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Restumping in Grovedale, Geelong

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Grovedale: houses, ground and history

Grovedale stayed an agricultural district until the mid-1960s, when residential expansion arrived from neighbouring Belmont. Its population was estimated at 1,200 in 1970 and 5,000 in 1980. As the German settlement of Germantown in the 1860s, its hilly country and volcanic soil suited orchards and vineyards. The German Cottage on Torquay Road is one of the last survivors of Germantown. Talk to us about being referred to a registered restumper.

Victorian Places says Grovedale stayed an agricultural district until the mid-1960s, when residential expansion from neighbouring Belmont began, and estimates its population at 1,200 in 1970 and 5,000 in 1980.
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When Grovedale was the German settlement of Germantown in the mid-1860s, its hilly country and volcanic soil were good for orchards and vineyards, according to Victorian Places.
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The Victorian Heritage Register (H0714) lists the German Cottage at 224 Torquay Road, Grovedale, a two-storey light timber-framed house probably from the mid-1850s with interiors mostly of timber packed with mud (pug), as one of the last survivors of Germantown, Victoria's first German settlement.
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At the 2021 Census, the median age of people in Grovedale was 41.
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Grovedale had 14,869 residents at the 2021 Census (ABS QuickStats).

Grovedale’s housing growth began in the mid-1960s. Homes from that time onward may have timber floors on stumps or sit on a concrete slab. Restumping is for the first kind. If yours is a slab or brick home with cracking, read about underpinning, a separate job done by a registered builder. An inspection tells you which applies.

Larger restumping jobs come with Home Warranty insurance, which the builder arranges through the BPC. Make sure you get a copy of the Notice of Cover. Before you make contact, find out if you can how the house is supported, stumps or slab, and jot down what’s changed: new cracks, a sloping floor, a door that no longer shuts. If you have the original plans, they’ll show it. We’ll refer you to one registered builder or restumper who works in Grovedale.

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