Category Archives: Building

Building Update – April 2021

The first concrete slab poured for the home of Rachel and Andy Clough in Cluster 1C in March was an auspicious moment for everyone at the Ecovillage as it marked the start of what will be an incredibly busy building phase. Almost all of the new Ecovillage lot owners plan ...

Renting, rentals, investments and tourism

The Witchcliffe Ecovillage will be a diverse community with a range of housing and accommodation options for everyone regardless of whether you’re an owner occupier, holidaying owner, tenant, tourist or backpacker. The policies, zoning and rules that govern short stay accommodation in particular can be tricky to navigate and are ...

The Ecovillage Community Centre takes shape

We are very excited to have commenced the design process on the Ecovillage Community Centre. This will be the first building within the Village Centre and the social focal point for the Ecovillage, hosting community meetings, workshops, classes, and events that are relevant to the growing community. Leading the design ...

House design reviews are rolling in

Our Design Review process is in full swing, with many residents chomping at the bit to get their house designs approved so they can start building. So far, we’ve issued concept design approval for 30 houses and formal approval for seven of those. Once the approval process is completed, we ...

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 ...

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 ...