Knock down rebuild

Bulleen is certainly changing with many knockdown rebuilds and custom built homes starting to be the norm.  Here is a perfect example of a custom built home kitchen with a minimalistic feel.
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The decision has been made. You love living in your suburb, your kids are doing well at the local school and you have great neighbours. But you need a new house. So, you have decided to knock down your existing house and rebuild on the same block of land. The knockdown, rebuild experts, Berstan Homes, are building your new home. And you can hardly wait. But now you have to find a temporary place to rent, and somewhere to store
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The decision has been made – you are going to knock down your old, dated house and build a brand new one by Berstan Homes on your land. Now you need to sort out 30 years of belongings and get rid of the bulk of it. One of the easiest ways to reduce your “stuff” is have a garage sale. It’s all over in a couple of days (one to set up, one to sell) and you have made some
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Are your bedrooms stifling in the evening from too much sun? Is the view from your lounge an uninspiring wall? You know your home is wrongly situated on your land, but you like the garden and the neighbours - and don’t want the hassle of moving.  The answer is knock down and rebuild your home with Berstan Homes, the experts in the field. You get exactly what you want in a modern new home, but don't have to do the
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What is a knock down rebuild? A very well asked question and can be simply answered, basically, the demolition of an existing house and building a new home. There are many reasons why home owners choose to knock down rebuild and this practice is really gaining momentum in Melbourne. Choosing a knock down rebuild is often the most cost effective option over renovations of an existing home. Renovating a home in lieu of a knock down rebuild has many financial traps
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With so many ageing houses throughout Melbourne’s suburbs, its little wonder that knock down rebuilds is becoming the norm.  We currently have knockdown rebuilds happening in Eltham, Donvale, Templestowe, Glen Waverly, Croydon, Pascoe Vale, Moonee Ponds, Doncaster, Seaford, Blackburn, Box hill, Mitcham, Reservoir, Box Hill North, Bayswater, Eltham North, Chirnside park, Burwood, Ringwood, Chadstone, Sunshine, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Montmorency, Caulfield, Scoresby, Oakleigh, Bentleigh and Doncaster East.  The above knock down rebuilds are a mixture of custom designed homes with a mixture
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Berstan Homes are currently quoting plenty of knock down rebuilds in the Bentleigh area. Bentleigh’s ageing houses are a maintenance nightmare and with the cost of doing a knockdown rebuild being more cost effective than renovating it’s the smart choice. A knock down rebuild is the only real way to achieve the design and style home you require. Bentleigh’s location and easy access to the CBD is a massive draw card for this lovely suburb. Berstan Homes offer a complete
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Renovating a home seems to be a more cost effective way of upgrading the home but there are so many traps. Financially a renovation in nearly all cases runs over budget because there are so many things that can go wrong. It is practically impossible for any builder to give a fix price on an renovation due to the unknown, what's behind that wall, what are the foundations like, what is the roof structure like, what's the condition of the
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I was discussing a knockdown rebuild project in Pascoe Vale over the weekend and what a lengthy nightmare it has become.  The project started 5 years ago with some advice to firstly engage a drafting person to design their new home. Unfortunately the draftsman employed had very little experience in drafting single dwellings and specialized in multi-unit developments. The next move was to engage a building company capable of doing drafting and building from start to finish. A building company
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Melbourne new home builder Berstan Homes has an experienced team of professionals available for any knock down rebuild project in Melbourne.  At Berstan Homes we arrange everything from concept drawings and council permits to building your dream home in any suburb in Melbourne. We try to make the whole process as effortless as possible for our clients and our display village has been specially designed for ease of selection with plenty of styling options.
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