“Award winning design, beautiful countryside surroundings and great community atmosphere. Longyard Estate is a great place to settle.”

This master planned precinct provides its residents with several examples of public art, sculpture and terrazzo. Landscaped green space, tree lined streets with foot paths and The Heights Cafe Bar & Store.

Boulevard Place is the home to these features and the central hub of The Heights. We wanted to create a place where you could take the kids to the playground, have a long lunch under the trees, meet your mothers group or call in for a drink after work.

Longyard Estate won the prestigious UDIA Award of Excellence in 2005. Set before a panel of judges, and up against some large beachside and waterfront developments, Longyard Estate was officially recognized as one of the best residential estates in Australia.

The entire estate has been developed using sound urban and environmental design. Consultants that have helped the Longyard dream come to life, are leaders in their fields. Highly regarded architects, urban planners and landscape architects have all helped to create our award winning estate.

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Patio Design For Tamworth

Public domain is a key feature of The Heights precinct.

This Masterplanned precinct will provide the residents with several examples of public art, sculpture and terrazzo, landscaped green space, tree lined streets with footpaths, and of course, a local coffee shop and restaurant.

The Boulevard will be home to all of these features, and will be a special place, for you to relax with friends, take the kids out in the sun, throw a ball with your dog, or wander home after a meal at your local restaurant.

With this in mind, we needed to choose a talented dynamic team of professional designers who could make this space both beautiful and functional. This is where Patio Landscape Design step in.

Patio, is owned by Jamie Durie from TV's Backyard Blitz. This design company has been running well before Jamie's TV work, and started in a little garden store, which grew into one of Australia's most successful landscape design firms.

The team at Patio are highly skilled, and include designers, horticulturalists, drafts people and architects, and of course, Jamie. This is a first for Tamworth, to have a space designed by such talented people, and is a real treat, and will prove to be a great investment for The Heights.

Despite Jamie's hectic schedule, he has been involved in the design process of the Boulevard, and we think you will be delighted by the results.

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“New urbanism.”

New Urbanism is the name given to a set of principles used for building walkable, efficient, liveable communities. The idea is to create areas and spaces that everyone in the neighbourhood can utilize. New Urbanism also promotes mixed density housing and a wide demographic mix of people in those houses.

New Urbanist developers use highly skilled Urban Planners to create an overall concept which takes into account lot sizes, orientation, public space, landscaping, even details such as style of street lights.

Longyard Estate integrates with residential development; parks, landscaped areas, street tree plantings, community facilities, footpaths, meeting spots, public art, a golf course, The Longyard Hotel, Regional Entertainment Centre, sporting facilities, restaurants and accommodation. We even have our own tourist attraction! “The Golden Guitar”.

The end result is a neighbourhood that gives you access to many of life’s conveniences and leisure activities and that also connects well with the surrounding neighborhood, while also protecting regional open space.

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“Longyard Estate showcases environmental sustainable landscaping & development.”

Our goal is to be a MODEL residential development in the areas of:
Landscaping, tree planting and habitat protection
Stormwater and soil quality management
Energy efficient housing orientation and construction

Each street at Longyard Estate is given its own distinctive character through the avenue planting of a selected tree species. Generally these are deciduous trees for summer shade, winter sun and spring and autumn colour.

In addition to avenue planting the planting of native trees (particularly deep-rooted species) is being undertaken throughout the residential areas and on the Longyard Golf Course.

These programs are being undertaken with the encouragement of Dr Simon Lott, an associate of the University of New England and a consultant recommended by Tamworth Regional Council, who has prepared the Longyard Estate’s environmental management plan.

In the area of energy efficiency Longyard Estate has always encouraged smart housing design along with drought tolerant turf species and native tree plantings well before BASIX was introduced, and will continue to be at the forefront of envcironmental issues.

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