Orchard has lots of big potential
LARGE- lot residential estate The Orchard is developing at a rapid pace with a sales centre and display home under construction as new houses take shape.
Yesterday the roof went on the estate’s sales centre which will also double as a display home once it opens to the public in March.
Buyer activity has also ramped up at the estate with seven houses are either under construction or about to start being built.
Orchard sales manager Paul Fotinos said the estate had proved popular with mature buyers searching for large blocks of land.
“It’s predominantly second or third home buyers wanting to build their dream home and it’s all owner occupiers,” he said.
“We get a lot of people who have come from Ingham or Charters Towers and they are coming from acreage or farms and they still want to be able to have a shed and a ride on mower.
“A lot of people also want side access and want to know they have room to put a pool in at a later date.”
The Orchard, at Darling Rd in Jensen, has been developed by Elements North Queensland with stage one having blocks ranging in size from 1000sq m to 2200sq m.
Stage two will be released early next year.
The larger lots mean resi- dents have room for a large house, shed, swimming pool and big backyard.
Recent land purchasers include an IT guru building a smart home and a couple constructing a two- storey Hamptons- inspired home on an 1800sq m block.
Mr Fotinos said a rise in confidence in Townsville’s economy had also spurred buyers to snap up land.
“People thinking about buying their second or third home are starting to pull the trigger and say it’s time move,” Mr Fotinos said.
He said their land sales office was being built as a wellappointed house on a 1000sq m block.
“The purpose of it is to show that even with a medium sized, well- appointed house you can still have a swimming pool, a cricket pitch down the side and a shed,” he said.
“People can actually walk around the yard and see the scale of the block.” to