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How To Create Your New Home Design Brief

So you’ve decided you are building a brand new home, how exciting! You’ve probably got a million ideas swirling around up in your head. We are here to help you take grasp of all that imagination and wrangle it into a design brief! Ideally, you’ll get to fulfil all your hopes and dreams, but sometimes not all ideas will work together, this is your time to fine-tune your vision and make sure you have a firm concept before you begin further planning. Here are a few key things to consider when creating your home’s design brief:  Read more

Knockdown or renovate

Knockdown or renovate, what’s right for you? 

If you’ve been living in your home for some years, naturally there are always a few things that pop up over time that you’d like to improve on or update. As the list grows longer, the question you begin to ask yourself is whether to renovate, look for a new house that already has everything on your wish list or to knock down and completely rebuild your home. Read more

build a new home

Where to start when you want to build a new home

So you think you want to build a new home. Congratulations! But, where do you start? Building your own home is a great way to ensure you get the style you like, a floor plan that works for your family and means you won’t have to undergo an expensive renovation before you can move in. Read more

HomeBuilder scheme

What the Government’s Home Builder scheme means for you

In an attempt to inject Australia’s construction industry with a much needed boost, the government has announced its HomeBuilder scheme. In a nutshell, the scheme will see qualifying Australians receive a $25,000 cash grant to go towards home renovation or new home building. Read more

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Choose a small building business

Choosing a small local builder over larger building companies can come with some great positives that both you (the homeowner) and the house being built will benefit from. Here is a list of reasons to choose a small building business over a large one.

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Bathroom renovation

How to Create a Renovation Budget

So, you’ve decided it’s time to renovate your house. Perhaps you are sprucing up the walls with a fresh lick of paint. Maybe you are going to completely re-do your bathroom. Or you might have just bought a fixer-upper with plans to overhaul the whole interior. However big or small your renovation is, you’ll need a watertight budget to guide the project to completion. 

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