Boutique Living, Built Around Connection
Todd Devine Homes is proud to be the appointed builder for Hamlet Living’s first community in Lilydale, delivering a boutique collection of homes designed for downsizers seeking a simpler, more connected way of life.
Located at the gateway to the Yarra Valley, Hamlet Lilydale will bring together thoughtfully designed homes, natural surroundings and shared spaces within a deliberately smaller community.
Hamlet Living is built around a simple idea: where you live shapes how you live.
Rather than creating large-scale communities, Hamlet focuses on smaller neighbourhoods designed to encourage familiarity, connection and a genuine sense of belonging.
Todd Devine Homes has been selected as the builder for Hamlet Lilydale, bringing together our construction capability with Hamlet’s people-first approach to downsizer living.
The result is a community designed not simply around houses, but around the people who will call it home.
Hamlet Lilydale is planned as a community of approximately 50 to 80 homes, creating an intentionally more intimate environment than many traditional land lease developments.
The smaller scale allows residents to become familiar with their neighbours while still enjoying the benefits of shared amenities, low-maintenance living and a professionally managed community.
Hamlet describes its communities as places where residents can enjoy a richer, simpler and more connected life, whether they are still working, semi-retired or fully retired.
Todd Devine Homes will deliver seven home designs across the Lilydale community.
The range has been developed to provide residents with choice while maintaining consistency across the wider neighbourhood.
One of those designs, The Walsh, was named in recognition of Todd Devine Homes General Manager Wayne Walsh, acknowledging the additional support, collaboration and effort he contributed to helping get the Hamlet Living project off the ground.
Each home is designed around the needs of downsizers, balancing comfort, durability, low-maintenance living and thoughtful residential design.
The result is a collection of homes that feel individual while still belonging to one cohesive community.
Construction is now underway on the first display homes ahead of the planned January 2027 launch.
These homes will give future residents their first opportunity to experience the design, finishes and quality of Hamlet Living in person.
As the project progresses, Todd Devine Homes will deliver the wider community through a coordinated onsite construction program, supported by our experience across land lease, lifestyle and large-scale residential developments.
Our design and construction teams work closely with Hamlet Living and its project partners to translate each home design into a practical, durable and buildable outcome.
This collaboration allows the architectural intent of the community to be maintained while supporting efficient construction and consistent quality across the broader development.
Hamlet Lilydale homes are being constructed onsite, providing flexibility around site conditions, sequencing and the evolving needs of the community.
Todd Devine Homes’ experience across both onsite and offsite construction allows the delivery methodology to be selected around the needs of each project.
The homes draw on Todd Devine Homes’ long-standing experience in transportable and adaptable residential construction.
This expertise supports efficient structural design and provides additional flexibility in how homes are engineered and delivered across land lease communities.
Moving into a downsizer community is often about much more than purchasing a new home.
Our Customer Experience approach supports residents throughout the construction journey, helping provide clear communication and visibility as their home progresses.
Todd Devine Homes’ dedicated Customer Portal provides real-time progress updates, photo milestones and project information throughout construction.
This digital visibility helps residents stay connected to their build while providing project teams with clearer communication and documentation.
Hamlet Lilydale sits alongside Olinda Creek, with native vegetation creating a natural backdrop to the community.
Nearby Bellbird Park and Lillydale Lake provide around 100 hectares of surrounding parkland, including walking and cycling opportunities, while Lilydale’s shops, train station and town centre remain close by.
This combination of natural surroundings and everyday convenience reflects Hamlet’s goal of creating communities that feel connected both internally and to the wider neighbourhood.
At the centre of the Lilydale community will be Olinda Lodge, a shared space designed to feel more like an extension of home than a traditional large-scale clubhouse.
Hamlet Living plans facilities including:
The Lodge is designed around everyday use, creating spaces for residents to relax, socialise, work, exercise or spend time with family and friends.
Hamlet Living’s approach is deliberately different from communities where success is measured primarily by size or sales volume.
The focus is on creating a place where residents know their neighbours, participate in community life and feel connected to the people and environment around them.
Hamlet’s hands-on team remains involved beyond the completion of the final home, with an ongoing commitment to reinvest in its communities and the people who live there.
For Todd Devine Homes, that philosophy creates a strong alignment with our own approach to building homes around long-term liveability rather than construction alone.
At Hamlet Living, residents own their home while leasing the land beneath it.
This land lease model can allow downsizers to release equity otherwise tied up in land ownership while gaining access to shared facilities, community services and a lower-maintenance lifestyle.
For residents, the model is designed to offer:
Hamlet Living selected Todd Devine Homes for our ability to deliver homes consistently while maintaining quality, durability and thoughtful residential design.
Hamlet describes Todd Devine Homes as bringing quality craftsmanship, thoughtful design and efficient construction to the Lilydale community.
The project brings together:
This collaborative project team allows the homes, streetscape, landscape and community amenities to be considered as one connected environment.
Hamlet Lilydale is intentionally planned as a community of only 50 to 80 homes.
That scale is central to Hamlet Living’s philosophy.
Rather than creating a community where residents are surrounded by unfamiliar faces, the smaller format is designed to encourage stronger neighbour relationships, greater participation and a genuine sense of belonging.
For Todd Devine Homes, it means delivering a residential community where the quality of each home contributes to a much broader goal: creating a place people genuinely want to be part of.
Hamlet’s smaller community model shows that successful land lease living does not need to rely on scale alone.
A deliberately limited number of homes can create stronger familiarity and connection between residents.
At Lilydale, individual homes are only one part of the resident experience.
Architecture, landscaping, shared facilities, natural surroundings and neighbourhood planning all need to work together to create a cohesive place.
Residents are not simply moving into smaller homes.
They are choosing a different way of living, with reduced maintenance, shared facilities, stronger social connection and more freedom in how they spend their time.
Hamlet Living’s commitment continues beyond construction.
Ongoing reinvestment in the community means the development is designed to evolve with the residents who live there, rather than simply being completed and handed over.
Hamlet Lilydale marks the first community for Hamlet Living and the beginning of a new partnership with Todd Devine Homes.
With 50 to 80 homes planned, seven home designs and display homes currently under construction for a January 2027 launch, the project brings together thoughtful residential design, boutique community planning and long-term lifestyle outcomes.
For Todd Devine Homes, it is another example of how our construction capability can adapt to different land lease models, from large-scale communities to smaller, highly curated neighbourhoods.
The result will be more than a collection of homes.
It will be a place designed to belong.
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