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Building in Mount Martha.
Mount Martha is a stunning escarpment suburb on the Mornington Peninsula, where dramatic clifftop blocks offer panoramic views across Port Phillip Bay to the Melbourne skyline.
What would you like to build in Mount Martha?
Custom Luxury Home in Mount Martha
A bespoke, architect-quality home designed from the ground up to suit your block, your lifestyle, and your vision. Fixed-price certainty, no compromises.
Explore Custom Homes →Knockdown & Rebuild in Mount Martha
Keep the block you love in the suburb you love, and replace an aging home with a brand new custom design. The smartest way to stay in your neighbourhood.
Explore Knockdown Rebuild →Sloping Block Home in Mount Martha
Where others see a problem site, we see opportunity. Dramatic split-levels, pole frames, and elevated designs that make the most of your terrain.
Explore Sloping Blocks →Dual Occupancy in Mount Martha
Two dwellings, one site. Maximise your land's potential with a dual occupancy designed for living in, renting out, or selling as separate titles.
Explore Dual Occupancy →About the Suburb
Mount Martha at a glance
Mount Martha is the Mornington Peninsula's quieter and more residential counterpart to Mornington, a suburb of steeply sloping coastal blocks, pandanus-lined beaches, and a community that prioritises relaxed Peninsula living over the social intensity of the inner suburbs. Blocks often run 700–2,000 m² and many sites deliver extraordinary Port Phillip Bay views from elevated positions. For Varcon, Mount Martha projects are some of the most topographically demanding and visually rewarding: homes built for outlook, for privacy, and for the natural environment they inhabit.
Distance to CBD
58 km south-east
Local Council
Typical Block Size
Typically 700 m² to 1+ ha
Home Styles
Contemporary coastal, architect-designed, clifftop prestige
Heritage Overlays
Significant Landscape Overlay, coastal and ridge properties
Planning & Permits in Mount Martha
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council administers Mount Martha under Low Density Residential Zone provisions for most residential land, with specific requirements around vegetation protection, site coverage and building height on sloping terrain. Significant Landscape Overlay applies to some coastal and ridgeline properties. BAL assessments are standard for most sites given the suburb's bushland interface. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
Lifestyle & Community
Mount Martha's beaches, particularly the back beach and Martha's Cove, offer exceptional surf, swimming and boating infrastructure. The Mount Martha Village provides a relaxed local shopping and dining experience. Mornington's main street is minutes away, and the broader Peninsula's wine, food and wellness scene is accessible from the front door.
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