Where it sits.
A closer look.
Winter Valley co-living generates $52,000 annual income on Ballarat's fastest-growing corridor. Built to 7-star energy standards with full infrastructure, this model captures explosive 58.7% population growth since 2021 driven by interstate migration.
Key highlights
- ✓$52,000 annual income from purpose-built co-living model
- ✓7-star energy rating reduces operational costs and tenant compliance risk
- ✓58.7% population growth since 2021, 85% from interstate migration
- ✓Winter Valley median growth 5.45% annually, outpacing Ballarat average
- ✓Delacombe Town Centre Stage 3 commences 2025, adds major retail anchor
Why this investment works
Demographic tailwind underpins tenant demand
Winter Valley grew from 3,440 to 5,460 residents in five years. Interstate migrants dominate inflow, signalling sustained housing demand beyond local cycles. Co-living suits this cohort.
Infrastructure investment attracts employer demand
Ballarat West Employment Zone (438 hectares) completed Stage 2 early 2025. Intermodal Freight Hub ($27.75M federal funding) breaks ground mid-2026. Local jobs reduce tenant churn.
Compliance built into construction, not retrofit
7-star rating, engineer-designed slab, BAL bushfire compliance, full services (NBN, recycled water, underground power) embedded at build. Eliminates future remediation costs and tenant disputes.
Capital growth backs income returns
Median house price $580,000 with 5.45% annual growth. 41 days on market signals tight supply. Co-living premium to standard housing not yet priced in as supply tightens.
Property features 80 inclusions
- Building Permit
- Site Assessment & Survey
- Energy Rating Report (min. 7 star)
- Bushfire (BAL) Compliance (where applicable)
- Stormwater, Sewer, Water & Single-Phase Underground Power
- Recycled Water (where applicable)
- NBN run in to front of home
- Engineer Designed Slab – Up to P Classification
- Termite Treatment
- Temporary Fencing
- 3-month maintenance
- 10-year structural warranty
- Engineer designed wall frames & roof trusses
- Face brickwork with rolled joints
- Acrylic rendered feature to front facade
- Concrete roof tiles
- Colorbond fascia, guttering and downpipes
- Feature Aluminium Windows to front façade
- Aluminium Windows & External Door
- Keyed Locks provided to all openable windows and doors
- Aluminium Framed Flyscreens
- Feature Front Entry Door
- Programmable Entry Lockset with PIN Code keypad to front entry door
- Sectional Colorbond garage door with 2 remote controls
- Plasterboard lined ceiling & walls to garage
- 900mm electric stainless-steel oven
- 900mm electric ceramic cooktop
- 900mm stainless steel rangehood
- 600mm freestanding under bench stainless steel dishwasher
- 1 & 1/3 bowl stainless steel sink
- 20mm engineered stone benchtops
- Laminate cabinet doors, drawers & kickboards
- Melamine modular cabinets
- Chrome handles
- Pantry with melamine shelves & lockable sections
- 20mm engineered stone vanity tops
- Inset vanity basin
- Semi framed shower screen
- Mixer tapware to vanity basin & shower
- Close coupled toilet suite
- Polished Edge Mirrors
- Tiled Shower Bases
- Minimum of 1 bathroom AS1428.1 compliant (ambulant)
- Stainless Steel trough & white metal cabinet (laundry)
- Ceramic wall tiles to ensuites and kitchen/laundry splashback
- Ceramic floor tiles to wet areas
- Carpet to bedrooms
- Laminate timber look flooring to living areas & kitchen
- Water based acrylic paint to all walls & ceilings
- Insulation to all external walls & ceilings
- 10mm plaster board to walls & ceilings
- 75mm cove cornice throughout
- 67mm x 12mm bevelled MDF skirting boards & architraves
- Flush panel 2040mm high internal doors
- Programmable Entry Lockset with PIN Code keypad to all bedroom doors
- Robes to all bedrooms including mirror sliding doors
- Linen cupboard including vinyl sliding doors & melamine shelves
- Electric heat pump
- 2 external taps
- Wall hung heating panels to all bedrooms
- Split system air-conditioning unit in main living area
- PV System to meet energy rating requirements
- White LED downlights throughout home & front entry
- Fluorescent strip light to garage
- Floodlight with sensor outside external doors
- Double power points throughout home
- TV point to living
- Telephone/Data points to kitchen, living & bedrooms
- Ducted exhaust fans with timer to ensuites and laundry
- Smoke detectors hardwired with battery backup
- RCD Safety Switch
- Block out roller blinds with chain winder
- Basic landscaping package
- Coloured concrete driveway
- Irrigated Turf to front & rear garden
- Lilydale/Tuscan Toppings
- Drought resistant planting including mulch
- Letter box
- Ground mounted folding clothesline
- Boundary fencing in accordance with Estate requirements
Floor plan.
