Real Estate
11 September, 2024
Welcome to ‘Palm Springs’
AN upmarket $50 million 33-lot development depicting Palm Springs in California is due to start soon at Port Douglas.
BeChe will be created by Allaro Homes off Mitre St at Craiglie and opposite Pullman Port Douglas Sea Temple Resort and Spa.
Allaro Homes business development manager Troy Cavallaro said the project would mix Mediterranean-style with Palms Springs.
He said the houses would involve big curves and half and full arches “which haven’t been around for a long time” but were “all the rage” down south.
Palm Springs architectural features include flat roofs with clean lines, open floor plans, large windows, integration with nature using stone and wood, a minimalist aesthetic, the use of modern materials to create bold geometric shapes and flat planes and angles.
Land and house packages range from about 400sqm lots to 1000sqm with the cheapest package about $1.15 million and the bigger lots of between $2m-$2.5m.
Mr Cavallaro said there were two-bedroom dual-key single storey villas up to two-storey, five-bedroom properties with a pool and high-end finishes such as brass tapware, natural stones and melaleuca trees on site would be milled and used in construction.
He said the family firm had spent a lot of money on fill to lift the site and protect against flooding which would be of great benefit to Ozcare’s Port Douglas Aged Care Facility next door, which had been inundated in the past. The water would be filtered through bio-retention filters and basins and would be of the best quality as it flowed into the wetlands, Mr Cavallaro said.
He said interest was 95 per cent from southern buyers but also some from locals.
Mr Cavallaro said the homes would be ideal holiday let-style accommodation for six to nine months of the year.
“They are 100m off the beach, 20m to Sea Temple and some are overlooking a golf course,” he said.
Mr Cavallaro said 10 houses and land packages were already under contract.
He said locals would probably wait to see the first completed homes before making any commitments.
After civil works – expected to start about now – construction of the first house was expected to start early next year, he said. Allaro Homes are also involved with the Half Moon Bay development at Trinity Park and Casa Mia at Gordonvale.
