HOUSING developer Fiteni Homes has rejected an offer to sell land to a group of Ormiston residents who wanted to buy the land to save 27 koala trees from being bulldozed.
The group, headed by Ormiston's Judy Rose, proposed to buy four lots of land from Redland-based developer Fiteni Homes, in a bid to save the trees.
However, Fiteni land development manager Adam Souter wrote to the group and said his company could not accept the offer as the trees posed a danger to homeowners and the public.
Fiteni Homes, which wants to bulldoze the trees to make way for a 24-lot housing estate, has promised to donate 4878sq m of nearby foreshore land for a public park.
Calls to Fiteni were not returned.
Ms Rose said if the residents were allowed to buy the land, they would fence off the area with the trees as a reserve to ensure everyone was safe.
She also asked Bowman MP Andrew Laming to speak with the company and ask they reconsider the sale offer.
Residents pinned clip-on koalas to the fence at the entrance of the Fiteni development in protest.
