Pimpama, from the Census and the planners
Estates, old and new
Canowindra dates from the 1980s and Hawthorne Woods from after 2000. Large-scale building came in the 2000s, after planning that began with the 1995 Coomera Charrette.
Big houses
80.8% of occupied homes were separate houses in 2021, 17.7% townhouses and just 1.4% units, with an average of 3.6 bedrooms.
Mostly renters
56.9% of homes were rented and only 9.8% owned outright. The median age was 29.
Storms
Pimpama, Ormeau, Coomera and Willow Vale were all on the disaster assistance list after the Christmas 2023 storms.
If you own a Pimpama house
A newer four-bedroom house usually suits zoned ducted reverse cycle. Ask the installer to look at the roof space, the duct insulation and the switchboard. The ACT Government says a large ducted or multi-head system may need a 3-phase power upgrade, and your installer can confirm whether yours does.
If it's mainly the bedrooms and the living area, two or three splits are simpler. Our split or ducted tool helps you weigh it up, and ducted on the Gold Coast explains zoning for humid summers.
Letting the house out? A system that's simple to run and easy to clean saves arguments later.
If you rent in Pimpama
Queensland's Residential Tenancies Authority says you can ask the owner to install air conditioning. If you want to arrange it yourself, it's a fixture, so lodge a request on Form 23 and wait for written approval.
Where there's already a system, the owner keeps it repaired. Cleaning the filters can be part of your job if the agreement says so.
What we'd do
What we'd do in Pimpama
Owners: get a heat load, then compare a zoned ducted quote with a quote for splits in the rooms you use most, and choose on how the house is actually lived in. Tenants: ask in writing and keep a copy. Send us the job and your 4209 postcode. Where we have licence-checked installers near Pimpama who do that kind of work, they see it, and the one who takes it is the only one to get your contact details. If nobody near Pimpama takes it in 48 hours, installers elsewhere in Queensland may see it too.
