Home building in my suburb

We use and recommend Ambassador stone an Australian company with some stunning stone. This photo shows Ambassadors Calacatta Kapak stone.
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Many of our clients ask about our display home furnishings and where we get them all from? We have numerous suppliers and one of them is Gainsville they offer cutting edge designs that suit our style.
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Have your own plans, yes we will build your custom home! Contact Berstan Homes today.
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National tiles are our preferred suppliers for amazing tiles and here is a perfect example and finished off with black tapware.
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That’s a very interesting question; there are so many builders in the market place. There’s the volume builders that you see on the TV most of the time and they seem to be everywhere through their mass advertising, there are custom builders who basically build any style home and various other builders that range from budget builds to high end home builders. First question you need to ask yourself is what type of build do I want? Do I want a
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What’s the difference between a custom-built home and a production or mass-produced home? Plenty, according to Berstan Homes Managing Director, Mark Bryson. “A custom-built home is a one-off statement of design which allows the client to have a unique build.” Mass-produced house designs are becoming more and more popular as the housing shortage worsens and new subdivisions are developed by huge building companies. Whole neighbourhoods are now looking like assembly lines with cookie cutter houses all in a row. The
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Nearly everybody is looking for something to do over the weekend and the Yarra Valley has so much to offer. We found a great place for adults and little ones the Chocolatier and Ice Creamery located at 35 Old Healesville Road Yarra Glen.  When quoting new home builds in the Yarra Valley I always try to make it a family affair and after the clients are seen too, we head off to discover more of this amazing area.
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Berstan Homes has been surprised lately at how many clients are asking for double showers to the master bedrooms. One of the many advantages to having a custom home built is you can have the home designed the way you want it and not somebody else. Extra size breakfast bars are also proving to be large ticket item this year. The old favourite by far is still storage form extra cupboards to extended garage spaces creating larger storage areas.
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Berstan Homes are currently in the process of obtaining the building permit for a knock down rebuild in Mimosa Street Glen Waverley.  The home has been custom designed by the Berstan Homes design team with close consultation with our clients. The new home is a 45 square master designed home based on Berstan Homes Astoria43. Designed with entertaining in mind the home boasts three expansive living zones and open plan kitchen meals areas. Construction will be starting shortly on this
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Late last week I met up with a couple of potential clients in Eltham, and their story was a common one. This particular couple had been in the planning permit merry -go -round for four very frustrating years. The couple had engaged an architectural company to design their home and apply to council for a planning permit. What I found out was very upsetting; they not only wasted four years getting a planning permit but they have ended up with
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