Stage 1 of 5
Discover
We listen, understand your goals and explore what’s possible for your space and budget.
- A free consultation on site
- Your must-haves, budget and timing
- Honest advice on what’s worth doing
How a job runs
Five stages and one team, from the first conversation to the keys. Here’s what happens at each step, and what the law gives you along the way.
The film is an illustration of a hillside build, not a past project.
How a home goes together
The film above is one house, a year in the making. Here it is to pick up, beside three others built other ways. Turn them, pull them apart, open a floor, and take the day through to lights on.
Hillside home
Two storeys cut into a foothills block
A thin steel-framed roof with standing seams, solar on the high side and skylights over the island. Its spotted gum lining runs out past the glass as the soffit.
Living, kitchen and dining along the glass, the main suite in the limestone end, the entry off the hill behind.
Concrete edged in limestone, spanning the rooms below, with heating loops cast into it.
Board-formed concrete walls that hold back the hill, a lounge and guest suite behind the glass, a cinema and wine room dug into the slope.
The floor in one pour, the lap pool formed alongside, and the garden terraced into the hill around them.
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Stage 2 of 5
Design
We bring your ideas to life with practical, considered plans and a clear, itemised quote.
- Layouts and finishes, drawn up
- A detailed quote with no surprises
- Approvals lodged and tracked
Stage 3 of 5
Approvals
We prepare and lodge what council and the certifier need, and keep you posted until the job is cleared to start.
- Drawings and documents prepared
- Lodged and tracked for you
- Start date locked in once approved
Stage 4 of 5
Build
Quality construction with regular updates, so you always know where your job is at.
- One team on site from slab to fit-off
- Regular updates in plain English
- Joinery made by our own crew
Stage 5 of 5
Handover
A careful finish and a final walk-through, then a home ready to enjoy for years to come.
- Final walk-through together
- Any touch-ups sorted before keys
- Your home, ready to live in
Your protections under SA law
On bigger domestic jobs, South Australian law gives you these safeguards. This is general information only: your contract and Consumer and Business Services have the detail for your job.
A written contract
Domestic building work of $20,000 or more needs a written contract, and you’ll get the prescribed notice explaining your rights.
Five business days to change your mind
On contracts that aren’t minor work, you have a cooling-off period of five clear business days after signing.
Building indemnity insurance
Required for domestic work that needs council approval and costs $20,000 or more. It protects you if the builder can’t finish the job.
