News & Events

Is the Ecovillage right for me?

  The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is no ordinary residential community. This is a development unlike anything ever built before in Western Australia. In fact, we’d contend that its sustainability credentials and features rival the best in the world. While there seems to be a growing societal awareness of issues like climate ...

Building in the Ecovillage

  Housing Design As we’ve mentioned in previous updates, we have been working with a small group of local builders and designers to develop some prototype plans that suit our three lot types in Stage 1. So far, we have five preliminary layouts and pricing for Groupie, Cottage, and Family ...

Stage 1 civil works near completion

  Construction Update – June 2020 After commencing civil construction of Stage 1 in February 2020, just as details of a global pandemic were emerging, we saw intense activity on site, which continued right through the lockdown. During this time, we have put about 7km of sewer pipe in the ...

Planning ahead

  Town Planning As the civil works progress on site, our town planning focus now is to ensure we are meeting our requirements to allow for the creation of titles for Stage 1. While future Ecovillagers can put down a deposit on the block of their choice, they can’t actually ...

From the Editor’s Desk: June 2020

  This edition of The Village Collective newsletter has been a long time coming! Like many, our best intentions of dispatching a bi-monthly newsletter were thwarted by COVID-19, among other things. But we now have plenty of news that we are excited to share with you. Sales Update After much ...

Riding the wave

  What a crazy few months it’s been navigating the Coronavirus chaos! Like everyone, the Witchcliffe Ecovillage has been impacted by the pandemic fallout, but all things considered, we seem to have weathered the storm relatively well so far. However, we’ve had to change our sales and marketing schedule several ...

Release of Stage 1 Lot Pricing

So much more than a block of land… The Witchcliffe Ecovillage is far from a standard residential subdivision. If you’re considering buying a residential lot in the Ecovillage, we want to ensure you understand you’re buying a lot more than simply a piece of dirt on which to build a ...

Civil construction begins at Witchcliffe Ecovillage

The Ecovillage team is thrilled to announce that civil construction of Stage 1 will start on Monday (17 Feb) after we recently signed Perth-based Wormall Civil as head contractor for civil works of Stages 1-3. “Starting construction is a huge milestone that’s been more than a decade in the making,” ...

Civil construction: a mammoth coordination effort

The design of a new village requires a huge amount of design information. The Ecovillage design team includes engineers and designers across a range of disciplines including electrical, road, irrigation, stormwater, sewerage systems, communications and geotechnical, as well as wastewater treatment chemists, landscape architects and planners. This team of staff ...