Buying & Selling
💭 If you are thinking of buying or living here or are after info about owners corporations then please check out:
This site's "Rules" and "Policies" pages, especially the "Estate Specific Rules". All OCs have rules that owners and residents are required to follow.
The Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) webpage "What is an owners corporation?"
The Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) PDF doc "Guide to owning, managing and living in an owners corporation".
The Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) webpage "Due diligence checklist - for home and residential property buyers"
The Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) webpage "Buying into an owners corporation"
❓ How Does One Find a House for Sale at Pagewood Park?
Looking to purchase? Use the same methods as you would looking for a "normal" house. Try looking in the newspaper, on the internet, and talk to Estate Agents in the area. Note, some Agents may have names on Pagewood Park waiting lists.
The Estate has 7 designs of house, see info HERE, there is a mixture of two and three bedroom houses. There are 16 double storey houses.
❓ Can an Owner Make Changes On or To a Lot?
Inside - Yes. Inside the house or garage there is no problem.
Outside - Depends. Outside the building (on or to the external surfaces, as well as the front and back yards), you MAY be able to make changes BUT only AFTER you obtain written approval from the Committee of Management. See Additional Rule 4. The rule aims to retain the look of Pagewood Park. As of 2 Dec 2018 Vic regulations also require written approval for making any changes to the external appearance of their lot.
❓ About Sale/Rental Signs
Industry standard large sized 'For Sale/Rental' signs shall be placed on the perimeter of the Estate. The Estate Agent needs approval from:
[1] The owner of the perimeter property hosting the standard sign for the property located inside the Estate (see note below)
[2] The Committee of Management, see Additional Rule 5. Note that the Committee automatically approves if the perimeter owner approves, unless the sign is highly unusual, or overly large, or would cause some type of problem, e.g. safety. The Committee will definitely object to a large sized sign placed on a property inside of the Estate, or a sign which does not give the sale/rental address, see the special note below.
Sign for a House on Estate Perimeter. Approval is straight forward if the Lot for sale/rental is on the perimeter of Pagewood Park, i.e. Chesterville Road, Bernard Street, or Wilson Street. The main sign can simply be placed at the front of the property which is for sale/rental.
Sign for a House inside the Estate. For the best visibility by pedestrians or vehicles the main sign needs to go on the perimeter of the Estate but there is only one suitable perimeter common property space on which a normal sized sign can be placed. The spot is between the pedestrian path from Lynda Close to Wilson Street and the SEW water meter, see reference https://w3w.co/brains.dart.atoms . If this spot is not suitable (or in use) the Seller or Estate Agent needs to contact an owner on the perimeter and ask their permission to put the main sign on their perimeter property (e.g. on front lawn) to "catch the eye" of passing motorists and pedestrians. The Seller or Estate Agent should also put up a small (say 30 cm by 30 cm) secondary sign on the house which is for sale/rental inside the Estate so that potential buyers don't have to go door knocking to discover it. A good place for the small sign may be the front lawn or a window of the house for sale.
Sign Removal. It is the policy of the Committee of Management that the "For Sale/Rental Sign' be removed by the selling agent within two weeks of the sale/rental of the Lot.
Special Note: Signs (actual or forthcoming) which do not show the house address are not approved as they encourage potential customers to wander through Pagewood Park Estate door knocking and looking through windows in an attempt to locate the property. A perimeter sign for an inside Lot which does not have the Lot address will cause potential buyers to visit, and annoy, people in the house hosting the perimeter sign.