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TROPIC • REAL ESTATE
Home sweet home
HOUSING
Mount Peter Residential Estate
by Kenfrost Homes is the
fastest-growing area of Cairns,
with the mountainous backdrop
and country feels proving
extremely popular, in particular
for young families. Among the
estate’s newest neighbours
is Jayden Hodges, who is the
captain of the Northern Pride Q&A Could you ever have imagined you would
Rugby League Club when he’s When did you realise buying a new own your own home at this stage of life?
Jayden - I pinch myself every time I
not working full time at the home was possible? come home. That’s not being cheesy or
Bianca - We spoke to a couple of people
Clontarf Foundation. and saw a few estates, but we came for anything, but it’s awesome coming from
He’s settled into the picturesque a drive out here [Mount Peter] one day Cairns, born and raised in Cairns, I went
away for 10 years and now I’ve come home
suburb with fiancé Bianca with my aunty, and I thought it’s really and we are all set up. To build a house for
pretty out here with the mountains
Foster and their children Colbie behind it. But it wasn’t until we came me and my young family and to be able
and Stevie. Tropic caught up out for a drive and met with Junelle to provide for them is an unreal feeling.
with the family to find out (McNaught - Cairns Key Real Estate) Every time I drive into the driveway,
open up the garage door and walk into
more about the home building who planted the seed that this could the home it’s a surreal feeling. We’ve only
actually happen. She got the ball rolling
process and their southern really quickly and before we knew it, it been in a couple months and to be a first
corridor lifestyle. was all really happening! home buyer through Kenfrost Homes is
an amazing experience.
Why did you choose a new home over
other options on the market?
Jayden – We wanted a brand-new home
so everything is new, we don’t have to do
any renovations or anything, we can just
come home and chill out.
Bianca - And we’re a busy family with
Jayden’s football and we both work full
time and I think the maintenance on an
older style home was not an option. So it’s
all new, the yard is low maintenance, and
it’s perfect for us.
What were the kids’ reactions when you
moved in?
Bianca - Every day after school we would
drive by and see the progress so the littlest
one was taken aback when we actually got
the keys and she was like “the house, the
house!” and we got to actually walk in.
I don’t think it hit them what was actually
happening. They are settling into it now
and are loving it.
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