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A transport forum will be held at the Mernda Activity centre on Sunday September 28th from 2 pm until 4:30. All residents living with the affected areas of Whittlesea should attend, as a show of strength to send a clear message to the State Government that we really need the rail line extended to Mernda. Find out more details here.
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Greens candidate Daniel Sacchero first to support the access denied campaign by announcing the Greens will start working on the rail network to Mernda as soon as possible after the election. The postcard part of the Access denied campaign has now hit a huge 6500 and still plenty of time to go until the election. Berstan Homes strongly supports the Access denied campaign and are looking forward to the major parties committing to the construction of the rail service.
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 Mernda Villages is entering their 8th year and sales are stronger than ever with Mernda Villages currently selling over 20 lots per month. The first residence moved into Mernda Villages in 2007 and there have been some massive changes since then. The construction of the town centre with Woolworths and 20 speciality shops with plenty of free parking. One of the stand out features of the shopping centre is the ability to park so close to the shops unlike many
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Kallo at Mickleham/Donnybrook is a boutique estate offering over 730 home sites.    As the estate grows there will be schools, maternal child health services, town centre incorporating shopping centres and speciality shops. There are also 5 hectares of football ovals and sporting facilities 22 Hectares of parklands surrounding the Merri Creek. One main feature of the Kallo estate is the close proximity of the train station being only 10 minute walk and a 35 minute ride to the CBD. 
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Several new estates by Stockland have been spoken of and the stand out is Lockerbie. A 1125 hectare estate with an expected 11,500 home sites. A massive project spanning over 30 years and is located only 35 km from Melbourne'S CBD. A little history about Lockerbie the property was once owned by Ernie Burgess, a family furniture manufacturer from Melbourne. Ernie owned several rural holdings with Lockerbie just being one of many.  I first came across Ernie in the late
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After a huge success of the small lot campaign, Berstan & Stockland have combined again to offer more lot packages in the North. With strong demand of these value packages in the Eucalypt estate Wollert and the Mernda Villages estate Mernda we have now decided to add the small lot packages into the Highlands estate Craigieburn.  The packages are offered at under $300k and are suitable for a mixture of clients from first home buyers to down sizes or singles.
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Berstan and Stockland are currently offering single deposit and no more pay until complete investment packages in the many leading Stockland estates across the Northern growth corridor. The estates that are participating are Mernda Villages Mernda, Eucalypt estate Wollert and the Highlands estate Craigieburn the packages range from $399k to $400k and offer a complete turnkey investment solution.  The quality build of the packages and the location of the estates will lead to strong growth in the years to come.
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The Stockland spring campaign was launched Monday night at the Harbour kitchen at Docklands Melbourne. The event was very well supported by Stockland's builder partners including Berstan Homes. Appropriate numbers for the evening were at 120 guests who enjoying an abundance of food and a few beverages. The Stockland team were very excited about the campaign with some very interesting statistics about their sales in current estates.  Most of the builder partners were very happy with their current sales level
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Over the last couple of months we have had enquiries about providing a finished home and land package. Enquiries have come from investors and home owners with lenders looking more favourably at existing buildings for lending purposes.  So Berstan and Stockland have put their heads together and have come up with a perfect solution. The land and package is selected in one of the many Stockland estates and a deposit is made with no more to pay till handover of
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