Category Archives: Sales & Marketing

True Ecovillage pioneers: Michael and Britta Sorensen

Hello, we are Michael and Britta Sorensen and Flot the dog. We will be moving onto a cottage lot in cluster 1B, but we are seasoned locals already having lived in Margaret River for the last 26 years. Michael is originally from Perth and has spent some time in Europe. ...

20
Apr
Who is a Witchcliffe Ecovillager?

It’s been a fascinating process delving into the demographics of our future Ecovillage residents. We’re finding that enquiries and current buyers are originating from Perth and our local South West region in a fairly even split. A dozen or so future residents are joining us from the eastern states and ...

20
Apr
First Ecovillage Community Sundowner brings residents together

I know I say this all the time, but the excitement really IS building (literally and metaphorically) at the Witchcliffe Ecovillage. Nowhere was it more evident than at our very first Ecovillage Community ‘Meet Your Neighbours’ Sundowner, which we held on the lawn our front of the Ecovillage office on ...

20
Apr
Marron Whispering at the Ecovillage

Mike Hulme (Ecovillage developer) is never one to pass up an opportunity to get out from behind his desk and get his hands dirty, in this case, quite literally! He and Paul Jurjevich (Ecovillage vigneron) were only too happy to wade into the mud of the middle dam to retrieve ...

20
Apr
From the Editor’s Desk – February 2021

Sales & Marketing Update – February 2021 As the world continues to fight battles on many fronts, there is so much to feel grateful for here in our protected little pocket in WA’s South West. The state’s recent five-day lockdown felt like a walk in the park compared to the ...

26
Feb
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 ...

14
Dec
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 ...

14
Dec
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, ...

14
Dec
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 ...

14
Dec