Selling the family home is a big step, and for many people the decision to sell is understandably difficult. After all, our home is a sanctuary, it’s where we raised our family, and it’s where we can truly be ourselves. We form deep emotional connections with our homes and deciding to leave all that behind for somewhere new can be challenging. 

But as our circumstances change, our homes no longer become fit for purpose and it’s clear that it’s time to move. For many, this decision is closely followed by the next difficult decision – when should I sell to ensure ...

A major new ecological habitat spanning more than 58 hectares has been created on the northern Gold Coast by one of Australia’s leading environmental experts.

Habitat’s Matt Keys has transformed a tired cow paddock into a thriving ecosystem at Gainsborough Greens in Pimpama, adjacent to lifestyle community Halcyon Greens.

The region is now regarded as one of the most ecologically diverse areas on the Gold Coast and home to koalas, kangaroos, gliders, eagles, owls and dozens of bird species.

Mr Keys said that careful planning and design started 15 years ago to create a dual function for the ...

Halcyon Lakeside at Bli Bli is Australia’s best Seniors Living community after winning the accolade at the 2019 UDIA National Awards for Excellence.

Lakeside prevailed in a strongly contested field of projects from across Australia to deliver Halcyon its fourth national award.

The picturesque community overlooking two lakes picked up the gong just months after winning in the same category at the 2018 UDIA Qld Awards for Excellence.

Halcyon joint manager director Dr Bevan Geissmann said receiving the national award in the company’s 15th anniversary year was particularly momentous.

“We are enormously proud to receive peer recognition at the national level for Halcyon Lakeside,” ...

Find out how to maximise the sale price of your home and discover the right lifestyle for your ‘next step’ at one of Halcyon’s upcoming Property Q&A Sessions.

These informative sessions cut through the speculation and negativity swirling the real estate sector in southern states to present the facts on South East Queensland’s property market.

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland’s Felicity Moore will discuss the latest data on the region’s top performing markets: the Gold Coast, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. “It would be easy to think with all the doom and gloom forecast in the national broadsheets that Queensland’s housing ...

Halcyon has unveiled a luxurious new home design with plenty of space for you and your recreational vehicle. In creating our first-ever RV Homes, we’ve been inspired by Australia’s Grey Nomad phenomenon and the large proportion of our home owners who have a caravan, motorhome or campervan.

Victorian couple Geoff and Lynn Ellis have been caravanning for more than 20 years and are looking forward to moving into the first RV Home at Halcyon Lakeside at Bli Bli in August. Seeking a better lifestyle in a warmer climate, Geoff and Lynn said their decision to make the “big move north” to ...

HOME owners at Halcyon Greens and Glades are soaking up the nightlife that’s made possible by the floodlit courts and bowling greens in their communities.

Opened just in time for summer, the illuminated recreational facilities enable home owners to enjoy extended games of pickleball, tennis and lawn bowls into the cool of the evening. Halcyon Glades installed lighting to its pickleball court, tennis court and bowling green in September as part of an extension and upgrade of its leisure facilities. 

Halcyon Greens’ playing surfaces were unveiled with lighting in place as the first stage of the community’s spectacular $13 million recreational precinct. ...

LIFE at Halcyon Parks in Caloundra is just as good the second time around for British expats Jim and Eleanor McCann. The McCanns are settling back into the community after living in Scotland for the past seven years.

Prior to that, they had lived at Halcyon Parks for five years until personal circumstances took them back to the United Kingdom in 2011. “We never really wanted to leave here and it was always in our minds to come back to Australia,” Jim said.

The warmth of the welcome the McCanns received when they visited the community just after returning to Australia in ...

Kate Markey’s busy and active lifestyle is even easier to live since she moved to Halcyon Glades.
On top of putting many activities she loves right on her doorstep, the move has opened the door to a more social life. 

The former arts and craft teacher paints, plays pickleball, enjoys yoga and Tai Chi, hits the gym and is a regular in the pool. In fact, her love of aquatic action was a key factor in her decision to move from a townhouse in suburban Zillmere to a new home at Halcyon Glades.

“In Brisbane I went to the local swimming pool ...

Caboolture has welcomed the first major phase of it’s $1 billion in public and private infrastructure investment with the official opening of Pumicestone Marketplace. The 4,500 sqm neighbourhood shopping centre launched a Drakes supermarket on 29 January, with a Stellarossa coffee shop, bakery, bottle shop, pharmacy, medical practice, and several more speciality shops to open over the following weeks. 

Pumicestone Maketplace comes as Caboolture welcomes new infrastructure initiatives that are improving transport connectivity, boosting vital services and enhancing lifestyle amenities in a region ‘where the country meets the city’. Halcyon joint managing director Dr Bevan Geissmann said the north Caboolture region ...

Halcyon Greens has unveiled the first stage of its spectacular $13 million Recreational Precinct setting the benchmark for lifestyle communities in Australia.

The Pavilion plays host to the largest pickleball facility in Australia, a sport that is taking home owners by storm. Complete with eight floodlit pickleball courts, the five-star facility features a floodlit championship sized bowling green, floodlit tennis court, BBQ facilities, kitchenette and function space for home owners to enjoy a game of billiards or socialise after a game on the courts.

Halcyon joint-managing director Dr Bevan Geissmann said Halcyon was thrilled to deliver the first phase of a precinct ...