Learn about setbacks, height limits, and zoning rules to ensure a smooth home extension.
Considering a multi-generational home? Explore the economic, emotional, and familial benefits that come with sharing a home with multiple generations.
Across Melbourne, particularly in housing estates built over the last twenty years, waffle slabs are common in homes built by new home builders, especially the volume builders.
A home extension allows you to breathe new life into your existing home, giving you more space and room to grow, and extending your home’s liveability.
Here’s why extending your home is a smart investment for your family and future, and what’s involved on the financial side of things.
Merchant Builders was a company established in 1965 with two business partners – David Yencken and John Ridge.
Art Deco was an eclectic mix of styles referencing Cubism, Art Nouveau, Modernism and Futurism.
Location of the stairs for a second storey extension is one of the first decisions made in any design.
Collingwood, Abbotsford, Richmond and South Melbourne more typically had timber terraces and were even more working class! Blocks of terrace homes made way for the housing commission flats in these areas on the late 1950’s.
The Californian bungalows originated in California and the first of its kind was imported from Pasadena California in 1916 by an Australian Real Estate Agent who had it erected in the Sydney suburb of Rosebery for the show.