A collection of apartments featuring some of the city’s largest outdoor garden areas have hit the market.
Lakeside Apartments, in Helensvale, is attracting strong interest with buyer data revealing 70 per cent of purchasers were over 50 years old and looking to transition from larger family homes to lower maintenance living.
Developed by Joint Venture partners Keylin and Kinstone Group, Lakeside Apartments prioritise liveability and connection to the outdoors, featuring apartments with up to 108sqm of outdoor space.
With construction underway by builder CoStruct, Lakeside Apartments includes 85 two and three-bedroom apartments across two four-level residential buildings, with views across Lake Serenity, the Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area and the Surfers Paradise skyline.
Keylin development manager Joe Simpson said buyers wanted to downsize their home, not their lifestyle.
“Apartment living doesn’t have to mean high-rise,” he said.
“The Gold Coast has long been synonymous with high-rise apartment living defined by soaring towers, compact floorplans and small balconies, but with the Lakeside Apartments, we’ve taken the opposite approach.
“Lakeside Apartments are designed for people who still want room to entertain, relax and garden, but with little to no maintenance and the freedom to lock up and leave.
“The apartments feature house-like proportions with generous internal layouts, 3m-high ceilings, and landscaped gardens on the ground floor to extend indoor living areas outdoors, creating space for dining, entertaining, pets, play areas for grandkids and more.
“The upper levels also feature oversized balconies of up to 31 sqm.”
Lakeside Apartments launched in September 2025 with strong buyer interest for the two and three-bedroom apartments.
Future residents will have access to a variety of amenities including a large resort-style pool, jacuzzi, gym, private dining room, dog off-leash area, and kayaks available for hire.
Prices start at $1.148 million and residents are expected to move in by September, 2027.
Marianne Scott-Dalgleish and her partner live in New South Wales’ Northern Rivers are now looking forward to downsizing to a ground floor Lakeside apartment.
“We currently live in a single-level family home on a large corner block, and it’s too much for us to take care of,” Ms Scott-Dalgleish said.
“We looked at other options on the Gold Coast but found them leaving us feeling boxed in.
“The balconies just felt like an extension of the actual unit.
“Lakeside Apartments ticked all our boxes and more.”
She said the ground floor apartments gave them exactly what they wanted — a yard, no maintenance and time to pursue our interests.
“We did not have to compromise on anything,” she said.
“We never hesitated purchasing a ground floor apartment. We did it that day.”
Originally published in the Gold Coast Bulletin Real Estate Magazine on 14 March 2026.
*Price correct at time of publishing.
