Handy Links

• GoGet Sign Up

• Building User Guides
  Evergreen
  Parklife
  Urban Coup
  LeftField
  CRT+YRD
  Skye House

• The Knight Communications
  Defect Process
  Security and Smoking

• Internet Set Up

• Internet Customer Service Guide

• Heater Manuals

Monday 27 June, 2022

Dear Village Residents,

For those of you who have picked up your keys, you were able to collect a small GoGet package, to register this, please click the link below. If you are after another GoGet card, come by the office and pick one up.

https://www.goget.com.au/nightingale/

For those of you who have yet to settle, you are able to pick up a GoGet pack when you get your keys and register then.

Wednesday 15th June, 2022

Dear Evergreen, Parklife and Urban Coup,

It is getting close! See below our last residents meeting for those in Evergreen, Parklife and Urban Coup.

We covered the following topics in the meeting.

1. Thank you.

2. The Knight and move ins

3. Defect Rectification

4. Key pick up times and locations

5. Update on landscaping and Duckett Street

6. Upcoming events

See the slides here.
See the recording below.

We will be in contact with more news over the next few days with any more information requested,
Toby.

Tuesday 14th June, 2022

Dear Village

Your services are connected and ready to go as provided by the following. You do not need to register, these are sorted!

Electricity Embedded Network via South Street Energy
T: 03 9389 3608
www.southstreetenergy.com/contact/

Water Yarra Valley Water
T: 1300 304 688
https://www.yvw.com.au/manage-account/open-or-close-account

Telephone & Net360
Internet T: 1300 638 360
https://net360.com.au/

Speak soon,
Toby

Thursday 14th April

Dear Village Residents,

Nice to see you all, what a turn out! Can’t wait to see you all at your resident inspections over the coming months, and then all moved in after that.

Last night we discussed the following items, I will provide a further update on each of these shortly via email as there are quiet a few outstanding questions.

1. GoGet Membership

2. Settlement Timeline

3. Fisher and Paykel Fridge

4. Lovelight Window furnishings

5. Construction Update

At the moment, settlement for Evergreen, Parklife and and Urban Coup is expected to be called in Mid May, with settlement occurring in Late May. Settlement for LeftField, CRT+YRD and Skyehouse is expected to be called in Late May, with settlement occurring in Mid June.

Enjoy the long weekend,

Toby

Thursday 4th March

Dear Village Residents,

Thanks to all of you for coming along last night. I have provided some time stamps on the items below if you wish to skip through parts of the video. It was a long one, but as always, a good one.

1. Settlement time line 00:00- 45:45
   The settlement timeline was discussed in detail during the meeting. As noted, the Village will be separated into two parts; Evergreen, Parklife, Urban Coup and then secondly Left Field, CRT+YRD, Skyehouse. Slides here for reference.
   If you haven’t done so already, please book your one-on-one settlement call with Nightingale - Settlement Call.

2. Construction Update 45:45-1:12:45
   It is all moving along at the Village, with joinery continuing up the building, external paving and decking being installed and the balustrade detail commencing at CRT+YRD.

3. NAB First Home Buyers Nightingale Loan 1:12:45-1:47:34.
   For those of you who are First Home Buyers, we’ve been working closely with National Australia Bank’s Social Innovation Team to address the challenge of saving for a deposit, the biggest issue faced by first home buyers in Australia. For further details please reach out to nightingale@nab.com.au to discuss these options.

   
   Lastly, look forward to seeing you at the Bowls Club, more details to come. Lambs brains may not be on the menu.

   
   Toby
   
   

Thursday 3rd February, 2022

Hello Nightingale Village,

Nice to see so many of you last night, 100+! Apologies for the meeting limit capacity, but glad we got there in the end.

Nightingale showed some construction photos with exciting joinery and detail progress across the buildings. Link to photos here.

Clare and Jeremy shared some news around the landscaping strategy - in order to maintain the original scope and lush greenery throughout, some of this work will be completed after settlement. More information on this will be shared as we figure this out. Nightingale, Openwork and the project architects are looking forward to getting involved and everyone revealing their respective green thumbs.

The next meeting will be on Wednesday March 2nd via zoom, where we will talk about settlement in more detail. This was also discussed towards the end of the meeting last night.

See you all soon,
Toby

Thursday 11 November, 2021

Dear Nightingale Village,

Thanks to everyone for coming along last night - great to have everyone together!

Gregor and Alex from The Knight have been appointed as the OC Managers for the Village and gave an introduction to themselves and the role of an OC. Their slides are available here.

In the presentation the Knight mentioned their recent client information night where they spoke about sustainable strata – https://www.theknight.com.au/our-news-and-insights/sustainable-strata-an-evening-with-the-knight-2021/

Nightingale gave an energy update on the 100% Certified GreenPower being supplied through Project 100 and how this operates and benefits your community.

As usual, we shared some of Kate’s photos of the exciting progress on site. Each of the buildings are really starting to come to life.

Speak soon,

Toby

Thursday 23 September, 2021

Hello Nightingale Village,

Thanks to those who came along along last night, it was a relatively brief meeting sharing progress on site. As shown in the presentation, we can start to see some interior details and materials.

As discussed in the meeting, the heavily reduced capacity on construction sites and now the safe lockdown of construction sites for two weeks will have an impact on the project completion. It is estimated that completion will be in March to April next year.

Hopefully everyone can be back on site, vaccinated and safe as soon as possible.

Speak soon,
Toby

Wednesday 8 September, 2021

Hi Residents,

Nightingale are glad to be sharing some exciting news about your future neighbourhood. Our friends Kennedy Nolan are working with the City of Moreland on 33 Saxon Street, situated a short walk south of Nightingale Village.

The City of Moreland plan to give this loved community & creative space a much needed makeover and Kennedy Nolan are beginning work on this great project for them. They want to work with community to make sure this space is useful, usable and well loved.

Moreland and Kennedy Nolan would love your view on this important public place. Please submit your feedback to this link: Conversations Moreland

Thursday 5 August, 2021

Dear Residents,

Nightingale Housing gave an update on construction and what our schedule for the rest of the year looks like. Importantly, all the slabs have been poured, so the concrete structure has topped out!

Dr. David Kelly from RMIT is undertaking research into social mix, with Nightingale Village as a Case Study. He is looking for residents to volunteer for a short interview with him. If you are interested, please get in contact to register your interest with Dr David Kelly, david.kelly2@rmit.edu.au

See you soon,
Toby

Thursday 17 June, 2021

Dear Residents of Nightingale Evergreen, ParkLife and Urban Coup.

Topping out event postponed in line with government restrictions.

Unfortunately due to current government restrictions on public gatherings and group sizes we will have to postpone this event as we can not conduct it in a COVID safe manner.

Although restrictions may be relaxed again next Thursday, we can't plan on this being announced and will have to make other arrangements for this event in the future.

We will get in contact as to when we can all safely chuck on a hardhat and Hivis and stomp up to our respective rooftops.

Looking forward to when we can!

Thursday 10 June, 2021

Dear Nightingale Village,

Thanks for coming along last night, it was great to see so many of you on a cold and windy day. We had a few guest speakers come along.

Teachers Mutual and Bank Australia were invited to share an introduction to their services. If you need to get in contact to discuss finance further you can find their details in the presentation or below.
Bank Australia
nightingale@bankaust.com.au
Julie-Anne Webster, Teachers Mutual
JWebster@tmbl.com.au, 0400 695 540

Dr. David Kelly from RMIT is undertaking research into social mix, with Nightingale Village as a Case Study. He is looking for residents to volunteer for a short interview with him. If you are interested, please get in contact to register your interest. Interviews will be conducted in June-July.
Dr David Kelly
david.kelly2@rmit.edu.au

See you soon,

Toby

Tuesday 8 June, 2021

Dear Residents of Nightingale Evergreen, ParkLife and Urban Coup.

Edit: Event postponed!

As you may be aware, we are approaching an exciting milestone - topping out. This means that all major slabs have been poured and that these three buildings have reached their full height.

We'd like to warmly invite you to a site walk through of your new home alongside some of our project team. Please click the link below to find out more and register for this event. We will keep you up to date with any changes due to COVID procedures. If possible, please bring a hardhat and hi-vis. If this isn’t easy, no worries, we have Nightingale gear!

The other three buildings are not far behind and we will be announcing the topping out site walk for these in the coming weeks.

Thursday 4th March, 2021

Dear Nightingale Village,

Thanks to those who came along last night, as you may notice in the presentation, Jess will be taking some time off work over the next year and I'll be taking over her role. Thanks to Jess for keeping things running so smoothly. I look forward to meeting you all and getting to see Nightingale Village take shape over the coming months.

This presentation focuses on utilities (electricity, heating and hot water, water, internet and waste) and how each of these operate. It also touches lightly on embedded networks, lot liabilities and Owners Corporations fees.

**Edit: In the presentation, the indicative Owners Corporation Fees were not those within your Contract of Sale, apologies for this error. The estimated range per annum is as follows.

Teilhaus Apartments: $1,800-$2,500
1 Bedroom: $2,500-3,400
2 Bedroom: $3,400-4,200
3 Bedroom: $4,200-4,700

We will also be sending out some more invites for future residents meetings.

Thanks,

Toby & Jess

Friday 21st January, 2021

Dear Nightingale Village,

Welcome to 2021!

At last night’s meeting Jeremy and I gave an overview of the Green Travel Plan to date and led a discussion about the myriad approaches to travel currently in use by existing Nightingale residents and future Nightingale Village residents. The slides for this presentation are quite text heavy, particularly the case studies, so I’ve included them as a seperate PDF via the button below the video.

See you in six weeks!

Jess

Thursday 3rd December, 2020

Dear Nightingale Villagers,

We conclude our meetings for the year with some extra special guests from our partner community housing providers Women’s Property Initiatives and Housing Choices Australia. Jeanette, James and Toby spoke to us about their important work and how participation in this project will benefit their clients, us the residents and society at large. If you’ve been looking for a reminder about why we are all collectively embarking on this journey, this is it!

From Nightingale Housing and the entire project team, we hope you all have a calm, safe, enjoyable and connected holiday season and we look forward to meeting again next year for the home stretch of this project.

All the best,
Jess

Thursday 22nd October, 2020

Dear Nightingale Village,

Another 6 weeks has passed and we have another recorded meeting for you to dine on. Last night’s discussion focussed on the commercial spaces that will be built as part of the Nightingale Village, while we will soon be advertising these more broadly. Ahead of this we are seeking your feedback on what kinds of business you would like to see there, or indeed whether you or someone you know would like to be part of the Village in this capacity. We also heard from Kath Sunderman and Kate Ryan, two Evergreen residents who are investigating co-ownership models of commercial spaces.

I’ve put together a survey to capture your responses to these questions, linked in the button below. Please fill this out by Friday 27th November. I’ll also send an email link.

Til next time,
Jess

Thursday 10th September, 2020

Dear Nightingale Village residents,

Please see below for the recording of last night’s resident meeting. We were joined by Marcus Bove from Hacer, who is the site manager for our construction project.

Until next time…
Jess

Friday 31st July, 2020

Dear Village residents, 

While there are heaps of great things happening on site and Hacer have been making fantastic progress, we just thought we should let you know that it’s not all beer and skittles down on Duckett St. 

Last Saturday evening, part of an adjoining brick wall at the Panel Beaters on Hope Street collapsed onto our site.

Importantly, no-one was hurt, however it has added some complexity to Hacer’s work in that corner of the site (next to Urban Coup).

Hacer have been absolute professionals in the way they have handled it, and immediately contacted us, the project managers, WorkSafe, the adjoining owner, the structural engineers, the insurance company and the municipal building surveyor to ensure the safety of workers on site and the public.

Hacer are working through the cause of the collapse and resolving the pathway forward to ensure a safe construction site and to mitigate any potential delays.  For the past week work has paused on the south precinct, that is Skye House, CRT+YRD, Kennedy Nolan and Urban Coup, and should resume next week. Meanwhile, work on Evergreen and ParkLife continues uninterrupted. 

We’ll provide you with an update at our next meeting, on Wednesday 9th September.

Mask up, stay safe.

Jess and the Nightingale team

Friday 24th July, 2020

Dear Nightingale Village,

Please find below the recording of our last meeting, held on Wednesday 22nd July.

We heard from Brenda Appleton and a strong contingent of Urban Coupies about their co-housing initiative, and their approach to policies and frameworks for co-living. There is plenty to take away from it, so big thanks Brenda!

I also promised to post the song accompanying the time lapse, the first in my 6-weekly DJ career. (I also take requests, but only from residents below age 15, sorry). It’s called ‘Pandemic’ by Pluralist.

We also reviewed construction progress, with Hacer slightly ahead due to good weather. We are still targeting ‘end of 2021’. To be more specific would be to jinx it, but this has been a stable goal for a few months now, with Hacer being in the best position to predict. Keep fingers and toes crossed the construction industry stays (safely) open.

‘Til next time,
Jess

Thursday 11th June, 2020

Dear Nightingale Village,

Please see below for the recording of last nights Residents Meeting, which includes a presentation from James Legge on the evolution of Nightingale 2, as well as an update on construction progress and a Q&A.

The next meeting takes place on Wednesday 22nd July. Whether this will be via Zoom or in person is yet to be determined.

All the best,
Jess

Update: one very excellent Skye House resident has kindly created timestamps for key points in the below video for anyone who’s in a hurry or want to rewatch certain aspects.

2:28 Agenda
4:40 Meeting format
5:58 The Nightingale 2 Journey
46:27 Construction Update
46:33 What's happened?
49:49 Timelapse video of site
53:20 What's happening?
54:22 Video of site manager talking about the mudstone compounding process for piling and capping beams.
59:17 What's next?
1:00:26 Q&A
1:01:02 Question on potential for dryers in laundry spaces (Skye House)
1:05:00 Question on the completion date
1:07:52 Question on any updates about retail spaces
1:14:45 Question on impact COVID might have on property values and finance
1:22:32 Question on neighbouring car park
1:28:55 Question on building facebook groups (Skye House)

Thursday 4th June, 2020

Dear Nightingale Village,

Our meetings will recommence as of next week! The meeting scheduled for Wednesday 10th June will take place with the same invitees but over Zoom. The meeting will be recorded and posted here, and will have much better sound this time given we are recording straight off Zoom.

To those who are invited, I will send a Zoom link out today.

To those who missed out on their meetings, I will send invitations to other meetings today.

This meeting will of course include an update on the construction program.

Until next week,
Jess

Tuesday 14th May, 2020

Dear Nightingale Villagers,
Apologies for taking some time to put together this latest update. Needless to say, we are playing a bit of catch-up after shifting to remote working arrangements. I hope this finds you all in a state of safe and cosy lockdown. 

Here are the latest updates on the construction of your home:

• As yet the Nightingale Village project is not experiencing delays in relation to COVID19, while the construction industry remains at work

• The Village architects are continuing to finalise the documentation for construction.

• Demolition by Deconstruct is 95% complete

• The Builder has served Protections Works Notices to nearby properties for the major building works.

• The last two warehouses on the rail corridor (Evergreen and Kennedy Nolan sites) have now been demolished, necessitating a temporary closure of the bike path. The bike path is now open again

• The Builder has commenced early works. This means the basement and piling will start soon

• The Builder has submitted necessary documentation to our neighbours, PTV

• Demolition everywhere! Nightingale Anstey and the West Street Park are also underway. The Anstey Village is a busy place right now

• Our new park officially has a name: Bulleke-bek Park, meaning Brunswick in Woi Wurrung language

• The final design for the Park has been released! View it here: https://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/globalassets/areas/open-space/osdd-west-st-final-concept-landscape-plan.pdf

Obviously, the continuation of much of the above activity is beholden to the continued operation of the construction industry in what are uncertain times. We’ll let you know if things change, but for now it’s all good news.

Finally, we have written an open letter in support of the City of Melbourne’s draft Affordable Housing Strategy. Significantly, the strategy includes advocating for Inclusionary Zoning.

Inclusionary Zoning is the compulsory inclusion of genuine Affordable Housing within ordinary residential developments and is intended to increase the supply of housing to those on low to moderate incomes. At Nightingale Housing we are advocates for these measures as we recognise the urgent need for increased Affordable Housing supply. If you feel similarly, please add your name to the letter by following this link, where you can also find more information about the Strategy.

Stay safe!
Jess

Wednesday 18th March, 2020

For those who missed it, and for our archive, below is an email update sent to all future residents about COVID-19. On this note, some emails bounced back, so if you’ve changed email addresses recently please let us at Nightingale know.

‘Dear future Nightingale residents,

Firstly, we’d like to extend our sincerest wishes of wellbeing to you and your families at this time.

Understandably, many of you have written to us to query what the impact of COVID-19 will be upon the construction of your Nightingale home.

We have been in communication with the relevant contractors and to date all projects are still progressing normally. Project teams are continuing to work on the delivery of your homes whilst adopting all sensible precautions to avoid unnecessary meetings.

Nightingale Housing is continuing normal business operations, albeit in isolation, and we are still very much contactable and here for you. We are well versed in online meeting platforms and are making the most of the technology to keep everything moving as necessary.

We will continue to keep you updated via email as your project progresses.

Until this time, we wish you well and you can of course reach out if you need us.

All the best,
Jess’

Meeting 2: Wednesday 18th March, 2020

Hi Nightingale Villagers,

Given the evolving nature of the COVID19 situation, and out of respect for those most at risk, we have decided to cancel the meeting due to be held this Wednesday.

I will post some updates here over the next six weeks, and please feel free to email any questions through that might benefit the group. Those who were scheduled to attend this week will be slotted into other meetings.

I hope you’re all keeping safe and I look forward to seeing you all on the other side of this.

Best,
Jess

Meeting 1: Wednesday 5th February, 2020

Meeting 1 has come and gone! Thanks to all the building representatives and architects who came to Nightingale Housing last night. The video above is the screen capture and audio from the meeting and includes the Q&A at the end of the evening. Apologies for the less than perfect audio quality, I’ll try to find a better solution next time.

Looking forward to seeing some of you at the next meeting,
Jess

Wednesday 15th January, 2020

Demolition has begun!