Why live on an Airpark?
1 - A sense of shared community
The common interests of ‘flying neighbours’ is a strong attractor for people considering living in an airpark—residents are able to share their flying interests with people who are like-minded. In large airpark communities residents will have the opportunity to pursue diverse recreational, cultural, and professional interests that go beyond aviation. In the case of Kensington Lakes all the facilities and community outlets of a major regional city are literally 5 minutes away;
2 - Availability of aviation infrastructure
The provision of infrastructure is an important consideration — Kensington Lakes Airpark will provide:
- runways, taxiways, instrument approaches
- availability of fuel, parts and maintenance help
- hangar space at home and communal hangars/aircraft tie-downs
3 - High level of security and convenience
Security is assured by the adoption of a gated community title scheme which provides freehold title to lots and shared common areas managed by a body corporate - similar to any multi unit strata title project. At Kensington Lakes Airpark this security complements the convenience of having your aircraft at the backdoor with the ability to carry out routine maintainance at home with convenient access to fuel and professional know-how nearby.
However, to safeguard everyone’s amenity major mechanical work that could be noisy or unsightly would need to be carried out away from the airpark residential environment at a facility closer to the airport industry areas;
4 - Airpark properties make sound investment sense
The experience in the US is that property values for hangar homes at airparks tend to rise more quickly than “normal” homes; they are possibly similar in this respect to waterfront and golf course properties in Australia due to their relatively limited supply;
5 - Convenience of services
Accessibility to shopping, medical, educational, business, government, recreational and other services is an important consideration for purchasers of any style of property. This is a key feature of Kensington Lakes Airpark, being located in the heart of Bundaberg City (over 90,000 persons in the greater Bundaberg area) which places it well ahead of any comparable project currently offering or in planning elsewhere in Australia.