VIC Hidden valley

Hi all,
My partner and I are looking at purchasing a block of land in hidden valley (Wallan), has anybody here had any experience buying there as details are fairly scarce and there seems to be a few restrictions in regards to building there so would love some feedback from other members!

Regards
Rob

 

Must be hidden

 

They have around 25 sort of covenants/guidelines to build thr.
But the place is really beautiful to live in.
I was about to buy thr couple of years back but my work doesnt allow me to move thr.

 

Sorry cannot help you as I don't know hidden valley estate to that level of detail. My in laws life up there but in the pretty sally estate.

 

I have a close friend who bought an established home there on a few acres. absolutely stunning estate, when i'm up there i can stand at the window for half an hour just looking out at the view.

I don't know the in's and outs of the restrictions, but they did mention a few things like roof tiles need to be a certain colour, building envelopes are tightly defined, and any structure must go past council (pretty standard).

TBH it didnt seem a huge amount different to any other mid-higher tier estate. Years ago i looked at building in subruban WA and restrictions included garage had to be <50% of frontage, roof pitch between certain degrees, drive a certain width, no visible caravans from the road, house a certain colour, basically ultimate cookie cutter approach. There is a great variety of designs in Hidden Valley so i don't imagine the restrictions are anything too intense.

Some tips for the build:

• don't under-estimate the clay soil there, make sure your engineer/geotech knows their stuff
• go extreme on white ant protection. One of their neighbours has it so bad they're considering a demo and rebuild on a relatively new house.
• Not build related, but one thing my mate got pinned on was grass being over 75mm long (fire hazard). around Spring, they are out there on the ride-on mower every other weekend