When designing a custom home it’s easy to add in a little extra like your own cellar, one great area for cellars is in the basement.
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New Home Buyers Blog
Knock down rebuild Macleod
Friday, August 10, 2018
By designing a kitchen with a slim line window, it not only allows light in but lets the garden view into your home.
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Builder Yarra Valley
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
The best part on designing your new home is you can have a feature that is not available in standard homes. The home design in the photo shows an eye catching
perimeter bulkhead with slot registers for the air conditioning.
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Custom builder Croydon
Monday, August 06, 2018
Looking for space in your home, let us design your bedroom robe cabinets to be full height.
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Knockdown rebuild specialist.
Monday, August 06, 2018
Over the years I have heard and answered thousands of questions regarding knockdown rebuilds in Melbourne. I have compiled some of the common questions
asked for anyone contemplating doing a knockdown rebuild.
What the first step is? A feature survey and soil test is a great start because this will give the builder and designer a great in site into your lands
fall (slope) and soil type for structural engineering purposes.
What would it cost? It would depend on the
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Custom builder Melbourne
Friday, August 03, 2018
Do you want a safe home in Melbourne, then buy a dog! It’s the best way to protect you and your family.
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Custom builder Ivanhoe
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Get some stone in your home! It gives you a great look and definitely a point of interest. We recently used Mount Gambier stone on a project and the client
was so amazed by the fossils that we found in the stone.
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Knock down rebuild Boronia
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Ambassador stone have some amazing choices of stone. Here is an example of the Calacatta selection.
Notice how the grain in the stone has been wrapped around the water fall ends.
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Knock down rebuild Croydon
Friday, July 27, 2018
Designing bathrooms are changing from the usual shower area and seperate bath. We are now combining the areas so they whole space becomes a wet area zone.
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Knock down rebuild Endeavour Hills
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
We are currently installing plenty of shaving cabinets and the cost for the extra space is reasonable. A double cabinet installed is around $990.
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Knockdown rebuild Doncaster.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Another demolition is now underway at one of our Doncaster sites. The old home will be making way for a pair of 34s/q high end custom designed homes.
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Custom builder Melbourne
Friday, July 20, 2018
Instead of just having LED downlights everywhere, why not add some feature lights for a better look and feel in your room.
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Knock down rebuild Canterbury
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Storage, storage, storage. You never have enough storage, so where can you get extra storage?
Most kitchens have their cabinets up to 2 metres high so why not have full height cabinets you will be pleasantly surprised how much extra space and storage
you will find.
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Dual Occupancy Doncaster
Monday, July 16, 2018
Construction of a stunning dual occupancy in Doncaster is under way and on the market for sale. The homes are offering the quality that you would expect
from custom home builder Berstan Homes.To find out more visit our Home Page.
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Custom builder Rosanna
Friday, July 13, 2018
With interior design its always a great start when combining artwork to place some similar colours on your furniture to bring it all together.
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Custom builder Surrey Hills
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
With an increasing amount of clients begining to work from home, we are often being asked to include quiet zones within the home design for home office
areas.
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Custom builder Forest Hill
Monday, July 09, 2018
Always looking for homewares, Matt Blatt Richmond is a great place to start. They have amazing homewares and the latest trend items.
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Custom builder Glenferrie
Friday, July 06, 2018
How to brighten a room with little cost and with great results, just add some flowers.
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Custom Builder Moonee Ponds
Wednesday, July 04, 2018
When looking at hanging egg seats or placing heavy art pieces to walls and ceilings always remember to install noggins pre-plaster for strength.
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Custom Builder Ashburton
Monday, July 02, 2018
We are always looking for ways to make a room seem larger than it really is and a great way of achieving this is to add full height mirror doors to your
robes.
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Custom builder Warrandyte
Friday, June 29, 2018
Many of our clients are choosing more of a rustic feel in their custom home designs lately.
Here is a lovely combination of re-claimed bricks and a colour matched timber handrail to the stairway.
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Custom Builder Diamond Creek
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Going back to the basics, lately we are experiencing clients requesting timber to be included in their kitchens.Timber as part of the kitchen bench or
even just a butcher’s block style island is becoming more common.
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Custom Builder Preston
Monday, June 25, 2018
Being able to create different finishes in the home design is just part of the job as a custom home builder and here is an example of bagged brickwork
combined with timber stair balustrading.
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Custom builder Brunswick
Friday, June 22, 2018
I have a 8.5 metre wide lot, can I fit a pool in?
Yes, you can and here is a perfect example of a lovely tiled concrete pool with spa on an 8.5m lot.
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Custom Builder Alphington
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
There are plenty of alternatives with materials for splashbacks, glass, tiles, stainless steel and stone.
Here is an example of an Ambassador stone splashback.
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Custom Builder Northcote
Monday, June 18, 2018
Haymes paints have done it again with a lovely combination of interest and warmth.
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Custom builder Bulleen
Friday, June 15, 2018
We are always looking for different finishes to offer our clients for their custom built homes.
Here is an eye catching rustic combination of a stone wall with timber flooring creating the perfect earthy feel.
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Custom Builder Mitcham
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Looking for more storage why not have Berstan Homes design some under stair storage!
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Custom builder Blackburn
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Just look at the difference in the kitchen by adding some black tapware and appliances to your kitchen WOW.
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Custom builder Wantirna
Friday, June 08, 2018
Window coverings are an often spoken of topic and they can change the whole feel to a room. The photo shows a great example of plantation shutters, just
one of the many choices available.
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