New Home Buyers Blog

Berstan Homes have some great home choices if you are wanting to build in the Forest Hill area. They have just completed their new display village and it is now available for inspections.  We have a 17 square Humphrey starting out package, a 26 square Stockton second home buyer package and our high end Astoria43. All homes are opened by appointment.  Please call a Berstan Homes professional consultant today for a suitable time. Evening times are also available if you
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Many homes in the Heathmont area are now needing major renovations and maintenance and this is where the financial dilemmas start. Renovations are very costly and in most cases there are plenty of unforeseen problems which add to the financial stress. Maintenance is also a two edged sword because it never stops and once a home reaches its latter years that's when the costs just keep escalating. The only true way of getting the new home you want stress free
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Berstan Homes the knock down rebuild experts have been inundated with enquiries about knock down rebuilds for all Melbourne. With the cost of existing homes all over Melbourne rising by history making amounts, it's nearly impossible to find the exact home you are looking for. Our clients are turning to knock down rebuilds to achieve their perfect home design. The cost of a knock down rebuild in most cases is by far the better financial option than renovating. The main
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The Javier 18A is a stylish modern home with a master bedroom boasting a spacious walk in robe and ensuite. The remaining rooms are of good size and have their own built in robes with easy access to the second bathroom. By the side of the second bathroom is a spacious and practical laundry with easy access to the outside. The kitchen is complete with overhead cupboards and has an island bench featuring a breakfast bar plus a clear vision
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Berstan Homes has just built the perfect home for the new home market in Balwyn, the Astoria43. This luxurious home with its amazing vaulted feature Cedar lined ceilings and its designer styled kitchen would suit any discerning buyer. The Astoria43 is a home that would turn heads in any Street. Berstan Homes have an experienced design and construction team ready to answer your queries confidently and promptly. The Astoria43 is currently on display in our display centre by appointment please call a
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Berstan Homes pride themselves on building quality homes with a clear vision of outstanding personal customer service. The team at Berstan Homes have a desire to provide our clients with a memorable stress free building experience. Berstan Homes manage every aspect of the project from planning, design, demolition, surveying, engineering and the building of your dream home. Come and see are new display village and talk to a Berstan Homes consultant today for more details.
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We have chosen to install a stone mantle in our Astoria43 display in Doreen that matches the kitchen bench. Many companies and owners don't bother to install mantles and the void above can in my opinion look a little unfinished. In this particular case we needed to install a mantle due to the fire place producing too much heat for the TV mounted above. With the external fire place I decided not to include a mantle because the tiles became
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Cottles Bridge what a perfect environment for children open spaces and plenty of adventures. If your considering buying an old home that won’t suit your family’s needs why not consider a knock down rebuild it’s the perfect way of having a designed home that will be exactly what you wanted for your family’s needs.  Talk to Berstan Homes today we have a team of professional experts able to answer all the questions you need the answers for and they have
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Many of our clients having been asking how do you do exposed concrete? Here are the steps the steelwork is exactly the same as per normal concrete it is the concrete mix that bears the difference.  Colour is selected and this determines aggregate (stones) used in the mix with the sand, cement and water. The concrete is laid and finished off as per normal concrete, in most cases the concrete is then left for a minimum of 5 hours depending
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No matter what age you are or what stage of life you deserve a well-built home to live in.  At Berstan Homes we are specialists at Knock down rebuilds in and around the Surrey Hills area so call a building expert today and let us create your dream home.
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If you’re fed up with your old home in Bayswater why not call the new home building experts at Berstan Homes and see how they can create your new home dream. Berstan Homes have a complete team of professionals from planning to design and of course construction. You can trust Berstan Homes because they are a family owned Australian company.
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Step into the amazing Burlington 24 with its two living areas, designer kitchen, breakfast bar, and walk in pantry. Bedrooms 2, 3, 4 are all of good size and come standard with built in robes.  The grand master bedroom comes with a built in robe and private ensuite. The open plan living and dining zone is designed for living comfort. In summary the Burlington 24 is a convenient home with flexibility.
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Berstan Homes have had another successful planning application approved with council  for the construction of an Astoria35 and the clients are over the moon.  The council were very helpful in their approach to the project with two homes being built on the one site. The timeline for the approval was around 12 months, it just goes to show if you have the right team of professionals working on your project great results can be achieved. Call Berstan Homes today and
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the team at Freedom furniture for the supply of their wares to our recent display village.  The staff where very helpful as they always are and it was a pleasure dealing with them.
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Berstan Homes are currently building new homes of various sizes in Mooroolbark and the surrounding suburbs.  We have several plans in at council at the moment for our Astoria range and several custom designed homes. The Berstan team are all experts in their chosen fields and are more than willing to help you through the whole new home building process.
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The Astoria31 by Berstan Homes has a spacious lounge located at the front of the home with dividing doors to separate the remaining ground floor areas. At the rear this lovely home has a family room and open plan kitchen and dining areas.  A sense of luxury continues throughout the first floor of this double story home, with four generous sized bedrooms. A feature walk behind robe to the master bedroom is very practical in design and functionality. Another great
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East Doncaster used to be the poor sister to Doncaster but lately prices have been bucking that old trend and are now even.  The homes in East Doncaster are getting to the age where plenty of maintenance is required and you would really need to weigh up the costs in comparison to building a new home. Berstan Homes have a team of experts able to give you straight answers and what involved in creating your dream home.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the team at Globe West for their attention to detail and advice for our new display centre in Doreen. Globe West made everything so easy thank you from the Berstan Homes team.
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Like entertaining at home but your old home just isn't what it used to be, it could very well be time for a knock down rebuild. Berstan Homes are experts in building design and construction and well equipped to create your new dream home.
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Berstan Homes has been building homes around Melbourne since the early 1980s with many very happy clients. Building new homes in Doncaster is the norm now, with clients usually opting for townhouses or duplexes. When doing this works you need a team of experts to take the stress out of the project, so when looking at a knock down rebuild call Berstan Homes Doncaster.
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I was out about over the weekend and came across this fantastic playground at the Hazelcroft estate in Doreen. This particular playground has what you could only call a crooked house which has been very cleverly designed. 
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Berstan Homes have been asked lately for plenty of quotations in the Nunawading area for new home builds and unit developments. The Nunawading area has been overlooked by plenty and I believe there is still plenty of potential with prices still not reflecting the true value of the area. Nunawading has everything going for it such as public transport, schools, shopping strips and easy freeway access. Berstan Homes have just completed their new display centre with several homes on display
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I keep hearing the same comments time and time again about cheap priced volume builders. My house has this problem and that, they never return my calls, etc, I reply you get what you pay for. Buying a home is the same as buying any other product. You cannot expect a cheap volume builder to give you a quality product for such a low price and the sheer volume of product they produce. If you ask a tradesman who the
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Like looking at all those new homes around the best streets in Melbourne, there is a way to have the best home in your street. Berstan Homes have the answer call today to discuss what our team of specialist home building consultants can create for you.
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With over 25 years of membership with the Master Builders Association Berstan Homes are proud of this milestone and look forward to another 25 years of membership.  The Master Builders Association is Australia's oldest building industry association being founded in the 1870's. The Master Builders Association now have branches in all states and territories in Australia.
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Berstan Homes have been experiencing dumping on many projects across Melbourne and our clients are really feeling the costs for removal. The costs are running at around $350 per ton for mixed rubbish.  With this particular site the bill was $3000 a cost that should never have been and only due to thoughtless people taking advantage of a vacant lot very unfair! If you ever see anyone looking like they are dumping please call your local council or even take some
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Are you fed up with your old home? There is a very good chance the cost of renovation would be significantly higher than a brand new home. If you would like a new home building company, you can rely on for honesty and a quality build talk to Berstan Homes today. Berstan Homes have a team of experts and are able to guide you through the whole process stress free.
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Home builder Blackburn Is your home past its use by date? It could be the right time to call Berstan homes and find out the complete service we offer from planning to construction. We specialise in new home building with a professional team ready to guide you every step of the way. Call a Berstan Homes consultant today and let us create your dream home .
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A new product to make laying tiles level is on the market and watching one of our tilers the other day with a tiling aid. The aid is a levelling clip and what a great idea they have been around since 2014 known as the Tuscan Seam clip and what a system it is. When butting the tiles up you place a clip under the tile and then press the clip together, this then forces the tiles to become even
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National Tiles I would like to take this opportunity to thank the team at National tiles for their advice and quality tiles for our new display centre in Doreen.  With the coordination of tile deliveries from Europe National tiles made everything so easy thank you from the Berstan Homes team.
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