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Don’t miss the annual Halloween Spook-tacular Event at the Hilltop “Pirate Park”.  Tuesday 31 October from 4pm to 6pm.

Giant sized, Halloween games, mini trick or treat hand dunk, apple bobbing, ghouly disco, face painting, jumping castle and craft activities.  Make your own scary spider, Bat mask or Jack O Lantern to take home.

Bring your carved pumpkin (no carving on site) to win the best pumpkin competition.

Dress as your most spooky Halloween character to win a prize.

Dance the afternoon away at the Ghouly Disco to win best dancer.

Come and join your neighbours at this not to be missed Halloween event.

Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Saturday 16 September 2017
10am to 12 noon

 

The next step on the journey to a dream home after choosing the land development of your choice is to choose your block, figure out the titles and stage your build.

Choosing your Block

To the untrained eye, blocks may look similar, but there’s a number of things to consider when deciding on the perfect block for you. First, consider the style of home you want – sometimes an irregular sized block seems the odd one to buy, but if you want an interesting outdoor aspect it offers advantages for garden design. A corner block has advantages in terms of double access, but also disadvantages to do with placement of street lights or impact of trees on the verge. Each block has its pros and cons, so work with a builder early to determine what kind of block will work best with the home design you have in mind.

What is a Title?

A title – also known as a Torrens Title – is a document showing you own the piece of land and have responsibility for any mortgage you have on it. The bank will hold the title until the mortgage is paid off. New home purchasers don’t always consider that some developments can take up to 12 months before titles will be released and work can begin. At QUAY2, though, the titles are available early – aiming for 7 – 8 months at the most.

Building Timeline

You won’t need to pay your builder everything all at once, there are stages of payment along the way to make the process easier. The first stage will be soil tests and site investigation. Once completed, the builder can undertake their detailed design by finalising the floorplans and elevations of your home design. For some people, the fun stage happens next – choosing materials and fittings, colours and the nitty gritty of your new home design. But, for others who find decisions hard, this can be a daunting part of the process. To help, sites such as Pinterest and Houzz can help you create mood-boards for your home, or consider 3D modelling software such as Sketch Up, so you can try things out in virtual reality before committing to the expense. In any case, most project builders will have display sites set up to help and guide you to make the right choices for your new home.

Even though your builder will take care of the big items, any furnishings you need should also be timed and organised well in advance – you don’t want a beautiful home with no sofa to sit on for two months!

The Build Begins

Once you’ve signed off on all the plans with the builder (and paid your 5% deposit to the builder), they will go ahead and get all the permits required for the build, as well as ordering all the building materials, before starting work on the site. Your job is to make sure you have unconditional finance in place. You should receive a step-by-step plan from your builder about the entire build process at this stage.

The base stage involves excavation of the land, installation of under-slab drainage and pouring of the concrete slab. Once the base is ready, it’s time for frame stage, where the timber framed walls are stood up and the roof trusses are installed, followed by the external lock up of the building façade. Once the building is water tight, you are ready for the fixing stage, where services rough-in is completed ready for plaster linings, kitchen and vanities to be installed, as well as cosmetic procedures, such as painting, wall and floor tiling, electrical and plumbing fit-off.

It’s usual to have some unexpected issues in a build, even down to weather affecting the stages, but if anything goes seriously off-plan, refer to the Housing Industry Association’s advice on managing your contract.

Remember, most building contracts will have a 3 month defects liability period following completion of your home. Keep a list of any items you find while living in your home. Just before the 3 months defects liability period is up, get in contact with you builder to come and fix any problems you have found.

Once all the hard work has been done, a final walk-through is then to be booked in with your builder, where you’ll get to give final sign-off. Hopefully you’ll want to pop a bottle of champagne as you celebrate the completion of your dream home.

The first step on the journey to a dream home built just for you is to choose your block of land in the land development of your choice. But sometimes with just vacant land to view, it can be hard to envision how things will look once all the homes are built. Here are some tips for choosing the right land:

• A good indication of what your new neighbourhood will become is to drive through some of the developer’s completed projects to see if you like their look and feel. For QUAY2 purchasers that couldn’t be simpler – just head a few blocks down from the sales office and take a drive through The Quay, where you can find many happy residents enjoying wide, landscaped streets, premium house designs and community facilities, such as the pirate-themed adventure playground on Nautical Rise.

• Make sure you do your research and check the developer’s credentials, to ensure they have a proven track record. Whilst every block of land might appear the same on the surface, there are in fact many elements that go into creating a future community that works. There can be enormous differences in what lies beneath the ground, such as infrastructure and services, the quality of the urban design, landscaping and environmental performance.   

• QUAY2 and The Quay developer Intrapac Property has an over 30 year track record as one of Australia’s leading property development companies, creating multiple award-winning, prestigious developments across Australia.

• Another indication a development will bloom into a special neighbourhood is the emphasis the developer puts on sustainability. The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) EnviroDevelopment certification was created to push developers towards greater sustainability measures and reward those who show good practice, going above and beyond the norms. In 2016, Intrapac Property was recognised as Australia’s leading developer in UDIA EnviroDevelopment accreditations for year. QUAY2 received the highest possible result, with all six categories of EnviroDevelopment Certification achieved.

Once you have decided on the perfect residential housing development for you, it’s time to choose your block!

The Quay & Quay2 residents are gearing up to celebrate a great year of community events with the last in the calendar – a Christmas party at Hilltop Pirate Park on Friday 16th December from 6pm – 8pm, with carols at 6.30pm.

Families in the neighbourhood will be able to meet Santa at Hilltop Pirate Park, where his grotto will be set up alongside a jumping castle, face painting and a colouring-in station. There will also be announcements made by The Quay Resident’s Association about the best-dressed holiday homes, with prize money donated to charity.

“The Quay is renowned for its Christmas spirit, so this year we’re helping residents get into the festive mood with a free Christmas event as a great way to finish the year,” says Intrapac Property’s Chief Operating Officer, Maxwell Shifman. “We’re proud of the community at The Quay and now Quay2 owners will be able to buy into the close-knit community as well. It’s not often you can buy land already knowing the community it will become.”

Great prizes will be on offer, so remember to dress up in your best festive attire and bring some Christmas spirit. Look out for the volunteer The Quay Resident’s Association members who work hard behind-the-scenes, with support from Intrapac Property, to put on great events, such as those celebrated at Halloween, Talk Like a Pirate Day and Christmas in July.

 

QUAY2 is pleased to announce its sponsorship of Torquay’s newest football club, The Surf Coast Suns.

“We’re proud to support the new club with co-sponsors Links Property and Peppers Sands Resort,” says Maxwell Shifman, Intrapac Property COO. “It’s a rewarding part of our work to see the community catered for by the excellent facilities that are continuing to come to the area.”

The Surf Coast Suns – whose introduction was brought forward a year because of high demand – joins the Torquay Tigers as the region’s local AFL representation. In its first year, the Suns had over 70 participants for the first season of Auskick with under 10s and 14s joining the ranks this year. Net Set Go, the netball equivalent to Auskick, will also be run by The Suns.

The club was part of the QUAY2 launch celebrations last month, staffing the sausage sizzle and getting to know prospective new neighbours and footy recruits. Half of the available lots of QUAY2‘s first stage were sold on the launch day, with strong demand thereafter. A second stage release is planned in about 4 weeks’ time.

“People don’t realise that you start out with nothing – you’re not given grants or funding, so it’s up to the club to secure sponsorship for quality equipment and marketing. It hasn’t been a hard sales pitch, though, and we’re thrilled to have such great companies jumping on board, whose money will go towards investing in equipment,” says club secretary Brooke Ryan, a resident of The Quay. “We’re hoping to create a real family-friendly vibe for the club.”

Sporting facilities, parks and recreational areas have always been important to Intrapac Property, who created The Quay Pavilion and The Quay Reserve sporting facilities and oval as the first element of The Quay development.

“Now there are two football clubs, children can be spread around the teams so there’s more participation, rather than having to sit on the bench because there are too many players,” says Shifman. “I look forward to coming along to a few games and cheering the kids on.” Register your interest today.

QUAY2 and The Quay Resident’s Association held a Christmas in July event for the neighbourhood families to add their artistic flourishes to streetlamp banners in the run-up to Christmas.

“Christmastime in The Quay has always been a special time of the year,” says Intrapac Property chief operating officer Maxwell Shifman. “People moving into QUAY2 will have the benefit of having an established community next door with an enviable community spirit that will spill over to their own neighbourhood. “

Last year, a group of The Quay residents wanted to share the feeling they had of living in a special community, as well as wanting a way they could all get to know each other better and develop a community where families could become life-long friends.

“We took advantage of the festive holiday season, and with support from Council, developed an annual Christmas and New Year’s event for the neighbourhood to help get our community into the holiday spirit and celebrate together,” explains John de Witt of The Quay Resident’s Association. “We kick-started the holiday by designing and hanging about 170 – 1.4 metre streetlamp banners throughout the streets of The Quay.”

He said he was amazed at the result and that so many residents got into the holiday spirit. Some residents even put on holiday movies for neighbours by converting their driveway doors into cinema screens and handing out popcorn.

“The Quay was so colourful, it was like a cake with multi-coloured candles day and night,” says John. “Everyone, from within and outside The Quay, had so much fun – it was the talk of the local schools and town, and no doubt ‘Christmastime in The Quay’ has become a Surf Coast Shire special holiday destination to share!”

The Quay resident Nicole Nelson agrees, saying: “The Quay’s residents had such great enthusiasm about the project and the kids were so excited selecting the banners. We met so many new families and made friendships.”

Her eight-year-old daughter Sienna Nelson thinks it’s even more important as a way to showcase where she lives to Santa and his helpers: “I think Santa Claus and his reindeer can better see our neighbourhood now. I even saw his footsteps in the sand outside our house!”

The traditions will be continued this year and will take be taken to the next level in the holiday spirit by initiating a not-for-profit charity fundraiser with a house and street decoration awards contest, where the winner’s cash prize will be donated to their charity of choice.