please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2014 this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message wincrest homes type private industry construction headquarters parramatta new south wales australia area served greater sydney central coast and newcastle and the hunter valley key people gerard caruana website http www.wincrest.com.au wincrest homes was established in 1986 in parramatta new south wales to build residential homes . 1 contents 1 history 2 projects 3 awards 4 references 5 sources history edit wincrest homes started in 1986 mostly selling house and land packages . the business evolved into a multi disciplined business with contract building speculative house building and land development activities . 2 in 2005 wincrest homes started a home building business in melbourne australia . in 2009 with the effects of the global financial crisis land was difficult to sell and the melbourne side of the business proved to be unprofitable . the combination of factors led to the directors making the decision to restructure the business to enable the sydney contract building business to continue . 3 all other activities outside of this were stopped . this strategy was successful and today wincrest homes continues to build contract homes . 4 5 projects edit the hunterford estate the hunterford estate 6 situated off pennant hills road at oatlands new south wales 7 was a joint venture between landcom and st hillier s and involved 3 builders constructing approximately 150 dwellings to conform to strict design guidelines . with the assistance of arcoessence architects wincrest homes designed and built a range of housing types including terraces with rear lane garage access duplexes and triplexes courtyard homes on 300m2 lots with rear garage access as well as split level designs on traditional manor lots . all homes were completed in the arts and crafts architectural style . the project won the 2003 royal australian institute of architects raia premiers award and the national udia award for marketing and the premiers award in the 2003 australian institute of architects nsw annual awards . honeysuckle development linwood village this innovative development is situated in the precinct of newcastle s harbour which is being redeveloped by the honeysuckle development corporation . a multi builder approach was adopted by the developer with wincrest homes building a major proportion of the dwellings . the development consisted of super lots of terrace with rear lane access to garages . individual terrace lots varied in width from 4.5 metres to 6.5 metres . a total of 56 terraces in four stages have been completed . linwood shores wincrest homes were selected as the sole builder to complete the remainder of the project . construction includes 49 terrace dwellings with separate garages . there are also 15 mews apartments constructed above some of the garages which are strata titled separate from the main dwelling . a total of 64 dwellings were erected for this portion of the project . wincrest developed 120 dwellings in total at linwood . awards edit wincrest homes has won building awards from the housing industry association hia and the master builders australia 8 mba . references edit http www.homeworld.com.au builder wincrest homes http eckomedia.com.au 56 wincrest homes knock down rebuild http www.smh.com.au news national wincrest homes faces collapse 2009 01 29 123281863 7303.html http www.smartcompany.com.au growth economy 8247 20090402 home builder wincrest emerges from administration.html http www.abc.net.au news 2009 02 02 wincrest homes continues operating 279874 http www.hunterfordestate.org.au elmswood http www.masterbuilders.com.au newsarticles adapting homes to changing lifestyles sources edit official website wincrest homes website homeworld website 1 news from wincrest homes wincrest.com.au retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wincrest homes & oldid 721854931 categories companies based in sydneycompanies established in 19861986 establishments in australiahidden categories orphaned articles from july 2014all orphaned articlesarticles with a promotional tone from july 2014all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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