NSW & Qld Issue #27.2

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Showcasing the best builders in NSW and Queensland

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Editor Karen Booth Email kbooth@bigpond.net.au Designer Martha Rubazewicz Advertising Managers NSW & Vic Charlotte Redfern 0451 672 967 Qld Tania Pears 0411 424 194 Advertising Production Co-ordinator Brendan Alder Advertising Art Director Martha Rub
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Editor’s Letter
Knockdown-rebuild projects are on the rise. The premise is simple: you knock down a dated, dilapidated or poorly designed home and build a new one in its place. This is popular in inner-city and established suburbs where vacant land is scarce or non-
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Location, Location
Moving away and saying goodbye to familiar places and faces isn’t easy, particularly if you’re in a neighbourhood you love and the kids are settled in school. So what do you do when you’ve outgrown your home? Do you sell up and buy somewhere else, re
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It Takes A Village
Display villages are a great way for new home buyers to compare the designs, build quality and inclusions of a variety of builders and fully experience a wide array of beautiful new homes first-hand. These homes will be a source of inspiration and in
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Display Homes
It is often difficult to know just where to start when building a new home. There are so many options out there in terms of design and layout it can be hard to visualise what will work best for your family. Display homes help you see the options in r
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Making Memories
The perfect blend of style, luxury and practicality, the San Marino from McDonald Jones is the kind of home in which life-long memories are made. The San Marino Manor, the newest evolution of the much-loved San Marino suite of designs, offers familie
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Utterly Unique
While many consider building a duplex a canny investment — you live in one home and sell or rent out the other — an increasing number of families are seeing it as an ideal solution to having multiple generations living in close proximity, but not in
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Palatial Living
If you believe your home is your castle — a place of sanctuary where you can enjoy the finer things in life — the Palace Regent was designed with you in mind. Created for families who crave a little opulence and appreciate the sophistication and luxu
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Honouring Nature
Planned to perfectly suit the needs of the modern lifestyle, this SHAWOOD-constructed, architect-designed home by Sekisui House, delivers an uncompromising level of comfort and sophistication. The home’s functional and organic design principles offer
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Down By The Bay
Custom builders specialise in bringing one-off designs to life, ensuring your new abode will be a perfect fit with both your lifestyle and land. It could be you have a challenging site requiring a bespoke building solution or a family with particular
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Custom-built Homes
For future homeowners who know exactly what they want, there really is no substitute for a custom-built abode. Finding a reputable builder is the first, and perhaps most important, step on the journey towards creating your dream home — one designed w
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Coastal Classic
This beautifully detailed, classic American home offers uninterrupted views of Queensland’s Moreton Bay … all the way to the sand hills of Moreton Island. To make the most of the Sunshine State’s glorious weather, it also offers several seamless indo
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Sense Of Arrival
This is a home with a true sense of arrival. From the moment you lay eyes on this remarkable residence, your gaze is drawn to the decorative stone-clad entry porch that signals a warm welcome. It’s also an award-winning home. In the 2020 Master Build
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Kit & Modular Homes
Kit, modular and prefabricated homes, available in myriad styles, offer a raft of practical solutions to a diverse range of common building challenges. Kit and modular homes are also a sensible option for those faced with a restricted timeframe for b
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We Built Our Dream Home With PAAL Kit Homes
Charlie and Alice chose the Franklin, one of Paal’s most spacious designs with four bedrooms in its standard format. Although the Franklin offered plenty of space, the family needed even more. They now have six bedrooms and five bathrooms. Alice, Cha
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Envy Inspiring
Of contemporary style with a subtle touch of Versace detailing, this envy-inspiring, multi-level home sits alongside the bay at Rodd Point, one of Sydney’s most popular walking destinations. The site is located on a street corner and while it is of a
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Charm Of Yesteryear
Harkaway Homes was born 33 years ago in the outer Melbourne suburb of Harkaway. Since then, many Harkaway homes have been built in and around the area, with one of the latest being this stunning Weathertex-clad abode from the Victorian Homestead rang
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Dare To Imagine
A steeply sloping building site presents both challenges and opportunities. Here, the drop affords the rear of the home beautiful bushland views and a feeling of being among the treetops. The sharp fall of the 8-hectare site, however, meant that to s
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Products & services
Whether building or renovating a home, it’s important to remember that using the right products and service providers is essential if you want a quality abode that will last you through the years. The foundations upon which your home is built, the in
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Building Made Easy
Purchasing a block of land with a fire-ravaged home was the start of an incredible journey for David and Vicky. Renovating the existing home was out of the question as it would have meant fully gutting it inside at great cost. Instead, the couple for
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In The News
When you think of Corian, it’s likely you think of benchtops, sinks or basins. You’d be forgiven for not associating this material with cladding, however Corian has proven itself to be one of the best cladding materials you can use. This is a new dev
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Lifestyle Investment
Did you know that if you’re building a new home, you need a landscape design before you can get your plans approved by council? Or that if your home is to be built in an estate, the landscape design will also have to meet the design guidelines of the

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