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1. @Arkie Vee, you probably don't need worry about bins, as for apartment developments like this one, the local government will typically require a private contractor to be engaged for collection, rather than councils' own rubbish collection service — a company like Kartaway or WasteWise, who pick up large 660lt bins with a different truck, and which don't sit on the nature strip all day waiting for collection. The parking issues surrounding Southland may indeed get worse (especially on the Western side of the highway), when the new Southland station opens next year and 100s start parking all day nearby, after which the shopping centre is expected to start charging for off-street parking — this will all drive some of the parked vehicles to streets surrounding the centre..

2. @Rodriguez - Southland Station is due to open in November this year. Westfield started installation of gating equipment last month in preparation for timed paid parking by the end of August I believe. As residents on the Western side of the Railway line, we have already discussed this issue with Bayside council and they have done a cursory traffic survey amongst a small number of residents asking for their input and we have asked for residents parking permits and timed parking areas throughout the Pennydale neighbourhood but especially closer to the station. already at Christmas time parking is ridiculous and Council puts out temporary parking restriction signs in some neighbouring streets and it only helps a little. We also have issues with parking from Cheltenham railway station with several of our neighbourhood streets already signed with one side no parking and timed on others and again it helps a little but not much. With any large scale developments we need to push councils to stop allowing parking for fewer cars in their buildings as this alone is causing more issues that the station both now and into the future. Put them together and we will have one huge almighty mess.

3. As a local real estate agent, I have seen way too many recent development sites sell in this immediate area. Once these apartments are built, the traffic in the area will be a nightmare and established houses/townhouses in the area will be de-valued. Much like the Garfield St pocket of Cheltenham, this development, along with a couple of other monstrous proposals in Highett is frightening.
   Demand for this type of product simply isn't there in Highett and Cheltenham. They are poor investments and these will struggle to sell. Expect high vacancy rates and expect ugly temporary fencing around existing sites for many years to come while developers struggle to sell these off-the-plan.

4. As I attend the local medical centre which is virtually next door to this property, I used to admire the four superb mature towering old cypress trees in the front garden. I became concerned about these when I noticed that the orginal 1940's (?) red brick house on the site was vacant and looked as though it might be demolished. Sure enough, when I next went past the property, every tree had been removed. As a result I contacted Kingston council to try to find out why. The response was that the 'trees were affected by rot' but I'd checked the trunks carefully and there was almost none visible and no apparent dieback considering their age. I had to contact the council three times to discover that the council arborist who examined the trees had left just after this - it sounds as though he did a rush job before he took off. It's appalling that these mature trees - which take years to grow - were callously removed by the developer. If a developer tried this in an area like Spindrift Road, Monterey California (the site of Eastwood's 'house' in the Play Misty for Me film) they would have been lynched. The building erected since looks as though it was a joint design venture between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin - it looks positively Orwellian, and hello - it has west facing windows with no solar protection. This type of tree destruction and poor design does nothing for an area like Highett...nothing.

5. Its a disgrace that mature trees are being destroyed for a fast buck. We complain about the Amazon alight but are our "developers" different?

6. I read recently that the Amazon rainforest provides 20% of the worlds oxygen. This is now at risk. Trees are like lungs which consume poisonous gas emissions and produce oxygen. What buffoons would destroy them? particularly beside a busy highway where they are SO NEEDED! (that's me shouting). EVERY TREE MATTERS! not just for it's aesthetic appeal. What's this got to do with this development? Well go figure.
   

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