Young Families

You become a member of the Brougham Street Cohousing “Joint Venturer”., The community is the developer through the Joint Venture,  You have full voting rights and you purchase your unit at cost.

• Less than 5-minute walk to Eltham High and 10 min walk to Eltham Station.

• Two doors down from Eltham Leisure Centre.

• A walk or short drive to Eltham shops.

• Easy access to local walking trails.

• The Cohousing model brings both site design and community elements together to improve liveability.
• Carparks are situated on the site perimeter, which improves site safety and reduces the focus on cars.
• Houses are entered from car free communal walkways. 
• Walkability and common areas increases the chance of neighbourly interactions and reduces isolation and loneliness.
• Only 30% of the land is being built on. With a total land size of 6,000m2 this leaves us with ample open space with flower, native and productive gardens.
• The Common House is a large open plan building which used to be a Café.  It is owned by the community and will be a central location for people to congregate to share meals, arrange functions and hang out.
• The intention is to get together to share meals once or twice a week, cooked in the commercial kitchen in the Common House.  Attendance is optional, but it is the main way we all get to know each other and share.
• Community based on shared values (see Our Vision section of webpage)
• We currently run the building project though ‘Circles’. These are committees or workgroups that carry out specific functions and operate on behalf of the community.  Participation is optional and Circles will also be the organising structure for shaping community life once we have moved in. Some examples of Circles are Heart Circle, Sustainability Circle, Governance Circle, Building and Grounds Circle.

• A multi-generational group of people, with current community age range from 8 to 80 years old.
• Some households are existing Eltham, Montmorency or Heidelberg residents, while others are moving from Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Perth, Canberra and South Africa to join us.
• Occupations include engineer, musician, counsellor, educator, gardener, software developer, project manager and more. 
• Talents are too many to mention, but there is usually the know-how from someone in the community.
• See the Our Community section of the website for more details.

• At Brougham Street we are using the German Baugruppe model of resident-led design and development to build 20 homes, upgrade existing structures and undertake landscaping. 
• We are supported in this by our Development Managers Property Collectives, architects DKO, builder Evve Group, and landscape designers Realm.
• The build commenced on 30 June 2025.
• The build is projected to take at least 15 months to complete.
• Updates on the project occur via monthly whole of community meetings and  monthly management meetings run by Property Collectives. Both are held on Tuesday evenings via zoom.

There are 20 units in total, broken up into “typologies”

• 2x Lofts (4 bedroom)
• 6x Garden Houses (2 bedrooms)
• 2x Lake Houses (2 bedrooms)
• 10x Tree Houses (mix of 1,2 and 3 bedrooms)

Only one unit remains – All units are now sold except for Unit 15 – a 3 bedroom treehouse.

• Sale price: $1,268,000 (inclusive of house, carparks and 1/20th share of common land/buildings)
• GST paid on settlement $55k+
• Equity interest on settlement (est. $10k) (Normally we require 30% deposit so we can self fund the build, but we are able to reduce the deposit on the final unit to make it easier for a family to purchase) 
• Stamp duty paid on 1/20 of land value (est. $10-15k).