The UDIA NSW | Meriton Awards for Excellence has named Harrington Grove as the best 2016 Masterplanned Community in NSW.

The award recognises masterplanned developments that are designed for self-sufficiency and provide high standards of design, diversity, and housing choice. Specifically, projects worthy of this award must create a sense of place and include a range of lifestyle and community facilities.

Harrington Grove is a masterplanned community-oriented residential development. It sets new standards in urban form, sympathy to surroundings, community involvement, and a strong sense of place. Its high class facilities include the Harrington Grove Country Club with its resort-style pool, tennis courts, community rooms, fully-equipped gym, amphitheatre, and barbecue areas, as well as the Magnolia Club and future Michelia Club which also offer residents a bounty of facilitates.

While the Great Australian Dream is rapidly downsizing across Sydney and increasing in cost, Harrington Grove is once again proving the exception. Homesites within the latest Michelia release start at a generous 700m², offering room to build the home you've always wanted, without the compromises.

The commitment of the estate to large homesites reflects the desire in people for wide open spaces. To allow families room to grow, room to dream and room to live. With average new medium lots in Sydney measuring in at 450m², and even down to just 200m² in more densely populated areas, Michelia represents generous space at excellent value.

With a canvas this large, there's no need to limit the imagination. No longer will you need to choose between a rumpus room, office or home theatre. At Harrington Grove, it's all possible with room to spare.

An entire section of modern literature is devoted to describing the benefits of social connections. Strong connections are crucial to modern life for everything from emotional wellbeing to physical health, and all of this goes back to where we live, the people we meet and those we share our space with.

At Harrington Grove, this is where we excel.

'The key to a happy life,' says author and psychologist Paul Bloom, 'is sustained relationships, challenging work and connections to the community.' This has never been easier to achieve than at Harrington Grove, where neighbourhood centres, local parks and winding paths connect the land as much as it does the people, building a firm foundation for a strong and social community.

On a forecasted freezing morning in Harrington Grove, 14 teams hit the course in a bid to be crowed the Inaugural Harrington Grove Amazing Race champions.

Teams made their way around four precincts; Magnolia, Maculata, Dianella and Lomandra, before racing to the finishing line at the Country Club. Teams visited each check point along the way, completing activities and solving puzzles to get the clues to move further throughout the course. Some of the activities included Grand Slam tennis challenges, fitness challenges including hanging from monkey bars and holding a plank position, as well as completing food challenges (do you like blue cheese?) and taking selfies with Sir Warwick Fairfax.

The course ended with a game of ‘The Price is Right’ at the finish line before everyone enjoyed a sausage sizzle.

Congratulations to the first placed ‘Navy Blue’ team and the second placed ‘Light Purple’ team.

Sydney home prices have jumped 3.6 percent in the March quarter to a new median of $914,056 according to new figures released today by the Domain Group.^[1] Nationally, the median price stands at $666,242.

In the inner west, for example, an unrenovated, two-bedroom semi has a price guide over 850,000.^[2] Meanwhile in Harrington Grove, our residents not only get a stunning and spacious home built in one of Sydney’s most prestigious developments, but full access to a range of exclusive facilities of Harrington Grove.

The development and maintenance of a strong, rich, and active community is pivotal to Harrington Grove. As such, residents have access to high quality amenities including the Harrington Grove Country Club, Magnolia Club, swimming pools, tennis courts, a fully equipped gymnasium, barbecue and picnic areas, playgrounds, function rooms, an outdoor amphitheatre and an extensive network of cycleways and pathways. A Community Liaison Team also coordinates a lively calendar of events for the enjoyment of residents of all ages throughout the year, further nourishing the spirit of community.