Denman Prospect Display Village
Explore 8 display homes by the region’s leading builders
Step inside beautifully crafted display homes and discover the latest in and innovative living. Compare styles, layouts and inclusions from the region’s top builders, all in one convenient location.
Open Friday to Monday. Located on Romano Street. Visitor parking available.
Visit the land sales suite at 9 Romano Street to secure your block.
Space to enjoy
Spacious, light-filled apartments designed for comfort, ease and everyday living, in the heart of Denman Prospect. With everything you need close by, it’s a place to simplify, settle in, and truly enjoy the lifestyle you’ve been working towards. Quality finishes, thoughtful storage and a custom Flexi-Space create a simpler, smarter way of living at The Borough.
Visit our display apartments at G10, 1 Carden Street, Denman Prospect. Open 11am - 2pm on weekends. For more information, contact our sales team on (02) 6175 3300 or email borough@denmanprospect.com.au.
Note from the editor
Property is often viewed through the lens of individual homes, but the bigger story is how our cities and communities evolve.
This week’s feature explores the extraordinary growth of Whitlam, Australia’s fastest-growing suburb. As governments grapple with housing shortages and ambitious supply targets, Canberra has become an unexpected case study in the planning, infrastructure and long-term thinking required to create new communities.
We also showcase some of the region’s most desirable homes, including our cover property in Googong. These stories remind us that the future of property is shaped not only by great design, but by the decisions that determine where Australians live.
Find the house of your dreams
This gorgeous house is known as Sonadora, which is Spanish for “dreamer”. But when you live at 18 Borough Ridge, Googong, it’s a dream you won’t have to wake up from.
The home is grand in every sense. Covering 440 square metres across two levels, it features five bedrooms, multiple living spaces, and expansive outdoor entertaining areas.
The palette is distinctly Mediterranean, with bright whites complemented by soft terracotta, natural timber and pops of gold. Gentle curves and arches soften the oversized rooms, while huge windows and skylights flood them with natural light. Outside, it feels more like Greece than Googong, with a brilliantly blue plunge pool, white breeze blocks and a concrete fire pit.
“This is a masterfully designed residence that balances architectural presence with exceptional liveability,” says agent Gavin van Zyl of White Rhino Property.
The private sale has a price guide of $2.3 million to $2.5 million. Lucy Jones
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Expressions of interest: Close July 29
Agent: Berkely Residential, Bill Lyristakis 0418 626 593
Call a unique piece of Australian political history home with this one-of-a-kind property. Built in the 1940s for journalist and prime ministerial press secretary Donald K. Rodgers, the character of the era has been preserved alongside stylish modern updates. Its proportions are epic, with the 377-square-metre house set on what can only be described as an estate – a 2484-square-metre block with swimming pool, separate pool house, grass tennis court and grand gardens, all in one of Forrest’s most prestigious and tightly held addresses.
sale
Agent: Blackshaw Belconnen, Luke Revet 0418 101 213
This is luxury family living as it’s meant to be. Soaring ceilings, an open-plan layout and a split-level foor plan over 326 square metres create an incredible sense of scale. From the main bedroom, an oversized window looks over the sparkling swimming pool, which leads on to an enclosed al fresco space with outdoor kitchen. Immaculate presentation and a low-maintenance garden mean you can just sit back and enjoy your new lifestyle.
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41%
Source: Domain Group What our expert says
Dr Nicola Powell Chief residential economist
“Canberra is seeing price falls across houses and units, improving choice and giving buyers more leverage as the market cools.”
Source: Domain House Price Report June Quarter 2026 LAST WEEKEND HIGHEST SALE $1.38m LAWSON 3 Cooee Rise Sold by PRD Canberra CBD
Torrens
32 Brookman Street
$1.15 million-$1.2 million
5 3 2 EER 1.5
Auction: 10.45am, August 1
Agent: Hayman Partners, Glen Kingston 0417 170 733
Location, location, location meets potential, potential, potential here in Torrens. This 227-square-metre house is a blank slate, ready for all your renovation ideas. With solid double-brick construction, beautiful Tasmanian oak foors, multiple living areas and a separate self-contained guest suite on the lower level, it ofers the fexibility to create your dream home for years to come. Outside, established fruit trees, veggie gardens and brick garden beds make it easy to bring the block back to life. Torrens Primary School is within walking distance, as are the local shops.
Dufy
135a Burrinjuck Crescent Contact agent
4 2 1 EER 6
Forthcoming auction
Agent: Bastion Property Group, Theo Koutsikamanis 0431 543 649
Clean lines, a monochrome palette and abundant natural light create a home that is both stylish and welcoming. Timber foors, terrazzo tiling, stone benchtops, bespoke cabinetry and highend European appliances add a touch of luxury. The spacious kitchen fows onto a covered area outside, making for seamless entertaining, and the fourth bedroom can easily be used as an ofce. The location is just a short stroll from playgrounds, shops and schools.
Oxley
3/26 Schonell Circuit
$599,000+ 2 1 2 EER 3
Private sale
Agent: Belle Property Canberra, Lauren McDonald 0407 483 859
Everything feels efortless in this compact and contemporary home. Elevated and peaceful, it is surrounded by nature, with Oxley Hill Reserve and Lake Tuggeranong on its doorstep. Take in views of the Brindabellas, as well as both sunrise and sunset, from the new merbau timber decks. A large foyer and separate living and dining rooms ofer fexibility. Double-brick construction ensures privacy from neighbouring homes, while the enclosed backyard is ideal for kids or pets. There is also an undercover carport with additional storage and a separate laundry.
Words by Jil Hogan
Australia’s fastestgrowing suburb
The nation’s premier growth hotspot is a lesson in how the right government planning can ease the housing crisis.
When Laura Tintio and her family moved to Whitlam in 2023, they became the Canberra suburb’s 100th household. Just a few years earlier, only seven people called it home.
Today, more than 1600 residents live there, making Whitlam Australia’s fastest-growing ABS SA2 region – a statistical area used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics to defne a mediumsized community – for the second consecutive year.
As Australia grapples with a chronic housing shortage, the area has become an unlikely case study in what it takes for a new community to grow rapidly.
New data from Primara Research has found Whitlam’s population surged 346 per cent over the past two years, far outpacing every other SA2 region in the
country. Second on the list was the ACT’s Parkes North, at 55 per cent.
Whitlam’s back-to-back national ranking is “the frst time it has happened in 10 years of data”, says Primara head of research and data Peter Drennan.
“We’ve seen suburbs follow similar trajectories, but leading the national rankings two years running, at this pace, from this starting point, hasn’t been replicated anywhere else.”
No other region across any state came close to matching Whitlam’s growth. Four of the seven fastest-growing areas nationally were in the ACT, including Taylor (47 per cent) and Strathnairn (38 per cent). Victoria’s fastest-growing area, Fraser Rise-Plumpton, recorded 51 per cent growth over two years, followed by Box Hill-Nelson (NSW) and Tarneit North (Vic), both at 43 per cent.
“We’ve got a great little community here. You just don’t get that if you move into an established suburb.” Laura Tintio
Bold frontier: While there may be “growing pains”, new suburbs offer young families a chance to build their own communities.
stage releases, and importantly, the consistent civil construction.”
As a government agency, Davey says they are led by a commitment to delivering land in a timely and transparent way. “We keep our foot on the pedal and just keep that pipeline moving,” he says.
Clyde North-South (Vic), AustralGreendale (NSW) and Virginia-Waterloo Corner (SA) rounded out the top 10. At the other end, Tasmania’s fastest-growing area, Rokeby, grew just 5 per cent.
Sitting nine kilometres west of the Canberra CBD, Whitlam is a masterplanned community delivered by the ACT government’s Suburban Land Agency (SLA).
SLA chief executive Adam Davey says Whitlam is an example of what can happen when you have a consistent pipeline of serviced land, aligned with infrastructure, civil works and market demand.
“It’s a strong example of how planned suburban development works when you get the sequencing right,” he says.
“The success of our approach to Whitlam’s growth is, in part, due to our coordinated built infrastructure
Davey believes the mix of traditional residential blocks, terraces, mediumdensity housing, afordable homes and community housing has broadened Whitlam’s appeal.
“It’s a really diverse housing mix, which provides opportunities for a lot of diferent types of people to buy land there and to live there,” he says.
Tintio and her family have seen the growth frst-hand and love living in Whitlam. “Most of our street moved in around a similar time,” she says. “We’ve got a great little community here. You just don’t get that if you move into an established suburb.
“Our street is mostly comprised of young families, we’ve got a street group chat and have our annual Halloween walk that the kids look forward to every year.”
However, the rapid population growth has brought both opportunities and growing pains. Tintio says infrastructure
has struggled to keep pace, citing rising trafc congestion and the fact that the area’s schools and local shops are only now being built.
“While it’s exciting to see the suburb become more lively, see more people walking the streets, it’s disappointing how much the infrastructure and amenities have lagged,” she says.
“Once it all fnally catches up, it will be great. That’s the price you pay to live in a newly established suburb, I guess.”
The research comes as Australia faces mounting pressure to increase housing supply. Separate modelling by Primara Research estimates the country would need the equivalent of another “172 Whitlams” to meet the federal government’s housing targets. Drennan says the comparison highlights why the challenge is so signifcant.
“The problem is they don’t happen quickly,” he says. “They require years of planning and infrastructure before a single resident arrives.
“The housing shortfall is a ‘now’ problem. The Whitlam model is a decade-long solution.
“[But] it shows what the pipeline looks like when it works. You can trace every stage, the approvals, the build mix,
POPULATION GROWTH
the ACT*
Whitlam +346%
Parkes North +55%
Taylor +47%
Strathnairn +38%
Source: Primara Research *2024 and 2025
the population response, the capacity still to come.”
And the suburb is still growing, with around 130 single residential blocks still to be released in 2027/28.
“Whitlam [is] producing measurable results in one of the few jurisdictions broadly on track against the national target,” Drennan says.
Four of Australia’s seven fastest-growing suburbs are in
Above: Laura Tintio and her family live in a street comprised of young families who moved to Whitlam around the same time.
MEET THE MAKERS
Words by Pauline Morrissey
Asian-made and proud of it
Reddie furniture founders Caroline and Andrew Olah are fying the fag for Asia’s heritage of handcraftsmanship and woodworking.
There’s a bias in the Australian design industry that rarely gets named, but shows up all the same. For Reddie co-founder Caroline Olah, it surfaced early – in the slight hesitation she noticed when she spoke about where her furniture was made. A reaction that suggested quality still had a geography. Rather than sidestep that response, Olah and her husband, Andrew, built their furniture brand around it, grounding it in that exact point of tension – the way the label “Made in Asia” continues to be perceived within the Australian design landscape.
As a half-Indonesian, half-Australian designer, she saw no reason to separate authorship from making, even as others in the industry did.
“I am proud of both sides of my heritage, and I wanted to celebrate both Australian design and our incredible Indonesian makers from the very beginning,” she says. “When we launched over 10 years ago, I’d see a look of disappointment when I mentioned we were Indonesian-made – as if Westernmade was the only benchmark.”
Challenging that perception has defned Reddie’s trajectory. Before founding the brand, Olah worked as an interior architect and identifed a more practical gap.
“There was a lack of versatility with products, as you couldn’t tailor items by material and size to suit your projects,” Olah says. “I needed something in between of-the-shelf and custom.”
At the same time, the market leaned heavily on mass production, with limited focus on reuse. Reddie began as a way to address those constraints, creating furniture that could be adapted and made from reclaimed materials, primarily timber.
To do that properly, the business required control over production, which led it to establish its own workshop in northern Java.
“The town we are in is by the ocean, and it has an incredible heritage of hand-craftsmanship and woodworking,” Olah says.
Owning the factory meant they could move away from static inventory and towards a made-to-order model, while ensuring the conditions and care behind
Closing the circle: Caroline and Andrew Olah use premium discarded materials for their furniture.
each piece matched the values they were putting forward.
Working with 100 per cent reclaimed timber defnes the brand’s pace and process. Materials are sourced from old buildings and construction waste, then reworked by hand – a method that demands more time and skill, but produces a diferent outcome.
“The material is inherently more difcult to work with,” Olah explains, noting that nails must be removed manually and each piece crafted through hands-on making. That constraint carries through to Reddie’s design process, where the products are shaped less by trends than by what is needed and what the material allows.
“If someone tells us there is a gap in the market, like a lack of comfortable wooden stools with backs, that becomes our next brief,” Olah says. “I always start by sketching the initial ideas. From there, concepts are run past our sales team, who are all ex-interior designers, for their input on form and marketability.
“Next, our factory team weighs in on the structural integrity, often adding touches of traditional Javanese craftsmanship.”
Still, the question of perception remains. While attitudes towards manufacturing
“It hurts me when an Asian-made product is world-class, yet its origins are intentionally concealed.” Caroline Olah
in Asia have shifted, Olah is clear that recognition hasn’t caught up.
“People are becoming more open, but for me, acceptance isn’t enough,” she says, pointing to a hierarchy that continues to position Western production as the benchmark.
For Olah, the issue isn’t where something is made, but how it’s valued in the country of consumption.
“Asian craftsmanship has existed for centuries, and these artisans mastered their craft long before brands began manufacturing in the region,” she says.
“It hurts me when an Asian-made product is world-class, yet its origins are intentionally concealed.”
More than a decade on, Reddie continues to operate with clarity around where and how its furniture is made.
“I want every brand manufacturing in Asia to step up and be ‘Proudly made in Asia’,” Olah says, not as a provocation, but as a necessary correction.
Far left and above: Reddie furniture as used by interior designers Alexandra Grisedale, above, and Georgina Wilson, left.
Left and below left:
The Reddie workshop in northern Java, Indonesia.
Words by Jil Hogan
Masterclass in modern design
From the street, this home is every bit the gracious Reid residence, with its heritage brickwork and terracotta-tiled roof. But step inside, and you’re served up a masterclass in contemporary design, where heritage charm and modern luxury complement one another beautifully.
Natural light pours through oversized glazing, illuminating European oak foors, soaring ceilings and a restrained palette of marble, timber and stone. The bulk of the living is at ground level. In the kitchen, elegant marble wraps a
sculptural island bench, complemented by integrated appliances, a butler’s pantry and custom joinery that keeps surfaces beautifully uncluttered.
Alongside it, open-plan living and dining are anchored by a gas freplace. Sliding doors connect the spaces outdoors in every direction, including a terrace with an outdoor kitchenette and a heated mineral salt pool.
In the accommodation wing, the main suite features a custom dressing room, dedicated makeup station and a luxurious Carrara marble en suite
“This is the second collaboration between Papas Projects and Thursday Architecture, following
Elimatta
For buyers who admired that home but missed the opportunity, this is a rare second chance.” with futed glass detailing, while the remaining bedrooms are spacious and serviced by equally refned bathrooms with underfoor heating.
Head downstairs and you’ll fnd a level of amenity rarely found in inner-city homes. There’s a sprawling 180-squaremetre basement, housing a garage for up to six vehicles, a custom wine cellar, an expansive games and rumpus room, another courtyard, and an additional bedroom and bathroom.
Even the mudroom, with its curved cabinetry, is like a work of art in itself.
CBD, Reid
Josh Morrissey Hive Property
62 WANDERLIGHT AVENUE LAWSON
Perched in one of Lawson’s most coveted positions, this architecturally considered split-level residence commands attention from the moment you arrive. Completed in 2017, its soaring extra-high ceilings immediately establish a sense of scale and refinement, creating a home that refuses to compromise on space or presence. An open-plan living and dining area flows from the modern kitchen, where stone-look benchtops, stainless steel appliances and generous storage cater to every occasion, while ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning and a fireplace ensure comfort yearround. Five well-proportioned bedrooms with built-in robes accommodate families with ease, and the upper level’s private kitchenette offers flexibility for teenagers, extended family or guests. In-floor heating adds a rare layer of luxury. Outside, a low-maintenance garden surrounds the in-ground swimming pool, the centrepiece of summer living, with solar panels reducing energy costs and a remote double garage providing secure parking and additional storage. EER 4.5 New Listing
Immaculately presented, brand new, light filled, North facing terraces. Rare opportunity to secure your own piece of a prestigious terrace style home in the sought after Molonglo Valley.
- Brand New Terraces / Ready To Move In Immediately.
- Separate Title Terraces / No Body Corporate Fees.
- Flexible Settlement Terms / Only Limited Terraces Now Available.
*Buyers should verify their eligibility for exemption of stamp duty with ACT
KALLIR STREET DENMAN PROSPECT
DUFFY 45 Somerset Street
4
AUCTION Sat 15/08/2026, 10am onsite
VIEWING Sat 25/07/2026, 11-11.40am Sun 26/07/2026, 11-11.40am Tues 28/07/2026, 5-5.30pm CONTACT Alisa Lawrence 0404 066 119
Exceptional family living
Perfectly positioned in a premier location with sweeping views, this beautifully designed home combines generous proportions with a striking split-level floorplan.
Three spacious living areas, a family-sized kitchen and a segregated rumpus provide flexibility for growing families and effortless entertaining.
Outside, the neatly landscaped, low-maintenance gardens let you enjoy your weekends, while nearby ovals, walking trails and a dog park complete an enviable family lifestyle in a highly sought-after setting. EER 4
MAWSON 22 Bernacchi Street
Much loved family home, sited on a generous 901m2 RZ2 block boasting uninterrupted views across the Mawson landscape to Mount Taylor. Presented to please and featuring spacious lounge, dining and multi-purpose rooms, modern kitchen and bathroom plus ceiling fans and built-in robes in all bedrooms.
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Words by Jil Hogan
Nerrigundah
Lot 47 Gulph Creek Road
$465,000
Private sale
Agent: Raine & Horne Batemans Bay, Bronwyn Geppert 0405 109 877
Embrace of-grid living at this contemporary tiny home. Thoughtfully designed for comfortable, self-sufcient living, it features a full kitchen, a woodburning freplace and solar power, while the outdoor bathroom lets you shower with nothing but nature around you. Set on 1400 square metres, it feels worlds away but is just 15 minutes from Bodalla.
Royalla 102 Sherwood Place $1.975 million
Private sale Agent: Rapport Property, Marc Donohue 0417 646 417
At the end of a cul-de-sac, this home sits on 12.5 hectares of rolling countryside. Spacious, light-flled interiors include multiple living areas, while large windows frame the surrounding landscape. A covered al fresco zone and fre pit are made for entertaining or quiet evenings, all overlooking peaceful valleys, established grounds and a dam.
Words by Ray Sparvell
Premium spot with pumped-up potential
The opportunity has arisen to acquire a 7-Eleven fuel station and convenience retail outlet in Karabar – the only one in the crossborder town.
Fuel has been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons as events continue to unfold in the Middle East.
However, while there has been a parallel spike in electric vehicle sales –March alone saw a doubling in Australia from a year earlier – the dominant on-road category is still heavily weighted toward traditional consumption.
This outlet occupies a site of almost 2000 square metres and has modern fuel infrastructure, including fbreglass tanks and a truck-height canopy.
On ofer is a long 15-year lease to 2032, and three fve-year options have the potential to extend it to 2047.
The net income is more than $440,000 plus GST a year, boosted by fxed 3.5
per cent annual rental increases, with the tenant responsible for most outgoings.
Kieran Bourke of CBRE NSW says the opportunity represents a solid and secure investment. “It’s leased by one of the biggest brands in the country with global backing,” he says. “The combination of
property, lease and tenant makes for a compelling proposition.”
The head ofce lease is held by 7-Eleven Australia, which has about 760 stores nationally and forms part of 7-Eleven International, which has more than 84,000 sites.
Karabar 2 Southbar Road
$6.5 million
Agent: CBRE NSW, Kieran Bourke 0417 418 007
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