Creating places with a long-term view.

A tree-lined street of new homes at sunset, with families walking and riding bikes

Our story

Fairland is a proudly family-owned and operated residential property developer, creating masterplanned communities in growth corridors and urban infill locations across South Australia and Queensland.

As part of the Fairmont Group, a home builder with 60 years of experience, we understand that home extends beyond the house itself. It includes the landscape, streets and open spaces, the connections we make, and the everyday moments that help people feel they belong.

Now in its third generation, Fairland remains a family business. Our name and reputation are connected to every community we create, bringing a personal responsibility to make places that enrich daily life and serve their communities well into the future.

Decades of experience and strong working relationships guide the big decisions, while care and collaboration shape the details.

Awards & recognition

Recognition for places that work.

Awards are not the reason we create thoughtful communities, but they can provide valuable independent recognition of the planning, design and delivery behind them. We’re proud to have our approach recognised by the development industry, with awards that reflect the thinking, collaboration and care behind the communities we create.

  • Sunset over the vineyard entry road at The Entrance, lined with young trees and a white post-and-rail fence
    UDIA SA Awards for Excellence 2024 winner

    The Entrance, Angle Vale

    2024 UDIA SA Award for Excellence
    Residential Subdivision

  • A two-storey brick and render home behind a landscaped verge at Northridge
    UDIA SA Awards for Excellence 2021 winner

    Northridge, Enfield

    2021 UDIA SA Award for Excellence
    Residential Development

Our people

The people behind the places.

Great communities are collaborative by nature. Fairland brings together experience across development, planning, project delivery, sales and marketing, supported by long-standing relationships with consultants, builders, government and project partners.

What connects the team is a practical commitment to the same outcome: making considered decisions, working well with others and creating communities that stand the test of time.

  • David Pickard

    David Pickard

    Managing Director

  • Marc Taintey

    Marc Taintey

    Chief Executive

  • Harry Pickard

    Harry Pickard

    Director

  • Nicole Turnbull

    Nicole Turnbull

    Group Marketing Manager

  • Jackson Scott

    Jackson Scott

    Project Director, Qld

  • Aleck Whitham

    Aleck Whitham

    Project Director, SA

Our impact

Creating a positive impact that lasts.

For Fairland, the measure of a successful community goes beyond the number of homesites created. It’s found in the quality of the places that surround them, the connections they enable and the way they continue to contribute to people’s lives over time.

Across our communities, we have delivered more than 10,000 homesites, alongside 23 hectares of parks and open space, about 35 kilometres of walking and cycling trails and 72 community spaces. More than 160,000 trees and shrubs have helped establish greener, more resilient neighbourhoods.

But the numbers are only part of the story.

Our approach is about creating the conditions for life to flourish. Places where children have room to play. Where walking and cycling become part of everyday life. Where neighbours have opportunities to meet. Where nature is protected and brought closer to home. Where communities can continue to grow and evolve long after our work is complete.

Two children riding bikes around a pump track
Families playing in a park beside shade sails and a playground

Caring for the environment.

Every site brings its own landscape, ecology and environmental considerations. We look for opportunities to work with these natural qualities, protecting and restoring habitat, establishing trees and vegetation, creating connected green spaces and considering how communities can become more resilient over time.

It means thinking beyond what a landscape looks like on day one to how it will grow, provide shade and contribute to the wellbeing of the people who live there.

A couple jogging along a path through native planting

Creating healthier, more connected communities.

Our social impact begins with how people experience a place every day.

Walkable connections, parks, play spaces, places to exercise and opportunities to gather all contribute to healthier lifestyles and stronger social connections. We consider different ages and stages of life, creating neighbourhoods where children can explore, families can grow and people can continue to feel connected as their needs change.

Because some of the most valuable things a community can create are difficult to measure: a sense of belonging, familiar faces, independence, wellbeing and the simple pleasure of feeling at home.

Taking the long view.

As a family-owned business, our name and reputation are connected to the communities we create.

That brings a responsibility to make considered decisions, work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders, and balance commercial outcomes with the needs of the people, places and environments affected by development.

We think about what a community needs today, but also what it may need decades from now. Because the decisions made during development can shape people’s everyday lives for generations.

A father running alongside his daughter as she learns to ride a bike

A legacy measured in life.

Ultimately, our impact isn’t defined by what we develop alone. It’s defined by what those places make possible.

The trees that mature. The paths that become morning routines. The parks where children grow up. The neighbours who become friends. The natural places that remain protected. And the communities that develop their own identity and sense of belonging.

Because the true legacy of development isn’t simply what is built. It’s the life that happens there.