A listing tells you how it looks. The record tells you what you can do.
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What you can tell from photos
illustrative- “Generous 553.5 m² block”
- “Sunny north-facing aspect”
- “Room to extend or add a second dwelling”
- “Quiet, established street”
What the record says
example report- 553.5 m² · +20.1% on the 461 m² local medianTrue — and the one claim the photos could support.
- 18 m of boundary faces north, not 30.7 mThe long sides run north–south, so they face east and west. The north aspect is the two short top edges.
- 2 m sewerage easement across the parcelYou generally cannot build over it, which changes where a second dwelling could go.
- 7 proposed lots within 500 m, nearest 237 mRegistered subdivision. Construction and a denser streetscape over the next few years.
Both columns are an illustration, not a real property. 14 Elmswood Street, Mount Waverley is an example address and its figures are representative — real reports are generated from Vicmap when you enter an address, and are not published.
How to read one
Five things this drawing settles about the block, in the order the report puts them: legal and physical limits before size and aspect.
The north aspect is 18 m, not the long side
“North-facing” means the boundary’s outward normal points north. This lot’s long 30.7 m sides RUN north–south, which makes them east and west facing — they take morning and afternoon sun, not midday.
So: the sunny edges are the two short ones at the top. A living space planned along a long side gets low winter light, whichever side you pick.
Cadastral geometry · computed outward normalsA 2 m sewerage easement crosses the block
Drawn from its own registered coordinates rather than guessed onto the nearest boundary. Buried-utility easements generally cannot be built over.
So: this is the constraint that decides whether a second dwelling or extension is possible at all. Confirm build-over rights with a conveyancer.
Vicmap easement annotationFive sides, and one of them is derived
Vicmap returns the surveyed legs; the closing leg is implied. We compute it and mark it as derived, because the difference matters to anyone using the numbers.
So: an irregular lot is not a rectangle with a rounding error. The 7.0 m and 11.0 m edges are why a single 19.1 m frontage figure misleads here.
Vertex-to-vertex geodesic · indicative onlyNo planning overlays touch the parcel
Absence is stated, not left blank. Nothing recorded means generally fewer restrictions on what you can build, renovate or remove.
So: read this as “nothing recorded”, not “nothing exists”. In pre-1997 subdivisions and outside metro, a constraint can exist without a drawn line.
Monash planning schemeBig for the street, and the street is changing
The lot is 20.1% above the local median. 7 proposed lots are registered nearby, the closest 237 m away.
So: two facts, no verdict. Densification reads as construction noise to one buyer and new amenity to another — which it is for you is not ours to say.
200 m and 500 m radiiWhat it does and doesn’t settle
It covers
- Every Victorian parcel in Vicmap — about 2.1 million.
- Free, no account, with a daily limit per visitor.
- Live data at the moment you ask, not a stored report.
- A shareable link, so a partner or conveyancer opens the same thing.
It does not
- Cover other states. Vicmap is a Victorian dataset.
- Replace a survey. Lengths are vertex-to-vertex from the cadastral polygon. For measurements that bind, use the registered title plan.
- Prove a clear title. Absence of a drawn easement is not absence of an easement.
- Give advice. Verify with the council and a licensed professional.
Before you run one
Do I need an account?
No. It is free and works without signing in. A daily cap per visitor keeps the underlying data services affordable; signing up raises it.
Is the north-facing figure the backyard?
Not necessarily. We measure how much of the boundary faces north, which is a property of the lot. Which part is backyard depends on where the dwelling sits, and cadastral data does not record that — so read it as the lot's aspect, not the garden's.
Why can't I find these reports in Google?
Individual address reports are deliberately not indexed. A standing public page per residential address raises privacy and data-licensing questions we have not finished working through, so reports are generated when you ask and are not listed in search results.
Can this replace a conveyancer?
No. It tells you what the public record says before you spend money — a different job from a title search and a section 32 review. It is good at deciding which properties deserve that spend.
How current is the data?
Cadastral and planning layers refresh quarterly, and every report shows the date its data was current. Nothing is described as live that is not.
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Informational only, and not financial, legal or planning advice. Figures are indicative — verify with the relevant council and a licensed professional before relying on them.