Waterfront panorama
Sandra Goodwin finds a development with a relaxed coastal lifestyle
Scott Bay, a new waterfront residential community on elevated cliff top land a few minutes south of Hobsonville Point is intended to serve as a flagship for its developer. Bei Group’s commercial and development manager Sean Park says: “We believe this is one of the best spaces in all of Hobsonville being waterfront land with panoramic views across the Waitemata Harbour.”
“We’ll be delivering the sort of quality necessary to establish this as a flagship development for Bei Group in order to position us for other projects in the future.”
The company will create a new neighbourhood centred around 22 architecturally designed residential homes it’s selling off the plans, and will build within a 5.3ha wider subdivision it is developing. The range of contemporary homes at 20 Scott Rd, Hobsonville will extend from eight two- bedroom affordable duplex houses designated for qualifying first- home buyers to six premium waterfront stand- alone four- bedroom homes.
The development will feature a coastal walkway along the ocean’s edge. At its hub will be a fully landscaped communal waterfront park with barbecue areas, flanked by the most premium homes Bei Group will build at Scott Bay.
Sean says: “These 22 homes will all be freehold properties on fee simple titles so there will be no body corporate fees involved. We are seeing a market trend towards people wanting their own space, avoiding the burden of a body corporate levy. You see a lot of new medium and high- density developments in town; really what sets Scott Bay apart is the relaxed coastal lifestyle it will offer. And that is in a sought- after area which is already very well equipped with so many amenities and still developing further.”
This will be an important foundation project for Bei Group, a privately owned independent company established two years ago, encompassing both property development and commercial property investment divisions.
They commissioned Context Architects to design Scott Bay’s homes to suit their individual context and orientation, maximising sunlight, privacy and liveability. SCOTT BAY, HOBSONVILLE A: B: C: D: INSPECT: SCHOOLS: CONTACT: WEB:
Context’s project lead for Scott Bay, Brenda Ni, says key building materials across the neighbourhood of homes will be “cedar, bagged brick, aluminium standing seam and vertical shiplap weatherboards, creating interesting yet cohesive designs. Each home has a unique flavour with distinctive attributes”.
All 22 homes will be two- storey. The six closest to the water feature extensive glazing maximising water views and double- storey glazed corridors opening to private courtyards. Some of these fourbedroom, double garage homes have grand, double- height living rooms and some have layouts lending themselves to either a live- work or extended family situation.
The remaining 16 homes will flank a yet- to- benamed road feeding off Scott Rd, from which the development takes its name. There will be eight four- bedroom single garage homes with one additional off- street parking space; four of them duplexes and four stand- alone ( or detached).
The development gained resource consent as a Special Housing Area ( SHA) with the criteria that the remaining eight homes meet $ 618,750 pricing and be sold to first- home buyers who meet certain qualifying conditions. These affordable homes will be two- bedroom weatherboard duplexes with one off- street park each.
Scott Bay is 10 minutes’ drive from Albany and Westgate and 20 minutes off- peak from downtown Auckland. Hobsonville Point Wharf’s 40- minute ferry journey into central Auckland leaves less than 10 minutes’ drive north. The 22 homes are scheduled for completion in mid- 2019.