Thirty-five years along its remarkable journey, Villawood Properties is Australia’s leading greenfields developer. Its reputation, built on a record of innovative quality, community care and delivery, has set benchmarks for developers across the country. Our modest Bendigo beginnings of 1989 have grown exponentially to 73 completed projects, with 29 currently on market and a pipeline of at least 18 more, covering the full length of the eastern seaboard from Adelaide to Cairns.
The Villawood Spirit mantra is simple but profound: It’s About Life. This means building long-lasting ties and groups, friendships and networks. It’s not just about houses and blocks of land. It is about helping build greater purpose into people’s lives, about watching each other’s backs and caring for one another.
For the past 35 years, Villawood has been setting the industry benchmarks with the community focus of its many greenfield projects.
Features and facilities such as our residents’ clubs and great parks, along with our philanthropy program and giving back to the community, help create a level of genuine happiness among residents you won’t find elsewhere.
In this final installment, Foundation Ambassador Jacqui Felgate chats with our Executive Director Rory Costelloe on Villawood’s success and legacy.
Geelong was buzzing with excitement, as the 2025 Good Friday Appeal Auction House sold under the hammer in front of an electric crowd, raising a record $1,150,500 for The Royal Children’s Hospital.
After a nail-biting 22-bid contest, Maddison Leubker from Point Cook emerged as the proud new owner of the stunning, fully furnished and professionally landscaped Juno 442-D48 home, built by Henley, with the invaluable support from volunteers trades and suppliers, on land donated by Villawood Properties.
This is the 46th Good Friday Appeal home, and the 81st charity home built and donated by Henley as part of its wider philanthropy program.
Villawood Queensland is set to deliver a unique master planned community within the thriving southern corridor between Brisbane CBD and the Gold Coast. Offering a diverse array of housing, Eucalee is an idyllic country haven that is blissfully secluded yet completely connected to every contemporary convenience.
Nearby Beaudesert town provides access to three major supermarkets, medical services, and an extensive array of family-friendly community services, including schools, a library, an aquatic centre, farmers markets and an arts and culture centre. The community will feature an expansive 1.1-hectare recreational park that will provide a centralised area for residents to enjoy with friends and family.
Eucalee offers a rare opportunity to embrace an urban lifestyle in the award-winning Scenic Rim Region’s picturesque rural setting.
9 July 2025
Villawood Properties’ Rory Costelloe has labelled the Reserve Bank’s latest interest rate hold as “regressive” and “counter-productive” in tackling Australia’s housing crisis. Speaking with The Urban Developer, Costelloe warned the decision is a double blow for homebuyers, keeping affordability out of reach and compounding the impact of strict home loan buffer rates. He called on regulators to consider reducing the current 3% serviceability buffer to help more Australians enter the property market.
8 July 2025
Led by Villawood Properties executive director Rory Costelloe, the Barwon Health Foundation's Billy's Team Love is chasing a fifth consecutive national Dry July fundraising title. Mr Costelloe and his team will be going alcohol-free this month to support local cancer patients and their families. Rory has personally raised more than $166,000 over the past four years, citing that Dry July has become a standout part of his personal calendar.
4 July 2025
Construction has started on an $18M resort-style club at Villawood Properties’ masterplanned Redstone project in Sunbury. The exclusive residents-only club was kickstarted by Sunbury MP Josh Bull in a sod-turn shovel event with Villawood executives this week. The club, designed by architects ClarkeHopkinsClarke, will be built by the Jardon Group and is scheduled to start operations in spring 2026.
