent moisture around the house is the whole game.
Medium subdivision pressure: A knockdown or a subdivision every few streets. Character is shifting but the original stock still dominates. Typical blocks are 800-1,500m². 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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