New Home Buyers Blog

One of our tile suppliers National tiles has got some amazing choices in their tile range. Here is an example of a black gloss tile installed in a brick stack with a stunning effect.
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The Crystal Quartz has been finished and not far away from the water. I find that the Crystal Quartz finish is easier to clean than tiles and lasts around 12 years.  
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The best thing about designing a custom home is you can add them little extras that will make your home work better like adding two front doors. By adding two front doors it makes moving in so much easier.
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The slab has just been finished at one of our Keilor projects and the frame will start soon.
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By creating a custom design home it will give you great scope to design a kitchen that suits you and your style. Here is a perfect design with a colour combination that works perfectly.
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Designs are going back to the basics with the addition of stone within the home. Not only does this add interest but it gives a lasting statement that will make your home design stand alone.
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Creating interesting features within our custom design homes is a passion of ours. By adding some plaster bulkheads with timber lining boards add a point of interest then add a beautiful fire place and wow that works.
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When you have a great view from your backyard why not use it? What about a good size deck, don’t make the mistake of many by building a small deck which is unable to be used to maximum the open feel.
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Custom robe fitouts are becoming the normal with our clients and we are achieving some great results. With a custom design robe you can have shoe racks, hat racks, prep areas and the list goes on.
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National Tiles are a great stop for creating design ideas for your wet areas. Depending on your personal choice you could choose some large tiles as a statement piece or maybe some smaller mosaic tiles possibly as a feature strip.
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Building design is a very personal choice and a few of our clients lately are asking us to incorporate some natural elements to their home designs.
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Interesting selection of stone by one of our clients in Diamond Creek from the Ambassador Stone Signature range (Sierra Leone). Sierra Leone stone is manufactured stone by Ambassador. The stone has a pleasant mixture of dramatic and subtle grain throughout with amazing results.  
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The concrete piers have been poured and the base is finished at one of our Kew projects. Just need the pods placed and boxing inspection then concrete.
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The site cut is finished and the contractors are starting to bore the holes for the retaining walls at one of our Diamond Creek custom home builds.
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Buildings often with the latest design can become very cold looking so I always like to add a splash of warmth by adding some timber elements. Cedar linings are very appealing and give an attractive warming feature.
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The base is now finished at one of our Diamond Creek projects just needs the boxing. The Steelwork will be placed then the inspection and concrete.
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The base is ready for the boxing then steelwork and inspection then the concrete will be going down at one of our custom home builds in Kew.
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The raft slab is underway at one of our sites in Keilor, steel will be in shortly and then the concrete.
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Sick of looking at a plain painted wall why not add some wall paper to give the room some interest!
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There is so much wasted space usually under your staircase so why not use it for storage and in this case a wine store.
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There is something about a timber feature ceiling in the home that makes the home seem warmer. Here is an example of a timber feature ceiling combining with styling elements that blend perfectly.
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It seems like yesterday when we started this beautiful home and what an amazing result we achieved. On this site was a 1970s house that we removed and then we built this French provincial manor.
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This could be the perfect bathroom with inlay panelled cabinets, Italian tiles and 80mm stone bench tops.
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Stairways can often feel very confined, so an idea we often use is to install glass balustrading and this creates a feeling of space.
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Sub floor nearly completed at one of our Warrandyte knock down rebuilds in Warrandyte.
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A great feature for any room is to install custom cabinets, we are finding this is becoming the normal with most of our builds.
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A perfect way to make a room statement is to place a chandelier in the middle of the room, here is a perfect example in one of our knock down rebuild homes in Templestowe.
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Slabs all boxed up and steel in place ready for concrete at one of our projects in Healesville.
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When building a knock down rebuild why not design a spacious walk in robe. Here is a perfect example of a custom walk in robe with plenty of storage and hanging space.
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Pouring the strip footings at one of our Templestowe knock down rebuilds. Strip footing are a common approach to foundations when dealing with a sloping site.
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