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Stage 4 Ballot Application & Sales Process 1
Stage 4 Ballot Application & Sales Process

The Ecovillage sales team has been very busy preparing for the pre-sales launch of Stage 4 (among other things). We’re excited to finally announce the publication of Stage 4 lot pricing and plans and invite you to take your time over the next few weeks, before our sales launch date, ...

What's included in a Stage 4 Ecovillage lot? 2
What’s included in a Stage 4 Ecovillage lot?

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 house. ...

Stage 4 guided walking sales tours commence 3
Stage 4 guided walking sales tours commence

Now that the civil works on Stage 4 are sufficiently progressed to allow us to walk safely on the fully formed roads, we are excited to be able to offer guided walking site tours of Stage 4 on Sunday mornings. ...

Ecovillager profile: My Return to Margaret River 4
Ecovillager profile: My Return to Margaret River

It was 1983 and I was just 21 years old when I first fell in love with the Margaret River region. I’d just completed my summer holidays after finishing three years of teaching study and was told to be in Margaret River by the start of the second school week. ...

12 resident households and counting... 5
12 resident households and counting…

We now have 60 homes under construction, 12 completed homes, 10 different builders and plenty of trades creating a buzzing hive of activity.  ...

Cultivating your green thumb, Ecovillage-style 6
Cultivating your green thumb, Ecovillage-style

Garden Update – March 2022 It’s early days but the first veggie patches are starting to pop up around the Ecovillage and they are already adding life and colour to the site. The last few months have been particularly hot and dry and it sure makes one appreciate having a ...

From paddocks, roads appear 7
From paddocks, roads appear

Civil construction of Stages 4 and 5 is well underway as you can see in our Stage 4 drone video. Earthworks are substantially progressed and installation of services like sewer and stormwater is currently underway. These will be followed by power services, retaining walls and road works. ...

Community garden landscaping underway 8
Community garden landscaping underway

Landscape contractor LD Total is well underway with work in the community gardens of Stages 1-2 with trees, shrubs, lawn, reticulation, orchard infrastructure, fruit trees, play equipment, fire pits and stone walls all on the agenda for the next 4-5 months. ...

From the Editor's Desk: Sales Update - Mar 2022 9
From the Editor’s Desk: Sales Update – Mar 2022

Sustainable Settlements is a small team of professionals which is working really hard to deliver major milestones across many areas of this complex and unique development within a challenging, dynamic market. ...