Gardener's Ridge is a new estate in North Kellyville, NSW. Stage 1 is complete and registered and one home has been started. Stage 2/3 will be developed and hopefully become registered around September 2014. http://www.gardenersridge.com/
We have purchased lot #309 in stage 3 on Willandra Crescent and are currently investigating designs. Early front runner is Wisdom Homes but nothing locked in yet. Keen to connect with anyone else building or buying in Gardener's Ridge!
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Browse Forums Building A New House  06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 2Mar 16, 2014 4:22 am Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 29 Jan 2014 37 NSW Junior Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 3Mar 16, 2014 7:13 am Hi all & thanks scoturner for starting the thread. We have bought lot 216 & have just signed our contract with Eden Brae for a single story house. Exciting to see some house building progress in stage 1 & looking forward to see some changes start to happen in stages 2 & 3. Looking forward to getting to know our little neighbourhood & reading about their building journeys. 02 May 2013 200 NSW Bronze Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 4Mar 16, 2014 12:32 pm Hi All This thread is a good idea. I'm hoping for the slab to go down next week. The site supervisor has given us an estimated completion date of July 3!! Hopefully we can get some more people onto this thread. 06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 5Mar 24, 2014 11:28 am We went up to have a look around at the weekend. Congratulations mars78 on having your slab down! Have you any photos to share ? There was also some activity going on up in Willandra Crescent, it looked like the two lots that were marked NFS. Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 01 Oct 2013 51 NSW Loyal Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 6Mar 24, 2014 11:44 am Yeah we drove up yesterday as well and saw the activity in the NFS lots - no idea what the guys were building though - couldn't make out why you'd be building those pylons along the front of those blocks like that. 06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 7Mar 24, 2014 11:56 am Hopefully Ross will enlighten us in the next news letter or maybe next time I'm there I'll introduce myself and hopefully find out. Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 02 May 2013 200 NSW Bronze Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 8Mar 25, 2014 8:12 am Hi Guys, Yes we're making good progress. I've attached a photo of our slab. As for the 2 Environmental Living blocks, the one with the fence is Ross' block. He will likely be relocating there. The other block with the pylons is the grandson of Mr Winston who lives on Stringer. Not sure when he will start building either but he's putting up his permanent boundary wall. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 14 Mar 2014 15 NSW Junior Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 9Apr 07, 2014 3:07 pm Hi fellow neighbours, We're in lot 312 of stage 3 and I have a question. Where do we fall in terms of zoning/release area? Is it the Smalls Creek or Kellyville Ridge as the 2 have different setbacks and will affect the choice of houses. Thanks! 14 Mar 2014 15 NSW Junior Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 11Apr 07, 2014 4:09 pm  mars78Hi Kibukiri Welcome! We are on the Ridge. Smalls creek is generally on the other south side of Barry / Hezlett. Thanks Mars78 for the quick response! We're having a bit of an issue deciding on design with setbacks now since we're on the Ridge side as we're interested in building with Metricon Laguna and one of the sales from Metricon indicated that the setback for the Ridge side is 8m from the rear! That is insane! It means we are very limited in what we can build 06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 12Apr 07, 2014 5:00 pm Hi Kibukiri and welcome neighbour! I'm next door in Lot 311, it was nice to actually meet you up at GR at the weekend. As to set backs I believe that the 8m is to the first floor and that the ground floor setback is 6m. Also if you go the CDC route they can be different. I could be wrong - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! What I have asked our builder to confirm is that I think our row of houses needs a 4000L tank rather than 3000L but I need to wade through the DCP again to see if I can find it myself. Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 02 May 2013 200 NSW Bronze Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 13Apr 07, 2014 7:28 pm Hi Kibukiri, Lunar is correct. You need to check out the CDC SEPP codes for the appropriate setbacks. We are under the required 6m setback and the ridiculous 1.8m side setbacks by going through CDC. 01 Oct 2013 51 NSW Loyal Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 14Apr 08, 2014 6:52 am Ah well that's a right pain in the proverbial! Just looked at the CDC SEPP for the first time and looks like we get hit by the large side setback due to our lot having a 19m frontage. 1.6m minimum + extra for height. If we go through council instead of CDC, do they revert to 900mm or will our width penalise us as well?
06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 15Apr 08, 2014 7:15 am Hi Scoturner, Our lot is 19m wide too and we are planning to go the CDC route. Our builder has told us that we need a minimum 1.5m side setback to comply. I shall double check today as any larger will have implications for our proposed pool. The person responsible for our tender has recently left the company so I am in the process of going through it all with our new tender presenter at the moment. Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 14 Mar 2014 15 NSW Junior Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 16Apr 08, 2014 8:47 am Thanks for the responses guys.
Going to have a read through the CDC and see what the deal with setbacks are. An 8m rear setback for the first floor will mean we will have to trim almost 3m off the house we chose...its almost funny. 06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 17Apr 18, 2014 5:51 pm Easter and the sun was shining so what better time to pop up and see the progress at Gardener's Ridge. Lots to see on Stage 1 and Stage 2&3. I remembered my camera and hopefully my first attempt at loading photos with photobucket will work. http://i744.photobucket.com/albums/xx82 ... b88008.jpg Willandra Crescent from Stage 1 looking towards Bruce Place Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ 06 Nov 2013 302 NSW Silver Member Re: Gardener's Ridge, North Kellyville 19Apr 18, 2014 6:41 pm No Scoturner, no merc for us, mine is a white golf in dire need of a wash. We said hi to lot 301 who were visiting today and chatted to Ross too. Looks like my attempt at uploading a photo didn't quite go to plan. I was hoping it would embed the actual photo like mars78 has done. Building a Wisdom Majestic 40 at Gardener's Ridge My blog: http://majestic40atgardenersridge.wordpress.com/ Petercurtis You able to contact the certifier and get a copy of your structural plans, if they are not in your contract. If your home was approved via CDC then they… 1 31462  Thanks Mark. Yes our new designer is amazing! I will post some updates as it progresses Thanks again for your kind words Cheers Simeon 4 19539 Hi Jason, We have designed a couple of these on "Pizza" shaped lots with north to rear. If you PM me I can send you some plans to inspire you as you begin your journey… 1 7548 |
