Is The housing development of Mawson Lakes really as sustainable as they make it seem?

The problem with the houses at Mawson Lakes is they have poor insulation, most of them don't have eaves, hot in summer, cold in winter, very car reliant, houses are poorly designed and built, services are concentrated in a particular area which is inconvenient for residents who do not live in that area. A lot of the streets are curved, so it is difficult for houses to face North. The suburb has not been well designed.

Since living in ML our power bill for summer has been $1200 for reverse cycle aircon, its insane. Yes the recycled water is good but to run our reverse cycle air is just ridiculous. We are also in a 2 storey place and it is not suiting our needs now after 18 months with now 2 children. Back of our house is north east so and our living gets quite warm and back of the house gets sun, almost too warm in summer - hence the massive power bills ;)

This was very resourceful information and I will use it well in my Report of Mawson Lakes. I hope that this website brings others good information and maybe i the future try to add pictures and more information about maybe the use of recycling plastics and using them for other products and what Mawson lakes is doing to make the nature and land better for the environment. All amazing I loved it and it gave me great information. Thanks