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Serendipity

keeps the

Stevens close

to home

“I saw what my sister has
and the quality of Halcyon
Communities so it was
serendipitous the way it
happened. I feel like we’ve
gone full-circle.”

After visiting her sister’s home at Halcyon Greens, Gillian “We’re looking forward to being around people in our age group
Stevens fell in love with the idea of making the move to a and who are in a similar position to us and a big thing we liked is
luxury lifestyle community. the fact that the homes have lovely patios, which allow for you
to chat and connect with your neighbours.”
The only problem for her and husband Alan was the community’s
Gold Coast location. Gillian said she has witnessed firsthand how life-changing
moving to Halcyon Communities had been for her younger
“A lot of these communities are built outside of the city because sister Julie.
you need so much land and we’ve always lived on the northside
of Brisbane and we didn’t want to move away from the region,” “Julie has taken up art again and now runs the community’s art
Gillian said. class,” she said. “She’s also told me of a friend of hers who has had
his health improve dramatically since he moved in as he is more
“I’m also not a very confident highway driver, so as much as active and connected.”
Halcyon Greens is a beautiful community, I couldn’t see myself
living there because I would have to drive on the M1 to get back The couple were also keen to make the move to a lifestyle while
to the northside when I wanted to visit.” they were still active and mobile enough to enjoy it.

The Aspley couple then heard about Ingenia’s new community “We wanted to be the ones who made the decision to move,” she
at Burpengary East, a suburb just 10 minutes north of them, said. “Not our daughters or someone else in the family.”
and put a deposit down on a home.

“We were never really 100 per cent happy with what they were
offering,” she said. “And then one day we went along to a coffee
morning and a lady told me that Halcyon Communities were
building one in the area.”

“I saw what my sister has and the quality of Halcyon Communities
so it was serendipitous the way it happened. I feel like we’ve
gone full-circle.”

Gillian said she and Alan were looking forward to the social
aspect of community living.

“We live in a lovely cul-de-sac here in Aspley and we have lovely
neighbours but they are busy with their families and I think we
could drop dead and nobody would miss us,” she laughed.