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NDISP Open Home – 10 Willowood Crescent, Nambour QLD 02/10/2020

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Come along to our open home this Friday, 2nd October 2020 to view the beautiful high physical support (HPS) specialised disability accommodation (SDA).

This property is located in charming Willowood Crescent, Nambour Qld. It’s only a 9 minute walk to the supermarket; 4 minute drive to cafes, restaurants and shops; and health services are only 3 minutes drive away.

The property contains 3 very large bedrooms and bathrooms, along with an extra room for on-site overnight support. As it’s a HPS property, extra care has been taken by our team to ensure that all requirements have been met or exceeded. This SDA also features all of the NDISP Platinum Plus features including full automation throughout i.e. entertainment systems, fans, lights, blinds, premium ceiling rails, solar and battery backup power, air-conditioning and more; all controlled via phone or tablet.

Link to Property Flythrough Video: NDISP HPS Property

If you have any questions leading up to the viewing, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Phone: 07 3724 0020

Email: [email protected]

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Property Spotlight: 78 Adrian Circuit Nirimba Qld

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High physical support SDA property with 3 beautifully large bedrooms and bathrooms, a large living area, and a modern kitchen. The property features NDISP’s platinum plus features and has on-site overnight accommodation available for support workers. If you’d like more information, please contact us.

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42 NDISP Properties Starting This Month

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You may have seen in one our previous blog updates, that NDISP is working on 42 properties this month. We are very excited for you all to see the hard work that goes into building and perfecting these homes. Below is a list of the property locations and approximate completion times. If your interested in a property, have questions or just want some more information, please contact us.

 

Our SDA finishing for move in this month.

3 bed 3 bath plus 00A Fully Accessible SDA House for 2 residents in Park Ridge

2 bed 2 bath Improved liveability SDA House in Crestmead

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Leichardt

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Newtown

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Middle Ridge

2 & 3 Bed ensuited Improved Liveability SDA Apartments in Sandstone Point on the Marina ( in block of 60)

2 x 3 Bed Improved Liveability holiday apartments in Sandstone Point on the Marina ( in block of 60)

 

Starting or Started this month

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Middle Ridge

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Middle Ridge

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Drayton

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Drayton

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Drayton

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Drayton

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Walkerville

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Walkerville

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Avenell Heights

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Middle Ridge

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Smithfield

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House Earlville

2 bed plus OOA High Physical Support SDA Apartments Earlville 1 resident.

2 bed plus OOA High Physical Support Apartments Smithfield 1 resident.

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Trinity Beach

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Smithfield

3 bed 3 Bath plus OOA High Physical Support SDA House in Proserpine

 

Coming in October

8 X robust SDA duplex 1 resident on Sunshine Coast

1 X robust duplex SDA in Salisbury

Plus loads of units and houses and duplexes.

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QLD SDA Breakdown – Building Type, Classification and Geographical Area

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COAG Quarterly Report Shows Breakdown of SDA Property

Some Interesting Takeaways

  1. Brisbane West has no HPS Apartments at all
  2. Happy to see only 7 Group Homes QLD Wide – pity it isn’t closer to zero
  3. Sunshine Coast had only 1 SDA last Quarter (NDISP has added 7 to that number this quarter and many more next)
  4. There are no 2 Bed 2 Bath Apartments enrolled in QLD  (NDISP has dozens under development)

 

Rental PROPERTIES Going Fast-3

Get In Contact, Rental Properties Are Going Fast.

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NDISP’s Rental Properties are being leased out quickly so make sure to contact us if your interested or have any questions.

 

Feeling safe and living comfortably, especially in a time like this, is very important. All of our homes are built and designed to meet all your needs and assist with day to day living. We want this property to be your home and help you gain independence. Click on the following link to view our current SDA and MTA properties, https://www.ndisp.com.au/rental/.

 

 

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SDA Construction Pics – Toowoomba 3 Bedroom Ensuited HPS + OOA SDA – For 2 Residents – 2 Weeks till Completion

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Some Sneaky Pics as Construction Almost Finished

The First of 7 SDA Houses Completing in Toowoomba

This is the first of 7 of NDISP’s SDA houses that are finishing in Toowoomba this month and next.

True High Physical Support Specialist Disability Accommodation

  • True touchless entry
  • automatic doors inside and out
  • automatic blinds
  • automatic lights
  • automatic fans
  • automatic air/con
  • voice, phone, tablet and button operation

Suits Large Power Chairs

With 1200mm doors, 1500mm hallways, oversized clearances around beds, massive ensuites for shower beds or 2 support workers to bath participant etc.  These HPS houses are some of the few fit for purpose HPS places around.

 

Park Ridge QLD

Just Built, Beautiful SDA/MTA Property!

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New fully accessible SDA/MTA home available in Park Ridge, recently completed and ready for tenants.

This clean-lined modern home is ready for tenants and we are ready to hear from you. This home contains platinum plus features and exceeds the LHA Platinum Build Standard.
It contains three large bedroom and bathrooms, built in storage, air conditioning, broadband, solar panels and more. This home is especially nice as it’s a complete new build, and its location is great with a leafy outlook from the back deck and living area. If you would like further information please visit our website or contact us.

 

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SDA Proserpine, Cannonvale & Airlie Beach – Whitsundays Specialist Disability Accommodation & Holiday Accommodation

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Specialist Disability Accommodation Whitsundays

NDISP have spent the last few days looking at land with our builder up here in Airlie Beach, Cannonvale and Proserpine.

We are looking forward to construction starting on several houses, duplexes and apartments in the coming months.

It was great to be at an outstanding service provider in Propserpine, the Whitsunday Leisure Activity Centre, the HQ for Prosperpine and District Respite Inc.  They do have some great programs and are so client centred.

One of the Residential Aged Care Centres in Proserpine has 3 young people living with Disability and eligible for SDA living in them.  There are dozens more people in Proserpine, Airlie Beach and surrounds living in inappropriate accommodation because of a lack of supply.  We really look forward to helping them find places they are happy to call home.

Disability Holiday Accommodation

It was great standing on a million dollar beachfront block of land looking at what sort of units we can fit in there and build a great complex.

NDISP is working on a chain of holiday accommodation.  Airlie Beach is going to be an awesome location for some.

 

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Property Spot Light – Greenline Circuit, Nambour QLD

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Two bedrooms remaining in this beautiful SDA property built to meet high physical support needs with OOA (on-site overnight accommodation for support workers). This property features streamlined kitchen workspaces and appliances, with a large living and bedroom area along with charming outdoor spaces. For more information submit and expression of interest form or give us a call. Images below:

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Medium Term Accommodation for Victorians with a Disability – People Residing in Aged Care

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NDISP has limited MTA available on the Mornington Pennisula

We have some accommodation for up to 90 days available.

People with a Disability in Residential Aged Care – MTA Funding Available

The NDIS provides Medium Term Funding for a range of reasons including if you are residing in Residential Aged Care.

SDA Eligible People – Permanent Home is Possible

If you are SDA eligible then we are looking for people who would love to live on the Peninsula for their forever home.   10 Year leases are available, though would have to reside under MTA funding until the Covid-19 situation resolves.

contact [email protected]   or phone 03 9998 7427

Rosebud SDA

Mornington Pennisula SDA – Murray Anderson Place, Rosebud VIC

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Murray Anderson Place is Ready to Open the Doors

After some incredible efforts (see History below) from a great community Murray Anderson Place in Rosebud on the beautiful Mornington Pennisula is ready to open the doors.

4 x 2 Bed (plus Carer) SDA Units for 1 HPS and 1 IL Participant

The 4 units each have 3 bedrooms in them, 2 for participants, one for a carer or support worker.  Due to historical funding grants there is a delivery requirement that each unit is occupied by one individual with High Physical Support SDA funding and one individual with Improved Liveability SDA funding.

Need an Awesome Place to Call Home in Rosebud?

If you are eligible for SDA (HPS or IL) then please call us on 03 9998 7427 or email [email protected] or our relationship manager [email protected]

History

The Southern Mornington Peninsula Uniting Church started the journey to deliver disability accommodation in 2012.   This was before the NDIS and SDA was even a consideration for them.

The building has been project managed by Property Services Group of Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victorian and Tasmania.

After completion of the building, in 2019 the SMPUC in conjunction with Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victorian and Tasmania conducted a national tender process for the appointment of a Specialist Disability Accommodation provider.  NDISP is very pleased to have won the tender and to have worked extensively with these groups through the interesting times of 2020 with the common goal of providing places people are happy to call home.

 

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First Step to get more than 25 Bundaberg People into Places they are Happy to Call Home

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The First SDA Properties in Bundaberg Started Construction Today

After an intensive few months of design, the first 3 SDA Properties of ours in Bundaberg started today. At this stage we have 7  properties starting construction this month and more next month.

These SDA Properties were Full Before Construction Started

We are building these different properties specifically for participants and so they are already full.  We have worked with some great participants, support co-ordinators and support workers to get here.

More Participants Wanted for Stage 2 Developments

At this stage it looks like we will be in a full time development program in Bundaberg for the next 3 years or so.

We love getting people out of inappropriate accommodation and into places they are happy to call home.

If you or your loved one is looking to do the same and you think they may be SDA eligible then please feel free to get in contact.

Thanks to Integrated Disability Support Services

A special thank you goes to Kahli and the team from IDSS for the original invite to come to Bundaberg and their continued support and introductions to others since.  They are truly selfless and so focused on the best outcome for participants, the ones they work with or otherwise.

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Meeting Standards Doesn’t Mean Fit for Purpose

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We Setup a Minimum Spec Room

Then we had someone in a medium sized power chair try and use it.  And it just didn’t work.  The chair actually got stuck and hit the bed trying to turn the corner

NDISP SDA Properties Exceed Standards

We exceed the standards as we have spent an enormous amount of time with participants seeing what works and what doesn’t.

When designing your SDA property it’s vital that you work with participants to ensure your SDA property works.

 

New SDA Walk Through Videos

New Property Walk Through Videos

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NDISP have released more SDA property walk through videos, check them out!

Have you ever wondered what a high physical support SDA property should look like? Then have a look at our most recent walk through videos.

Our homes are new, clean and easy living. Our properties contain the platinum plus features (information can be found on our website), large bedroom and bathroom areas, a courtyard and an outdoor area along with an accessible kitchen and very large living room.

Click on the following link to view our videos, https://www.ndisp.com.au/videos/.

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Medium Term Accommodation (MTA) Vacancy – Pimpama

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NDISP has an  MTA Vacancy in PIMPAMA – Roll to Shopping Centre

We are finishing the fit out on an 3 bed plus carer place in Pimpama this weekend.  A lovely gentleman in his 50’s is moving in tomorrow while we are building his SDA house in a different location closer to his family.

Just a couple of minutes walk to Pimpama City Shopping Centre.  Nice Outlook.

This MTA Property has the Following Features

Note that this property was not an NDISP design and doesn’t have our usual automation, 1200 doors etc.  It is quality construction with quality finishes and will be suitable for a wide range of participants.  Certified LHA Platinum

1020 doors

wide hallways

step free entry

step free alfresco area

massive kitchen with accessible benchtops and stove etc

accessible ensuite to each bedroom (shower screen free and not small, but not large enough for shower beds)

Solar battery emergency power

OOA (carers room) with ensuite

fans and airconditioning

double garage

flat footpaths to shopping centre.

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Didn’t Make It To Our Open Homes, Don’t Worry

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Hello everyone! We hope those that could attend our open homes on the 16th June enjoyed themselves and our properties. If you couldn’t make it, don’t forget that you can still view our properties on our website via the SDA Properties tab. We a have a wide variety of properties both for sale and rent. If you have any questions or want to get in contact, don’t forget to call or email us, we are happy to help.

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WA Delays Transition to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission – Why this is Bad for Participants

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Transition Delayed to 1 December 2020

Western Australia announced yesterday that they were delaying the transition to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

Reason Given is for Dealing with COVID-19.  3 Active Cases in whole of WA

WA has zero cases in hospitals or aged care and has 3 Active Cases in the entire state. This makes no sense.  The transition date has been known for a long time and providers should have been ready.

All of the quality providers we have met in WA were ready to transition and already had great systems and compliance in place prior.  All the delay does is extend the life of those providers who have poor systems and compliance and have little chance of passing an NDIS QSC Audit.

This is Bad for Some Participants.

The compliance obligations of the NDIS QSC are enormous compared to the former NDIA and state based regimes.  We know of participants living in SDA housing where the owners of the houses have been made the NDIS SDA Provider yet the ones we spoke to were not even aware of the policies or procedures they had used to apply for registration, let alone about how to comply with them.  There are trades and services people going into SDA properties with no safety checks, no inductions, no training, nothing.

Great Providers were Ready and have been Compliant for Years

As above, all of the great providers were ready and had outstanding compliance and quality control systems in place for a long time prior.  Unless we are missing something it just looks like those providers with poor compliance systems have been given an extra 6 months.  We hope it doesn’t result in any harm coming to participants

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Platinum Plus with NDISP

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Exclusive Accessible Design Without Compromise

NDISP is like no other with their Platinum Plus SDA Properties; smart designs, all inclusive standard features and premium locations. Platinum Plus includes non slip tiles, keyless security systems, home automation systems and so much more.

By using smart home automations, you can have all the freedom to control your environment. From your phone/tablet you can control the lights, fans, TV, blinds and doors with just a touch. Platinum Plus also gives you the independence to enter and leave your home without assistance.

All NDISP smart homes have doors with automatic openers that can be controlled using your voice, a pin code, a phone/tablet or key. Our homes also come with attractive concealed ceiling rails pre-installed to take you from bed to bathroom. All bedrooms are generously oversized to allow for the extra equipment you may need on a daily basis. Bathrooms typically exceed the standards set in the LHA Platinum certification. Emergency call via voice or button activation. And the best part of all, every bedroom has its own fully accessible bathroom! No sharing required!

Click the following link to express your interest in NDISP Homes: https://www.ndisp.com.au/formpage_eoi_rental/

Image of bedroom showing wardrobe, bathroom, entertainment system, and platinum plus technology

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Getting Our Hands Dirty – Fitting Out Medium Term Accommodation

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  Fitting Out Sunshine Coast MTA in 2 Days

We found out on Wednesday afternoon that someone was stuck in hospital and needed Medium Term Accommodation (MTA) asap.  So we rounded up a crew and put together a whole house load of furniture.

MTA Bedroom

All Hands on Deck

Jon and Darryl enlisted some of the Yellow Card team but rolled up the sleeves and got stuck in.

We are very much looking forward to moving someone in in the morning.

This is What it is All About

Helping people is why we are here.  Whilst this property was going to become MTA, we were going to sort this over the coming weeks.  But with someone needing to get out of hospital we just couldn’t wait.  It’s a privilege to be in a position to help people.

We also have SDA and more MTA coming on board

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Medium Term Accommodation – Available on Sunshine Coast Now – Other Areas Coming

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NDISP New Medium Term Accommodation (MTA) is Here – Move in Days!

NDISP is super excited to announce that we have launched Medium Term Accommodation.

Medium Term Accommodation is Available  can be paid for using core support funding (MTA funding), which is available to some NDIS participants.

MTA funding will only cover the cost of the housing and not the support – you bring your own support workers or we can introduce to you.

Stuck in a Hospital – Medium Term Accommodation is Available to You

During COVID-19 it is likely you will be approved for Medium Term Accommodation very quickly so that you can get out of hospital and make your bed available to others, it also assists you with reducing your risk of catching COVID-19.

Approved for SDA and Waiting for a Vacancy – Medium Term Accommodation is Available to You

When you are approved for  SDA and you are waiting for a vacancy to be available then Medium Term Accommodation is usually available to you immediately.

Approved for SDA and Waiting for your New Build to be Finished – Medium Term Accommodation is Available to You

When you are approved for  SDA and you are waiting for your SDA New Build to be completed  then Medium Term Accommodation is usually available to you immediately.

Our MTA Properties are High Physical Support SDA Properties

We have properties with touchless entry, full automation, ceiling rails massive ensuites, auto doors, blinds, lights and airconditioning.

Usual Requirements for MTA

When a person is in an exceptional circumstance and is discharged to interim housing without a long term housing option identified, it is essential to include a range of safeguards so that the person does not get ‘stuck’ in the interim housing option. These safeguards are things like:

  • an interim NDIS Plan for 3-6 months at the most

  • at least 2 hours per week of Support Coordination to explore housing options

  • more than enough Core Supports budget in the NDIS Plan so that the person is very well supported in this less than ideal, interim housing option

  • adequate Capacity Building Supports budget in the NDIS Plan so that the person can be supported to continue to build their skills and not deteriorate while they are in any interim housing option

Contact Us Now and Move in Next Week

Call us on 07 3724 0020

Email us at [email protected]

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Nambour SDA Photos – Choice 3 Construction Photos

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SDA House in Nambour – Internal Painting is Finished

You can see from the photos below the painter has just finished at one of our Choice 3 SDA houses in Nambour.

SDA Kitchens & Bedroom Kitchenettes

The kitchens and the kitchenettes are also sitting in place (the flooring has to go underneath them so the cupboards touching the floor are not attached yet.

1200mm Doors, 1500mm Hallways

The photos really let you start to see the size of the properties.  We are really excited to see years of planning taking shape and  getting closer to tenants moving in.

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Say Hi to NDISP House – Our New Brisbane Headquarters, Warehouse & Community Facilities

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NDISP House

NDISP is excited to introduce you to NDISP House. We have the keys for the next 20 years to this 2000m2 plus building on 4000m2 plus of land.

New Corporate Headquarters (as well as our Brisbane CBD Office)

(We are not moving, we are keeping our Brisbane CBD Office in Edward St, though we may drop down to 250m2 or so next year.)

With almost 700m2 of office at the front and 30 plus carparks 2mins from the Gateway we have decided to make this our Corporate Head Quarters.  Whilst we really like our CBD offices, and will be keeping them, the plentiful parking with easy access to the Gateway to the airport, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Ipswich and beyond the location really helps our constantly travelling team.

Our mailing address will stay as PO Box 16235 City East QLD 4002 as we will retain some administration and accounts staff in the CBD Office

Warehouse

To reduce construction costs to our investors we are directly importing and buying some of our automation, solar, airconditioning and other equipment.

On top of this our sister company Yellow Card Helpers  will be based out of part of the warehouse and use the additional 200m2 of offices above the mezzanine level.  Yellow Card Helpers businesses running out of the warehouse will be:

  • Yellow Card Automation
  • Yellow Card Carpet Cleaning
  • Yellow Card Cleaners
  • Yellow Card Electrical
  • Yellow Card Furniture Rental
  • Yellow Card Gardening
  • Yellow Card Handyman
  • Yellow Card Plumbing

Yellow Card Helpers is a specialist service business for NDIS Participants and their Properties.  They don’t provide services for anyone other than people with disabilities, nor do they provide any care services, support coordination etc.  Yellow Card Helpers have their property services division, their community interaction division and their SDA housing assistance division.

Community Facilities

Dance & Performing Arts

Inside part of the warehouse we are constructing 3 dance and performing arts studios plus singing rooms.  These will be used by Yellow Card Dance & Performing Arts to run classes specifically for people with disabilities of all ages including a very cool wheelchair dance class for kids.  They will also be used by Kick Dance  to run dance and performing arts classes open to the wider community.

Gymnastics

We are in final stage negotiations with a gymnastics school and hope to be able to fit out another part of the facility for gymnastics and movement classes.

Movement & Other Community Classes & Workshops

Our facilities will be available for other providers to use for community and social interactions

Coffee Container & Function Facility

We are currently preparing a development application to allow us to have some converted shipping containers in the carpark to be used for a coffee hut open to Junction Rd and the public on one side and open to staff, participants and supporters on the inside of the carpark (fence separating as our site will be a secure site as below)

A Safe Space

We are passionate about providing safe spaces and NDISP House requires all staff and contractors who come on site to have blue cards, yellow cards and have completed the NDIS worker orientation module.  Children attending dance and gymnastics classes, participants, parents and loved ones are exempt from this requirement in accordance with practice standards.

Local Humans with National Support

Although we are headquartered in Brisbane and we deliberately avoid layers of management or duplication across regions and states that doesn’t mean we neglect our other areas.  We currently have offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth with Cairns opening this quarter.  But more importantly we have real humans on the ground in areas they are needed.  Our relationship managers are our people people.  They don’t have to look after maintenance, finance or anything other than the humans in our properties, their supporters and loved ones and the other humans they interact with like carers, support coordinators, other providers and health professionals.

 

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Hundreds of NDISP SDA Properties Start Construction – Hope Our Builders Had a Great Rest

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Many of our builders return to work tomorrow after a well earned break. Hopefully they are well rested it’s a big year.

January

Either already under construction or breaking ground this month we have almost 30 SDA properties in

Cairns

Sunshine Coast

Toowoomba

February

Caboolture

Cairns

Cannon Hill

Ipswich

Logan

Mission Beach

Morningside

Nundah

Sunshine Coast

Wellington Point

Wyong

March Onwards

All of the above plus

Albany (WA)

Busselton

Cleveland

Geraldton

Gippsland

Latrobe

Melbourne

Mornington Pennisula

Newcastle

Northern Rivers

Perth

Redland Bay

Southport

Sydney

More Areas Later in Year

We probably missed an area or 2 in the lists above and we are sure we will be asked to help people out of inappropriate places and into ones they are happy to call home elsewhere around the country also.

Need an SDA Property

If you or a loved one are in need of an SDA property then we have the funding and resources to help provide just about anywhere in the country, all you need to do is let us know.

 

 

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Smithfield FNQ – SDA Properties Construction Early 2020

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Fully Accessible 3 Bedroom & High Physical Support 3 Bedroom SDA Houses – Smithfield

We are very excited about our move into Far North Queensland.

Building on from our last trip.

It looks like we will be able to break ground in Smithfield just after Australia Day.  Looking forward to watching those come out of the ground.

SDA Mission Beach, Cairns CBD and Kewarra Beach

We are also in negotiations on some 2 bedroom Villas ( one resident) in Kewarra Beach,  2 Bedroom units in a block of 4 in Grafton St and some houses in Mission Beach.

SDA Vacancies Smithfield

At this stage we are likely to have one tenant secured for each.  Both young people in their 20’s.  We are really looking.foewars to working with these young people and finding other people to share with them.  We work really hard on making sure the tenants are suited to living together.

Want SDA Elsewhere in Far North QLD

We are privledged to have sufficient funding to build many properties in Far North QLD.

If you or someone you know wants to live in an awesome place then just let us know. We will build something great to suit.

 

 

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5 New Live Stream Cameras of SDA Builds on Sunshine Coast

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5 New Camera Feeds of SDA Construction Sunshine Coast Live

As previously noted, we were starting to roll out camera feeds on our construction sites.  Now we have it sorted for how to do it on underground powered sites you will see new cameras added regularly.

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SDA Property Queensland – Construction Camera Feeds

Nambour SDA Site

 

There will plenty of more SDA Property Cameras to come soon.  While we have more than 200 properties scheduled to build this financial year we will not be putting cameras on everyone but we are likely to have them on at least half.

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Smart Automation – Visit to Middy’s Smart Centre in Melbourne

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Middys Smart Centre

Middy’s Smart Centre – Melbourne

Steve and Helen at Middy’s smart centre in Melbourne were really great.

Middy’s have been outstanding working with our electrician,  Yellow Card Electrical and have spent hours helping design all our systems.  Ray in the Brisbane automation office has been outstanding also.

The visit did make us consider putting solenoids in for water in the showers.

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How Long is Too Long – Getting People Out of Aged Care – Annual Public Forum

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Summer Foundation Annual Public Forum  – How Long is Too Long

It was such a privilege to spend time with people who are enjoying an SDA Property. A 25 year old lady was talking about just how life changing it is. Her mother has cared for her for 25 years and then 24/7 carers.  She now has downtime, time by herself can go to the city and a park by herself.   Her mother got her life back too, it really was life changing for her.

And there were the terrible stories from people stuck in aged care.  One lady has been in for 6.5 years.  She has to go to bed at 7:30pm each night.  And it was clear she has given up, she worked hard for a year to find somewhere, but she has completely given up.

 

 

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CONSTRUCTION STARTED SDA Properties in South East QLD

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Construction Starting to Take Off in South East QLD

After more than 2 years of solid work and preparation our massive pipeline of SDA is underway en masse.

Electricity Poles Installed

Yellow Card Electrical (Australia’s only NDIS only Electrical business) has been busy installing power poles and new mains switchboards on sites that require overhead power. Energex are connecting the supply for Yellow Card Utilities (Australia’s only Electricity and Internet Retailer solely  for NDIS Participants). You can see them hard at work up a ladder on one of our SDA Property  construction cameras.

Soil Tests and Slab Design

Soil tests and slab design are now complete at large number of our sites from Ipswich to Nambour.  Toowoomba and Southport are happening soon.

Demolition

Demolition approvals are in and we are just awaiting Energex to move the power cables from the old house to the new property pole and demolition will start and be completed within 2 days.

Slabs Starting

Footings are imminent and we expect to have slabs going down on half a dozen sites during November.

Roof on By Christmas

Our builders in Nambour and Caloundra are DB Construct .

They tell us we will have slabs down frames up, roof on and be through brick and cladding by Christmas

Our Ipswich, Brisbane and Toowoomba builders aushomes.com.au are working hard at having the roof on many of our builds by Christmas also.

SDA Properties Filling Fast

Now that construction is underway our places are filling fast.  We anticipate  all of them will be filled prior to the roof going on.  Check our rentals page for a sample. At this stage some of our properties are filled the moment the build contract goes unconditional.

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SDA Site Shopping Roundup -19 July 2019

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Where We’ve Been Looking

It’s been a busy week this week for our site acquisition team, spent mostly in the bayside suburbs of Brisbane and the Redlands.

Property (ies) of the Week

Great 800m2 sites in Birkdale. – going to be 4 units plus OOA on each site.  So close to shops and train.

What We Bought or are Buying

Some waterfront properties in the Redlands as well as near waterfront.  Excellent locations in Victoria Point, Birkdale, Wellington Point.  Also found some 600m2 sites in Moorooka and Salisbury.  We also started looking in Darwin and talking to builders up there.  NDISP has about 60 people waiting for us to build places there and there will be a lot more demand to come once we start working with people.

What We Didn’t Buy

There are few sites in the Redlands that were just too large.  Otherwise it was a very successful week.

Designing Updates

We spent a morning with our designers completing some house designs for 12.5m wide blocks for a SIL in Walloon.  Spending a lot of time working on renders.

An Update From NDISD

As always this is an update from our Development Partner NDISD on the sites and units they have been acquiring lately.

With in excess of $200m of completed properties needed by NDISP to supply outstanding new homes in the  Financial Year Ending 30 June 2019 and over $800m by 30 June 2022 the pipeline of supply is a vital component.

Read below for what our current priorities are and email us at [email protected] for an intro to an NDISD team member who can quickly assess whether your site is suitable.

Wanted to Buy

With NDISP’s mission to provide homes for people with disabilities that are just as easy to find and move into as non accessible homes, NDISD  are constantly acquiring land for houses, unit sites and 10 units inside other developers off the plan complexes.

We look for flat sites that are preferably all of, or at least :

  • Located an easy, flat chair roll away from shops, cafes etc;
  • Have an excellent view or something more interesting than a neighbouring fence;
  • On or close to a high frequency public transport route.

Whilst above is the desired outcome for a lot of tenants, people with disabilities live everywhere and we will look at any site to see if it helps someone get into their new home.

Current Site Priorities

While always looking for all of these, the order of priority changes regularly

  1. 350 – 800m2 sites for houses
  2. 600m2 unit sites
  3. 10 units inside larger complexes

Current Location Priorities

While always looking in all of these,areas (and the rest of Queensland) the order of priority changes regularly

  1. Brisbane – West
  2. Gold Coast
  3. Logan
  4. Beenleigh
  5. Brisbane – East
  6. Brisbane – South
  7. Brisbane – North
  8. Gold Coast
  9. Sunshine Coast
  10. Redcliffe
  11. Ipswich
  12. Moreton Bay Council – Other
  13. Caboolture

 

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NDISP Technology – Little Things in NDISP Homes to Make Your Life Easier

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Smart Home Automation

Every NDISP home has a full smart home automation system installed to make living in them easier

  • Automatic Doors
  • Automatic Lights & Fans
  • Automatic Air Conditioning
  • Automatic Blinds

All controlled by voice, phone, tablet, browser and good old fashioned buttons and switches

Space to Move

Every NDISP home has 1200mm doors, extra wide hallways, large turning circles and massive ensuites.

 

 

 

 

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SDA Site Shopping Roundup -12 July 2019

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Where We’ve Been Looking

It’s been a busy week this week for our site acquisition team, spent mostly in the Brisbane.

Property (ies) of the Week

Great 400m2 sites in Coopers Plains – Drone Footage of the Estate at the linl- going to be 4 bed plus OOA houses on each site.  Close to QEII hospital, shops, trains, buses, Grifith uni.

What We Bought or are Buying

As well as the Coopers Plain’s sites we picked up some new blocks in Waterford West and started negotiating on more units in Cannon Hill

What We Didn’t Buy

There were some sites in Ellen Grove that look great, but we don’t have tenants for those at the moment so we will be looking for tenants before grabbing any of these.

Designing Updates

The renders for Morningside were published in an earlier post.  Seven Hills renders and design are being done now.  We have some great new 2 and 3 bed house designs being finalised.

An Update From NDISD

As always this is an update from our Development Partner NDISD on the sites and units they have been acquiring lately.

With in excess of $130m of completed properties needed by NDISP to supply outstanding new homes in the  Financial Year Ending 30 June 2019 and over $600m by 30 June 2022 the pipeline of supply is a vital component.

Read below for what our current priorities are and email us at [email protected] for an intro to an NDISD team member who can quickly assess whether your site is suitable.

Wanted to Buy

With NDISP’s mission to provide homes for people with disabilities that are just as easy to find and move into as non accessible homes, NDISD  are constantly acquiring land for houses, unit sites and 10 units inside other developers off the plan complexes.

We look for flat sites that are preferably all of, or at least :

  • Located an easy, flat chair roll away from shops, cafes etc;
  • Have an excellent view or something more interesting than a neighbouring fence;
  • On or close to a high frequency public transport route.

Whilst above is the desired outcome for a lot of tenants, people with disabilities live everywhere and we will look at any site to see if it helps someone get into their new home.

Current Site Priorities

While always looking for all of these, the order of priority changes regularly

  1. 350 – 800m2 sites for houses
  2. 600m2 unit sites
  3. 10 units inside larger complexes

Current Location Priorities

While always looking in all of these, areas (and the rest of Queensland) the order of priority changes regularly

  1. Moreton Bay
  2. Brisbane – West
  3. Brisbane – North
  4. Brisbane – East
  5. Brisbane – South
  6. Gold Coast
  7. Sunshine Coast
  8. Redcliffe
  9. Ipswich
  10. Caboolture

 

SDA Property

Renders of NDIS SDA 4 x 2 Bed plus OOA – Just Because It’s Accessible Doesn’t Mean It Can’t Look Awesome

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SDA Floor Plan

The renders are coming along nicely for our new 4 x 2 Bed SDA Property in Morningside.

These are based on the plans designed expertly by Ben and Paul Wilson at William H Wilson & Associates   [email protected] .  Highly recommend working with these gentleman.  They are second generation and have actually spent time on site swinging a hammer so know what they are doing.

Demand for SDA Housing Far Exceeds Supply

50 Young People with Disabilities Admitted to Aged Care – EVERY WEEK

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DEMAND

We know that at least 12,000 new places are needed to meet the demand for SDA and 16,000 need to be refurbished. With 6,200 young people with disabilities already living in residential aged care, an additional 50 people moving in every week looks like it will offset all of the development underway.

NDISP Supply

While NDISP is privileged to have the financial and supply resources to develop around 1250 properties, the Northern Territory and Victoria in the next 3 years (we are still working on funding and construction supply in other states) it appears that this is unlikely to be enough to make any significant contribution to the problem.

What We Can Do

It looks like NDISP will need to look at increasing it’s resources to be able to deliver even more SDA property in year 2 and 3 than we originally anticipated.  I guess $1B worth of property is not as much as what it seems.

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Cheaper & Cleaner Electricity for ALL NDISP Tenants & No Electricity Accounts for Owners

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NDISP and NDISD have been working hard to harness the volume of our properties to enable us to provide a better deal on electricity.

At this stage NDISD is on schedule to deliver more than 150 new properties in Queensland in the coming financial year, we are hoping to be able to achieve double that number and continue to work on both funding and construction pipelines.  (the next financial year we are starting to plan to deliver nearly 500 in QLD plus hundreds in other states. While this will barely make a dent in the demand for SDA property, we will be helping hundreds of people with disability move into outstanding places they can call home.

With this volume we have been able to leverage a deal that will deliver:

  1. Electricity to tenants cheaper than available to any single property;
  2. No Common Area accounts or bills required for the owners of the properties;
  3. Massive use of solar and renewable energy.

In the coming weeks we will be able to announce the prices for our properties but we are very excited to be able to add another way that we can reduce the cost of living pressures on people living in our SDA properties.

 

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SDA in Shailer Park?

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Shailer Park – 2 x 4 bedroom + OOA houses with never to be built out stunning natural views

These properties are ready to start construction.

Like all NDISD properties these units have:
– Solar System & Battery for Critical Supply
– Fully automated voice/phone/tablet controlled doors, blinds, lights, windows, A/C, fans and Televisions
– large rooms with easy manoeuvrability
– grab rails
– ceiling rails
– fully accessible bathroom to EVERY bedroom
– separate quality OOA with quality fittings and office for carers

Each of these bedrooms also contain their own kitchenette

Turnkey properties are available for sale in the low to mid $700’s

Ideally these properties will be occupied by 3 residents leaving a bedroom free for family and friends to visit. 4 residents will be considered.

People with SDA in their plan or eligible to do so are encouraged to list their interest.

http://www.ndisp.com.au/rentals/