New Ecovillage street addresses

Apart from the relief of finally receiving long-awaited lot titles and the settlement process commencing, I’m sure you all were excited to see your new street addresses whose Wardandi / Pibulmen names pay respect to the local indigenous fauna and traditional custodians of this land. You will note the new ...

Construction Information for Builders & Buyers

Site Classification During the sales process, we have advised purchasers that they should expect sites that can be Classified as “S” (for building foundation design). This advice is based on two reports: Geotechnical Study of Entire Ecovillage Site, Galt Geotechnics, Dec. 2015 46 Test pits across the property Preliminary classification ...

Building Design Review: Important Information

Formal Assessment Checklist Once all of the detailed documentation for the building is completed, this needs to be submitted to the WEV Design Team for review and final approval. Please see the Formal Assessment Checklist, which provides a concise list of the submission requirements. In filling out the ‘Specifications Summary’ ...

Dividing fences covered by developer

Sustainable Settlements has decided to cover the cost of supply and install of the dividing fences between lots and roll it into the established lot price. This does not include end lots that have a side without a neighbouring lot. These end lots will have one dividing fence constructed on ...

Homes to suit everyone

We’ve had a lot of interest in and great feedback from buyers on the 16 pre-designed homes that form part of our House & Land Packages. Many lot purchasers are delighted with the original designs and with no modifications are on the fast track to gaining building license approval with ...

Roads, tanks, walls and more!

CIVIL CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – DECEMBER 2020 The civil works program has completed a large amount of work including earthworks and installing services including drainage, sewers, power, NBN pits and pipes. However, up until now, most of it has been buried, so despite the large amount of plant that has been ...

Landscape takes shape

The landscape team is close to awarding the landscape contract, which includes street tree planting, soft landscaping, mulch and turf. Street trees have been ordered from Ellenby Tree Farm and Small Tree Farm and will be planted in winter 2021. They include peppermints, nut trees such as macadamia and chestnut, ...

Lifecycle.house launches at the Ecovillage

At the Witchcliffe Ecovillage, we wanted to take sustainable building design to the next level. After enshrining the basics of passive solar design into our Sustainable Building Design Guidelines, we took the next step of examining the energy it took to create, transport to site, and dispose of various building ...

Exclusive supplier deals for Ecovillage residents

As previously announced in our October newsletter, we have been liaising and negotiating with a raft of leading suppliers to be able to offer exclusive deals and the best pricing on exceptional sustainable products and services for Ecovillage residents. You can find a list of the suppliers offering deals here. ...

Making black gold

If you’ve been following the Ecovillage horticultural updates, you’re probably well aware of how much we value good compost. As such, in our demonstration gardens we have been making and trialling a few different systems to test the quality of compost made and ease of use. Firstly, what do we use ...