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New RV village for grey nomads
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A Queensland housing community catering to those who enjoy the RV lifestyle and own large motorhomes is close to fruition.Work has started on Queensland's first RV-focused residential community, a 210 home housing estate on the Fraser Coast catering to the needs of the over 50s, grey nomad population.
The RV Homebase facility has been designed from the ground up to cater for caravan and motorhome owners, and will offer residents a low maintenance, six star energy rated home, with the ability to park a full-size caravan or motorhome undercover alongside their home, connected to power, water and a dump point.
In addition, residents will have unlimited access to RV focussed facilities, including a high tech RV wash, an RV hobby workshop, happy hour hut, outdoor kitchen and fire pits, as well as other facilities including a 25m heated lap pool, fitness centre, bowls rinks, community centre/dance floor, and dog park.
"Caravan and motorhome owners have long struggled with integrating their RV with their lifestyle, and juggling the logistics of managing their residential home while travelling, and our village has been designed to eliminate many of the traditional headaches the grey nomad community faces," said Chairman of RV Homebase Fraser Coast Peter Shadforth
"We have worked closely with a full team of design and building professionals to master plan a village that actively supports the RV lifestyle, and provides meaningful solutions to real world challenges like undercover RV storage, home security while travelling, RV cleaning and maintenance, end even routine tasks like mail forwarding and lawn mowing," he said.
House packages start at $285,000 for a one-bedroom house, while three-bedroom houses start at $334,000.
Vision of the future ->
Vision of the future
Work starts on multi-million dollar RV park
[caption id="attachment_880" align="aligncenter" width="666" caption="An artist’s impression of the new RV Homebase that will create 210 homes in Maryborough."]
[/caption]Front page, Fraser Coast Chronicle, Sept 1, 2010 Click here to see the article
WORK is under way on one of the most ambitious projects to hit Maryborough in years, a $73 million RV Homebase that will create 210 homes in a residential village designed to support the country's swelling grey nomad population.
Project manager Barry Rawlinson announced yesterday that contracts worth $3 million had been awarded to Hervey Bay contractors VDM Construction Bellero, as work to shift 50,000 cubic metres of earth was stepped up.
Up to 100 people will be employed on site at the corner of Iindah and Teddington roads during the next three years, MrRawlinson said yesterday.
"It's not unique throughout the world but it's the first of its kind in Queensland," he said.
"RV Homebase will offer a base for Australians over 50 who are trailing the nation's highways and byways. They will be able to park their caravans or motorhomes at Tinana and live the high life, taking advantage of a string of leisure facilities that would compare well with some of the world's finest resorts."
"This is where you come back to when you've finished your travelling for the year," Mr Rawlinson said.
"It will be a community of like minded active retirees joining in social activities. The first 12 houses are expected to be completed by January 2011, with a community centre also well underway.
Each house will take eight to 10 weeks to finish, using a panel building system designed by Hervey Bay-based Eco System Homes. "Most people will sell a house offar greater value to move into a property here."
House prices start at $285,000and already a number have been snapped up, including some of the more expensive, high-end designs
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RV Homebase inventor delighted
Sunshine Coast Daily, p4, September 1, 2010 Click here to view article
[caption id="attachment_889" align="alignright" width="325" caption="Peter Shadforth (above), RV Homebase chair, got Fraser Coast councillor Gerard O’Connell to check out the heavy machinery during their visit to the Tinana site (right) yesterday."]
[/caption]The man who dreamed up the RV Homebase project was in Maryborough yesterday to share the moment when the dream began to become a reality.Peter Shadforth, chair of RV Homebase, was clearly excited about the prospect, with a 365-day happy hour hut one of many factors bringing a smile to his face.
Mr Shadforth, who hails from the Sunshine Coast, was also delighted a Fraser Coast firm had won the first major contract for the project and highlighted the significant benefits that would flow.
"The RV Homebase project will create significant opportunities, local investment, regional visitation and national exposure for the area," he said.
"It is one of the largest and most far-reaching projects commenced in the Fraser Coast region for years.
"We have worked with a local eco design team from inception.
"We are investigating heavily upfront in facilities and infrastructure and we plan to build all our homes on-site so there will be extensive immediate and ongoing opportunities for trade suppliers and sub-contractors over the projected three to four year timeframe."
RV Homebase is designed from the ground up to cater for caravan and motorhome owners and will offer residents a low maintenance, 6-star energy-rated, eco-friendly home with the ability to park a full size van or motorhome undercover alongside their home.
Residents will have unlimited access to $3 million worth of RV focused services, including a high tech van wash, a happy hour hut, outdoor kitchen and a 25m swimming pool.
A bowls rink, hobby workshop, half-court tennis, fitness centre, three-hole pitch and putt golf course, off-leash dog area, dance floor and walking trails will also be incorporated into the plan.
Project manager Barry Rawlinson said the Tinana site, five minutes from Maryborough CBD, was ideal but not easy to uncover.
"Finding the right paddock with the right zoning was crucial and we had to be able to buy at the right price," he said.
"It's an incredibly good-looking site."
Work to begin on RV HOMEBASE ->
Work to begin on RV HOMEBASE
[caption id="attachment_281" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An artist’s impression of the $70 million RV Homebase Fraser Coast to be built at Maryborough."]
[/caption]SUNSHINE Coast investors have rushed to be part of Queensland’s first recreational vehicle-focused residential development to be built at Maryborough.More than 60 investors, mostly Coast-based, have poured $10.215 million into the venture, over-subscribing the capital raising by some $2 million.
Work will start next month on RV Homebase Fraser Coast, a $70 million venture to build 210 homes that allow owners to park their RVs or caravans in fully serviced undercover ports.
Peter Shadforth, chairman of the Forest Glen-based RV Homebase, said investors had recognised the potential of a residential village which supported Australia’s 390,000 strong caravan and motor home community.
Sunshine Coast Daily (online)
26 May 2010
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12th February 2010
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Builders the first to win from RV Homebase -> 
TWO Sunshine Coast brothers have combined a shared passion for the open road and turned it into a business venture, set to deliver a fresh housing concept to Queensland. Camping fanatics and successful businessmen Peter and John Shadforth have teamed up for the first time to
guide development of RV HOMEBASE Fraser Coast, a master-planned village designed to meet the needs of grey nomads who spend long periods on the open road. They are now seeking investors to back the $17 million development on an approved 90-acre site, two kilometres
from the Bruce Highway at Maryborough. Based on the relocatable home park model, the concept would offer a range of six-star energy-rated options from one to three bedrooms priced between $300,000 and $350,000. Residents would own their own homes but lease the land underneath it for $130 a week, which would reduce to $70 with government rental assistance.
30th January 2010
Fraser Coast Chronicle
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A village designed with travel in mind -> 
FOLLOWING more than three decades running successful businesses on the Sunshine Coast, two prominent brothers have joined forces for the first time to develop RV HOMEBASE Fraser Coast, an innovative new residential housing alternative aimed at the rapidly expanding grey nomad market. Excited by the opportunity to work together on a major project for the first time in decades, brothers Peter and John Shadforth are combining their passion for caravanning with their expertise in earthmoving, property and community development to create a master-planned village that actively supports the lifestyle of caravan and motorhome owners. The first of its kind in Queensland, RV HOMEBASE Fraser Coast is an RV-focused, active lifestyle village designed to meet the specific needs of the multitude of retirees packing up their lives and taking to the road for extended trips across Australia. The high-quality, eco-friendly and sustainableliving village located at Maryborough boasts 202 homes, each specifically designed to accommodate a caravan or motorhome. The village will include about $3 million worth of community amenities on-site.
26th January 2010
Cooloola Advertiser
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No place like home for open road enthusiasts -> 
TWO Sunshine Coast brothers have combined a shared passion for the open road and turned it into a business venture, set to deliver a fresh housing concept to Queensland. Camping fanatics and successful businessmen Peter and John Shadforth have teamed up for the first time to
guide development of RV HOMEBASE Fraser Coast, a master-planned village designed to meet the needs of grey nomads who spend long periods on the open road. They are now seeking investors to back the $17 million development on an approved 90-acre site, two kilometres
from the Bruce Highway at Maryborough. Based on the relocatable home park model, the concept would offer a range of six-star energy-rated options from one to three bedrooms priced between $300,000 and $350,000. Residents would own their own homes but lease the land underneath it for $130 a week, which would reduce to $70 with government rental assistance.
20th January 2010
Sunshine Coast Daily
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Build it and sundowners will drive there -> 
BROTHERS Peter and John Shadforth have combined their passion for caravanning with their experience in property development to create a master-planned village designed specifically for motor home-owning grey nomads. RV Homebase Fraser Coast is believed to be the state's first housing development purpose-built to suit the needs of the large numbers of people who pack up their lives and take to the road for extended trips around Australia. "I'm proud to say that both John and I are part of a rapidly growing trend in Australia, `grey nomads' or `sundowners'
as we are commonly called," Peter said.
19th January 2010
Sunshine Coast Daily
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Two Sunshine Coast businessmen are seeking $14 million from investors to fund RV Homebase Fraser Coast, which will offer US-style caravan and motorhome housing estates around Australia. Richard Winten, a former managing director of Sports Direction, says the estates will provide housing with oversized garages to accommodate the large vehicles used by so-called 'grey nomads.' The Campervan & Motorhome Club of Australia says it now has over 55,000 members, and RV Homebase will join another company which is offering such accommodation in NSW, Casino Village RV Resort.
19th January 2010
Australian Financial Review
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