Sanctuary Cove teams up with local builder

Mulpha Sanctuary Cove has teamed with local builder Gallery Homes to deliver houses with views out to the water or golf course as demand from buyers increases.Six homes with an end value of between $1.3 and $4 million are under construction for buyers and are scheduled for completion by early next year. Gallery Homes is also constructing two new display homes for Mulpha, which will open in the New Year after the existing display homes sold. Gallery Homes' Adam and Kym Barclay saw a unique opportunity when they relocated their home and office to Sanctuary Cove in mid-2012. Mr Barclay said he struck up a strategic relationship with Mulpha to deliver quality housing product to the $2 billion community."What many people don't realise is that there are more than 400 blocks still to be developed at Sanctuary Cove,"he said."I saw an opportunity to use our location and knowledge of the community to deliver homes that were uniquely'Sanctuary Cove'."Living and working here gives us an insight into what residents want."Mr Barclay said the homes were being constructed for various local and overseas clients, some of whom were downsizing off smaller properties."Buyers are constructing the homes to either live in, let out or for use as holiday homes," he said.Mulpha Sanctuary Cove general manager of sales John Hughes said construction of the homes followed a string of waterfront land sales in recent months."Land sales have been more active in the past few months than they have for some years," Mr Hughes said.Gallery Homes was founded in 2010 and operates exclusively in residential development.