Design and decoration

  Many new home builders are not designing facades unique in style and many are starting to look the same. The over use of stack stone on new homes springs to mind another 3 small vertical windows.  New home builders need to pick up their game and design new homes that wont date.   
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Timber window frames are not used very often in the housing industry with aluminium taking over for various reasons. Initial costs of the aluminium framed windows is less and no need for painting or staining. We now use very few timber framed windows on our projects with the odd exception. However we do tend to use timber framed windows for our front facade details for a sense of warmth and blending with the timber look panel lift garage doors. 
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There are many reasons you should consider a sloping home site in lieu of a level home site.  - Custom design to suite your needs. - Views are better. - More inspiring landscaping. - Land is always at a discounted price due to the slope. - Visually more appealing home.
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The Astoria45 is an architectural designed home with all the features you would expect from a luxury adobe.  Spacious living areas are common and five large bedrooms all complete with walk in robes. A home theatre is also of great size for entertaining and those nights in. The entrance is also impressive featuring a 1200mm front door with side light and a hallway width of 2 meters.  The kitchen has a full walk through pantry, a household essential offering more
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A feature we are asked more about lately is an inclusion of a study nook close to the living areas for monitoring purposes. With so much internet bullying going on and inappropriate web sites available concerned parents are opting for a proactive stance by being within easy distance of the computer use area. Our designers are aware of these issues and we design home study nooks with this in mind, 
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Berstan Homes is currently introducing a new range of bricks to their selection, the La Paloma by Brickworks.  60% of all Berstan Homes have Austral Bricks and we find their range is variable and exciting, with the La Paloma collection just adding another dimension.
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With the pressure of rising costs on land development, developers have little choice but to reduce the size of the lots bought to the new home buyers’ market. Increasing the need for innovative design from new home builders to maximize usable space.
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Why wouldn't anyone want to help in the design of their new home? Buying a new home is something that people only do a couple of times in a life time and it is important to have a well-designed home that works for you as the new home buyer. With this in mind the new home buyer should be able to have input into the design so they are part of the process to achieve their perfect new home design.
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With the cost of home units rising higher and higher and restricted numbers of properties on the market. Berstan Homes and Stockland have the answer with their smaller lot homes. There are many advantages with buying a home and land package with Berstan Homes in a Stockland estate.  Location is a main factor with Stockland and Berstan Homes this is covered by having shopping and public transport in nearly every Stockland estate. Another great advantage is not having to deal with
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A kitchen is the heart of the home, it's a place where we create and to create properly we need a design that works.  Kitchen design is probably the most important area for design in the home and unfortunately most builders seem to neglect this space. Light is essential to a great kitchen and the inclusion of windows for natural light is given. Plenty of bench space is also needed as are pot draws and overhead cupboards are a must
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