Type each address into the box at the top of this page and pick it from the list — the same street address you saw on the listing. Any Victorian home that’s currently for sale works, in any suburb. Add the places you travel to (work, school, family), set what matters most with the sliders, and press Check the fit. Each home comes back scored out of 100 and ranked best first for you, with the reasons behind every score.

Start with what you can’t change after you buy: the school zone, how long the trip to work takes, flood and bushfire overlays, and what the price looks like against similar homes that sold nearby. Then decide what matters most to you and weight it. Buyer’s Verdict does exactly that: it scores both homes on the same six areas, weights them your way, and shows which one comes out on top — and what the other one trades away.

Each home is scored on six areas — schools, commute, amenities, comparative value, the market and planning & risk. Your sliders set how much each area counts, and the home’s overall score is the weighted mix. If an area can’t be scored for a home (for example, commute when you haven’t added a place), it’s left out and its weight is shared among the others, rather than guessed. Homes are ranked best first; any home that fails one of your deal-breakers is listed last with the reason.

Schools: whether the home is zoned for a government primary and secondary school, and how the zoned secondary school’s results rank. Commute: the travel time to each place you add, by the way you travel. Amenities: how close the nearest supermarket, park and station are. Comparative value: where the asking price sits against similar homes that sold nearby, adjusted for your budget. Market: how prices in the suburb have moved over the last year and longer term, and how many homes sell there. Planning & risk: the zone, and any flood, bushfire or other overlays, main roads or railway land near the lot.

From the home’s current listing (its price guide, or the indicative price in its Statement of Information), Victorian government school zones and results, the Victorian planning scheme’s zones and overlays, flood and bushfire mapping, recent sales nearby, and live travel-time estimates for the places you add. Every score shows the facts it’s based on, so you can check them yourself.

Enter the most you want to spend (and, if you like, a lower end). Each home’s price comes from its listing’s price guide, or from the indicative price in its Statement of Information when the listing doesn’t show one — Victorian agents must publish one. The card then says whether the home is within your budget, or about how far above or below it sits, with a link to the calculators to work out the stretch or the saving. If neither the listing nor the Statement of Information gives a price, the card says “Value not available” rather than guessing.

Deal-breakers are must-haves, such as a minimum number of bedrooms, a lot of 500 m² or more, or no flood overlay. A home that fails one isn’t just scored lower — it’s listed last with the reason, so you can see it at a glance. Untick the deal-breaker to see where that home would otherwise rank. A home is never ruled out because a fact is missing; we say what we couldn’t check instead.

Not yet — Buyer’s Verdict compares homes currently on the market, so every home has a listing price to weigh against your budget. If you add one that isn’t listed, we’ll tell you and you can swap it out. For any Victorian address, listed or not, the free Property X-Ray and the full report still work.

Yes. Each home is scored on its own address, so you can put a house in one suburb next to a townhouse in another — the school zones, travel times, prices and risks are worked out for each one separately.

Yes. Move the sliders and press Check the fit — re-ranking needs no new search and doesn’t use up a comparison. Try schools first, then commute first, and see which home stays on top. If one home wins both ways, that’s usually your answer.

Compare 2 homes twice a day without signing up. A free account compares 3 homes, 3 times a day, with every score and the full verdict.

No. Comparative value shows where a home’s asking price sits against similar homes that sold nearby, adjusted for your budget — it’s a position, not a price prediction. For the sales themselves on a map, a value range and the home’s full sale history, get the full report on that home.

If you’re not signed in, the homes, places and budget you enter stay in that browser tab and are forgotten when you close it. If you’re signed in, they’re kept for your account only, so they’re there next time — and they’re cleared from this browser as soon as the site sees you’ve signed out, and never shown to another account. Only the home addresses ever appear in the page’s web address, so you can bookmark or share a comparison without sharing your budget or where you work.