Boomers starting to embrace group home living in suburbs
LOS ANGELES: Boomers are starting to embrace quality designed group home living in inner city suburban settings.
Five grouped homes have been proposed on a Dalkeith block.
The property on 69 Waratah Avenue in Dalkeith was sold to Ivory Developments Pty Ltd last year for $3.3m.
Plans from Niche Living and Northbridge-based firm Zuideveld Marchant Hur Architects are being advertised by the City of Nedlands until May 4.
The application is the second grouped home proposal to be advertised on the street within a few months, with Hanred Pty Ltd recently submitting plans for three dwellings at 64 Waratah Avenue.
Medium-density dwellings in Dalkeith and throughout the city have proved controversial, with the city currently involved in a State Administrative Tribunal battle with one of its own councillors.
Cr Blane Brackenridge — who is an architect by trade — had plans for four grouped dwellings on Alexander Road in Dalkeith voted down last year.
The city and councillor are currently going through confidential mediation.
Last year Joydem Pty Ltd defeated the city twice in the SAT, having refusals of grouped homes overturned on appeal in Tyrell Street and Louise Street in Nedlands.
But the folly of refusing applications that are likely to be overturned on appeal has slowly dawned on the council.
In November, the council narrowly approved a five-home proposal after Cr Noel Youngman argued the city could not afford going back to SAT and spending tens of thousands of dollars again.