The Advantages of Master-Planned Communities

Buying in to a master-planned community is a smart way to maximise the security and capital growth of your investment property.

The days have gone when buying into a greenfield estate meant a house and land package where it might take decades for the infrastructure to catch up.  Today’s master-planned communities are not just residential estates, they’re communities with facilities such as schools, shops, transport and parks included. 

Their locations take into account broad demographic trends and employment opportunities. Last month’s featured property at Springfield Lakes in Queensland was a great example. Master-planned communities also tend to be away from areas with social problems. Kids are able to enjoy the kind of freedoms their parents did. 

The bond of community is reinforced by the fact that local schools and daycare centres are part of the development. As the trend to smaller blocks continues, the parks, children’s playgrounds and barbecues provide opportunities for outdoor communal fun.

Most of these communities come with strict covenants and are well-governed. Thought has gone into the rules, everyone knows what they are, and they tend not to change over time. This not only facilitates a sense of community, but it means that your investment can’t be damaged by the actions of your neighbours. Nor can the developer turn around and decide to put a block of apartments next to your house. 

From an investment perspective these estates are attractive because there is strong rental demand.  One of the reasons for this is that the developers of the best master-planned communities restrict most of their sales to owner-occupiers. They do this because it provides them with a two-way reputational advantage: people want to buy into their estates, and the quality of the development makes for good relationships with councils and governments.

Pfeiffer Property can help prospective investors get an advantage because of our relationships with some of the high quality wholesale builders these developers prefer to deal with. We have access to investment properties in master-planned communities that are otherwise very difficult to find. Please call us if you’d like to know more about how a master-planned investment can help your financial future.