History
Pagewood Park was one of the first (and is still regarded as the best) Cluster Title developments for medium density housing in Victoria. The name ‘Pagewood Park’ commemorates the Le Page family, who previously owned the land on which the estate is built. The Le Pages have lived in Cheltenham since 1854. In the 1970s they sold 6.6 hectares of land to B. M. Terry who developed an estate comprising 139 private houses of a variety of designs, a caretaker’s residence, and community facilities. The Le Page family donated the block of land (corner of Bernard and Wilson Streets) on which the family home had stood for about 100 years to the City of Moorabbin for the creation of Le Page Gardens.
Pagewood Park was officially opened on 23rd March 1978 by The Hon. R. J. Hamer Premier of Victoria. Click LINK for current age of Estate.
Here are links to some information on the Kingston Council's Historical website.
Historical Photos. Here is a LINK to some historical photos of the Estate. When viewed from the road the Estate houses all look a bit individual (different) because there are 7 house designs and some are reversed (mirrored) and they were built using a range of brick textures and colours. The house design and colour variations are linked together with a paint colour scheme providing a "themed" appearance. Originally the colour scheme was just variations of Mission Brown and similar with the garage doors and down pipes painted in Taubman's Saddlebag colour. In Nov 2003 after 28 years of the brown theme the owners decided to change the colour scheme to Wilderness (green) and Drab (a light beige colour) with brown window frames.
Parkmore Gardens. A few years after finishing Pagewood Park B. M. Terry built a similar Estate in Keysborough and called it Parkmore Gardens, click HERE for more information. After completion Parkmore Gardens took a more "anything goes" approach in their Estate management and design standards and as such it lost its themed look over time.