Taking inspiration from the iconic Chateau Marmont hotel, The Grove will comprise 60 townhouses spread across 1.3 hectares with extensive gardens; designed to create a neighbourhood within a neighbourhood.
“The Grove is like its own exclusive garden enclave,” says selling agent Richard Moses of Ray White Canberra. “It is like its own little community, but it’s still so attached to everything Weston has to offer, with so much in easy reach.”
The development will also bring a distinctive architectural flair to the established Canberra suburb.
“The Grove was developed by Crispin’s Crispian, a family-owned Canberra property company with a passion for design-led development,” Moses says.
“When looking at other townhouse-style products, they picked up that there can be a lack of architecture or concept. So they put on their thinking hats around what would be sympathetic to the area, yet stand out and create something unique.”
Drawing on places they had visited around the world, they found their ultimate inspiration in West Hollywood, particularly Chateau Marmont.
Working with DNA Architects and award-winning interior designer Fiona Lynch, they translated those influences into pale brick facades, elegant archways, unusually wide floor plans, and a warm, restrained palette of colours and materials.
“Materials are deliberately light and textural, with moments of depth and shadow that shift throughout the day, reinforcing that connection between built form and landscape,” says DNA Architects director AJ Bala.
“The architecture steps back where it needs to, but still carries enough detail and warmth to feel considered and lived-in.”
The two, three and four-bedroom residences offer internal living areas ranging up to 171 square metres, with some floor plans measuring up to 8.3 metres wide.
The layouts range from two-bedroom configurations with bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs and a powder room on the ground floor, to larger four-bedroom homes with a second living area upstairs, a ground-floor bedroom, and kitchens with walk-in pantries.
Kitchens will feature Caesarstone benchtops and splashbacks, plus Smeg appliances, while all homes include double glazing, ducted heating and cooling, and either a single or double garage.
“All townhomes are two-storey, but we do have quite a few floor plans that can cater to single-level living with a bedroom on the ground floor,” Moses says.
“They offer flexibility for a few years down the track. If someone did want to stay comfortably on one level, they’ve got everything they need on the ground floor without needing to navigate stairs every day.”
Outside, more than 130 native and deciduous trees will be planted throughout the precinct, alongside a central communal lawn and extensive landscaping designed to change with Canberra’s seasons.
Each home will also have its own private garden, while neighbouring Fetherston Gardens offers winding paths, mature trees, open lawns and children’s play spaces.
“We understand that most buyers coming through don’t have just a one or two-year plan of staying at The Grove,” Moses says. “It’s more of a five, 10 or 10-plus-year plan. So there was careful consideration not to include features within the precinct that could increase future running costs.
“So there are no swimming pools, gyms or saunas. For the most part, the public areas of the precinct are landscaping and gardens.”
Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with completion expected in mid-2028.
Interior design: Fiona Lynch Office
Prices: Two-bedroom from $699,900; three-bedroom from $955,900; four-bedroom from $1,475,900
Number of residences: 60 townhouses with two, three and four-bedroom layouts
Sales: Ray White Canberra, Richard Moses 0412 658 235
Sales suite: Ray White Manuka, 33 Bouganville Street, Manuka
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