Common Questions

What benefits do the Highland Park sections include:

  • Quality Timber Boundary Fences
  • Professionally installed Sealed Vehicular Crossings
  • Storm Water Discharge Connection to the boundary
  • All services to the boundary including Fibre

What type of Home can I build at Highland Park?

Highland Park residents are free to build any quality type housing to suit their lifestyle needs. This may include standard residential homes, retirement townhouses and urban lifestyle homes. All new homes will be guided by community covenants to ensure long term value of the property and amenities is maintained. You can use any Builder of your choice or choose from an accredited Highland Park show home Builder.

How will Infrastructure like storm water, drainage and fibre technology be managed?

Storm water is conventionally discharged through council’s storm water system, but an environmental swale design assists in water retention in times of flooding, taking the pressure off the Council System.

In addition Highland Park Titles will have ultra-fast broadband (UFB technology) to the door offering a unique future proof investment for every resident.

What are the Fencing Rules at Highland Park?

The fences on side and rear boundaries have been designed by Kamomarsh Landscape Architects for Highland Park.  The cost of fencing is included in the selling price of the section. In stage 14, sections facing Wingatui and Factory Road are sold completely fenced with letterbox as per stage 11 and 12.

How do I get to Mosgiel from Highland Park?

Mosgiel is a 15 minute walk, 3 minutes in a car and 5 minutes on a bicycle. Highland Park is serviced by the Mosgiel Loop Bus which connects to Mosgiel and Dunedin via Hagart-Alexander Drive.

Is there is a choice of section sizes?

Highland Park offers a number of title sizes to suit a range of families and lifestyles. Most titles fit into two common sizes. The first sized titles will accommodate those developing a larger sized home to suit a growing family. The second are smaller townhouse sized titles which whilst still offering ample space for development and outdoor living; will suit those looking for a property that will not require as much outdoor maintenance.

What services will be available to the Highland Park community?

Highland Park residents only have a short walk or drive to the heart of the Mosgiel shopping centre. Services available include multiple supermarkets, medical centre, general stores, churches and plenty of restaurants and local bars.

Do I get to choose who I purchase my title and home package through?

Highland Park approved six home construction ambassadors who can create a personalised solution to ensure your Highland Park property is developed to suit your needs. Each of our ambassadors can provide a suite of information about land and home packages, LIM reporting, council services, deadlines for building, consents and any other questions you may have about your new Highland Park property. 

For more information about land and home packages, please contact one our of ambassadors.

Are there Community Covenants in place to control house designs?

Covenants are registered on the titles for each residential lot to ensure consistent quality development within each Neighbourhood. The Covenants allow for a mixture of single-level dwellings with consistent design themes (including integrated roof pitch designs, gables and eaves) and landscaping that maintains visual harmony with the surroundings.

This is important to protect and enhance the value of your individual investment. For further detail on Highland Park community convenants please visit our resources page.

Where can I send my children to school?

Within the Highland Park development there is a Early Childhood Centre (Wee Nippers) to cater for preschool. This provides high quality early childhood care and education. 

  • A choice of Kindergarten Providers.
  • Mosgiel provides a choice of 5 Primary Schools with a mixture of Private and Public.
  • The Taieri High School caters for Intermediate and Secondary Education.
  • Highland Park children are able to enrol at any Dunedin School and the daily bus services allow this option to be viable.
  • Otago University and Otago Polytechnic are only 15 minutes away.