Frequently Asked Questions

ARIA Hunter Valley is located in Rothbury in the Hunter Valley. ARIA is right on the Pokolbin border, which is the gateway to Australia's oldest wine region including award-winning wineries, hatted restaurants, day spas and golf courses. 

ARIA is just 45 minutes from Newcastle and 90 minutes on the expressway from Sydney. 

Learn more about ARIA’s location.

To travel to the Hunter Valley, you can catch a train on the North West line from Sydney through to Maitland. You will then need to switch to the Hunter line at Maitland which connects towns in the Upper Hunter, like Paterson and Dungog, as well as towns in the Lower Hunter such as Newcastle.

ARIA has premium large lots to suit all homes, and room for a backyard. All lots at ARIA start at a generous 2000sqm up to 4.1Ha.

Available land for sale in ARIA is currently priced between $670,000 and $990,000.

We first recommend speaking to a bank or finance broker to find out how much you can borrow.

Getting pre-approval from your lender will enable you to move quickly when you’ve found your dream block in ARIA - from there, one of our Sales team will guide you through the land buying process.

If you are not a resident of Australia and wish to purchase land, special conditions apply. Please notify us at the time of signing if you are not an Australian resident.

For further information, please contact the Foreign Investment Review Board.

c/o Department of the Treasury
Langton Crescent, Canberra ACT 2600
Telephone: (02) 6263 3795
Fax: (02) 6263 2940
Website: www.firb.gov.au

No, there are no strata or community fees, just your normal council rates and any utility services you sign up to.  

(i) underground electricity.

(ii) drinking water; (Altogether group)

(iii) recycled water; (Altogether group)

(iv) sewage tank (Altogether group)

(v) NBN.

Post and wire fencing for the rear of larger lots in the flood zone will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

No, you can not subdivide the land in Aria.

No, you are able to build one home only.

Front rural fencing and an entrance statement will be provided by LWP on each lot including feature trees and underplanting to the entrance statement.

No, crossovers are not included.

Yes, footpaths will be on one side of each road.

Trees will be removed from the approved building envelope on each lot.

Our Design Approvals Board will assess this on a case-by-case basis.

Our Design Approvals Board will assess this on a case-by-case basis.

Please see page 31 of the Design Guidelines for the rules around building a shed.

Purchaser will need to do their own investigation through Cessnock Council.

There’s no shortage of choice when it comes to education around ARIA.

Huntlee Early Learning Centre is a few minutes up the road and is a 164 place facility catering from 6 week old to 6 year olds. Nearly suburbs of Branxton, Greta and Cessnock also have a selection of highly rated pre-schools, Primary and Secondary schools.

You can find the full list of nearby schools here.

Purchasers will need to do their own investigation through Cessnock Council. 

Purchaser will need to do their own investigation through Cessnock Council.

You will need to look up the Cessnock LEP which will let you know what you can do.