Mr Hill was responding to the summing up by independent commissioner John Matthews at the conclusion of a two-day resource consent hearing in Queenstown.
"Me and the architect and all at The Hills will make this the most amazing thing in the world," Mr Hill said, after getting a strong indication from Mr Matthews and co-commissioner Andrew Henderson the project would be approved.
"The effects of the proposal will be no more than minor and will be mitigated by conditions," Mr Matthews said in the hearing.
Lakes Environmental had declined the consents on the basis the houses would have significant adverse effects on the environment and that the development was inappropriate.
The commissioners will draft consent conditions for input from Lakes Environmental and The Hills and make a second site inspection on April 23.
A full written decision would be prepared before the end of May, Mr Matthews told the Otago Daily Times.
Lakes Environmental landscape architect Helen Mellsop and planner Hannah Afifi had earlier told the hearing the five proposed houses in the southern catchment near Hogans Gully Rd would be visible to some degree, but Lakes Environmental staff and The Hills' submitters disagreed over the extent of the visibility.
Ms Mellsop said the houses in lots nine and 10 were the most visible and, if deleted, she would consider the adverse effects were minor.
However, in her closing submission, The Hills' counsel, Vanessa Robb, urged commissioners to view the site as a whole in a dominating mountain landscape.
Consent would not open the floodgates of applications for further subdivisions in the southern catchment, she said.
Mrs Robb noted the houses would be restricted to 1% over the entire landholding.
The accommodation units would help financially support the golf course, "a major community asset" after introducing the NZ Open to the district.
Consultation with the community had been extensive and only one submission remained in opposition, she said.
Architect Andrew Patterson gave evidence in support on Monday.
He said careful consideration had been given to each dwelling to ensure their visibility was minimised by burrowing them underneath hillsides, planting native turf roofs and situating courtyards and parking in landscape depressions.
Ecologist Neill Simpson said yesterday the proposed community reserve would re-establish 20,000 native plants over five years, improve the habitat for indigenous species and help screen the houses.
