First houses soon on old airbase

Construction is about to start on the first 82 houses at Hobsonville Point's new Buckley precinct.

Hobsonville Land Company chief executive Sean Bignell said the houses would be ready for the first residents early next year.

Earthmoving contractors are working over many hectares of the former airbase, forming sections near the entrance to the 3000-house project off the Hobsonville motorway.

Contractors Dempsey and Wood are doing civil works between the motorway and a pony club so four house-building firms can start laying floorslabs and putting up walls.

Universal Homes, Jennian Homes, G.J. Gardner Homes and Jalcon Homes will offer many different designs, some aimed at first-home buyers. Bignell said about 600 of the 3000 Hobsonville residences would be "affordable".

Rodney Chadwick, developments project director of AVJennings which is overall project manager, said places would start from about $350,000. These would be about 100sq m, one to two bedrooms and in either terrace, courtyard, detached or town-house styles.

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Posted: 22 Feb 2010

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