House Styles

Swan Hill Village will offer architect-designed, modern two and three bedroom homes either:

• Within the majority of the Village (approximately 120 homes) made up of attractive streetscapes for residents capable of living independently or;
• In a dedicated 'assisted' living units precinct (approximately 30 to choose from) for residents who want to be closer to services and have their own community hall for meals and meeting others.

Swan Hill Village is a master pre-planned community. This means that all the housing styles and choices are designed and approved by Council before release.

• This ensures that you will have certainty as to the type of houses around you in your precinct of the Estate.
• This also means that you have certainty that the design intention of the development and the streetscape in which you live will be fulfilled.

Design

Homes will be modern and designed to provide an abundance of natural light, maximum winter warmth and summer shade. They will feature:

• Colourbond roofs;
• Open plan living areas;
• Bedrooms with built-in (and/or walk-in) robes and;
• In some cases, attached lock up garages with workshop space.

Specific "age in place" features will include:

• No steps within the home to avoid tripping points
• Lever type taps and door handles to assist arthritis sufferers
• Adjustable height shower rose assembly
• Large power and light point switches, with commonly used power point positions at convenient heights
• Multiple phone points within the home – master point with control dialler to central care provider support service
• All electric cooking appliances
• Graded entry tiling and recessed sliding door frames that eliminates steps at external door points
• Use of pot drawers in kitchen cupboards to enable you to access the hard to reach cupboard areas
• Slip resistant floor tiles
• Blocking points behind the walls for easy installation of grab rails (as and if required)
• Removable shower screens with graded shower base that eliminates step
• Large bathroom circulation space that allows carer assistance
• Wide front entry door to the home and wide span doors internally with wide corridors
• Half height hanging rails in Walk in Robe spaces to save "reaching up".