Never before have buyers had so much flexibility in picking a lifestyle haven.
Whether luxurious riverside homes in Brisbane central, a beachside address on the Gold Coast, or a master-planned community in a major growth corridor, these new developments offer not just residences, but communities too.
River Homes
If you want a hard time finding property, try searching for freehold riverfront houses in Brisbane.
With an average of just 15 transactions annually, these homes are a scarce commodity in the river city and attract an increasingly elite demographic.
Before this development, there were only two freehold riverfront properties between Hamilton and Newstead. Now, River Homes is offering the otherwise unattainable.
River Homes is located in Hamilton Reach, a $700-million master-planned community within the blue-chip suburb of Hamilton, just six kilometres from the Brisbane CBD.
These are so desirable, in fact, that just two of eight properties remain: a three-level home and a two-level home.
The former offers four bedrooms, each with en suites, a powder room and two multipurpose rooms spread across a 444-square-metre floor plan, with the entire third level dedicated to a lavish 86-square-metre grand main suite, accessible by stairs or private lift.
The two-level home comprises 376 square metres, with similarly spectacular views complemented by nine-metre voids in the living areas and floor-to-ceiling windows.
Principal at Rothe Lowman Architects Jeff Brown said the design process for River Homes was collaborative and intense, and focused specifically on the needs of prospective residents.
“The project in our opinion is successful because of the design’s focus on providing a very clear and deliberate space for the individuality of the residents,” he said.
“The design is not a prescriptive answer that demands a particular way of living.
“We were very conscious of ensuring the houses left room for adaptation and personalisation.”
He said a key part of the design brief was prioritising lifestyle and environment over fashion and fad.
“We have received feedback from Frasers Property Group that a key and recurring theme from residents is that of how simple and functional the houses are to live in,” he said.
“We hope the River Homes endure the test of time in a bold and confident way.”
Riverside Homes is located at 84 Parkside Circuit, Hamilton, Queensland.
For more information, contact Cecilynne Jurss on 0417 647 591, visit the display centre at 310 MacArthur Avenue, Hamilton, Queensland, or head to domain.com.au/project/3654/river-homes-hamilton-qld/
Brookwater — Dress Circle
The newest precinct in Brookwater’s well-established neighbourhood has arrived – and it’s offering some luxury land parcels.
This development takes master-planning to a whole new level. More than just a housing complex, Brookwater is building the city of Greater Springfield, 25 kilometres southwest of Brisbane’s CBD.
One of six neighbourhoods that make up Greater Springfield, Brookwater sits within a major growth corridor, surrounded by established infrastructure in health, education and leisure.
Dress Circle, its newest offering, comprises 40 hectares of spacious plots, centred around the front nine holes of the award-winning Greg Norman-designed championship golf course.
The development has delivered more than 1000 blocks in the precinct to date and is already home to 3300 residents, with 3300 more to come over the next 10 years.
Dress Circle features spacious blocks, which range from 600 to 800 square metres with generous frontage.
Prices for land that faces the golf course average $635,000, while land further from the course averages $450,000.
More unusual is Brookwater’s design process for prospective buyers, a far cry from the hands-off approach of traditional housing developments.
Buyers go through the full process of home building with complementary assistance from Brookwater, from consultations with architects and landscapers to interior design services.
General manager of Springfield City Group Nick Kostellar said the development’s focus was on high-quality collaborations with aspirational buyers, who were usually downsizers or second or third-home buyers.
“Our buyers don’t really want to be pigeonholed into what they need to buy and build,” he said.
“Instead, we provide the blank canvas for people to really build their dream forever home in Brookwater.
“Our process is more about the experience, so it’s not, ‘here’s a price list, here’s a home-and-land package, goodbye and good luck’. It’s about the journey of design.
“Ultimately we want to help people realise their dream home.”
Brookwater – Dress Circle is located at 3 Birchwood Crescent, Brookwater, Queensland.
For more information, contact the Brookwater team on 07 3814 5177 or visit www.dresscircle.com.au.
Acqua
For those after a sea change or lifestyle upgrade, look no further than this sophisticated beachside retreat.
Situated on an elevated site in the heart of the Gold Coast’s Palm Beach, Aqua offers one, two and three-bedroom apartments with breathtaking ocean views.
The development features 62 properties with prices starting at $495,000, and 80 per cent of them have already been snapped up.
The development has also just launched two rooftop sky homes for the discerning buyer: spacious penthouses featuring three bedrooms, three bathrooms and panoramic ocean views from wraparound balconies.
Both span between 240 and 250 square metres of luxurious living space and are priced from $1.695 million.
Acqua’s construction is well underway and completion is scheduled for November.
Managing director at Cru Collective Chris Bolger said the development had proved a popular choice for owner-occupiers hailing from surrounding suburbs.
“We have recently had a surge of buyer interest from Brisbane, with those buyers snapping up the great value properties on the lower levels to use as their personal weekend beach pads,” he said.
“Acqua offers a fantastic mix of product and the size of the site enabled us to wrap the building around a central open-air atrium, which is a magnificent point of difference to anything else in the area.”
He said the development’s amenities were unparalleled in competing developments.
“The covered open-air landings mean residents are not walking down a standard closed hallway to reach their front door; Acqua’s walkways are landscaped platforms that border the open-air central atrium,” he said.
“The ground floor is designed around the swimming pool and this level also provides access to the fitness centre and a cafe positioned on Third Avenue corner [so] caffeine convenience doesn’t get better than that.
“The rooftop zen platform offers ocean vistas for the entire building, although most enjoy ocean views from their own apartments.”
Acqua is located at 10 Third Avenue, Palm Beach, Queensland.
For more information, contact Brent Dallow on 0416 202 304, visit the display suite at 5 Palm Beach Avenue, Palm Beach, or head to domain.com.au/project/2782/acqua-palm-beach-palm-beach-qld/
Source: www.domain.com.au