New Home Buyers Blog

Many of our clients ask for timber or tiled floors? My answer is simple, tiles are cold and very unforgiving and if anything falls onto them, say goodbye in most cases. Timber is warmer and a lot more comfortable under foot.
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As custom home builders we are always looking for new ideas. Ambassador Stone have a stone that’s very similar to concrete and is very cost effective to using concrete for bench tops. The stone is known as Ambassador Valour and we have used this product in our new display homes with stunning results.
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My family and I caught up with country music legend Tim McGraw on Sunday night before his Melbourne concert at the Rod Laver arena.
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Most custom home designers don’t utilize the underside of staircases. We do like to use the area and here is an example of a study nook built in the underside of the staircase.
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Ambassador stone have just moved into their new factory at Somerton and the range onsite is absolutely amazing. Here is just one of their stone selections called New York.
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Here is a basement with the walls constructed by using the Dincel system. Dincel is a polymer formwork used for walls and columns. The Dincel is braced in position and is filed with ready mix concrete forming a permanent water proof concrete wall.
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Ground floor framing is now complete and the second floor framing has been delivered and now ready for install.
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The slab has now been poured at one of our custom builds in Diamond Creek and we are ready to start the frame.
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Engineered timber flooring is a great way to add some warmth and richness to your new custom home. The clients in this build have chosen a wide plank with stunning results.
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Designing some feature vaults lined with timber is a great way to create a point of difference in your new custom home. In this particular build the clients have chosen to use some timber flooring for the lining.
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The steels nearly complete and getting ready for concrete on one of our Diamond Creek custom homes.
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The frame is finished just waiting for the bricks to get started at our knock down rebuild custom home.  
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With a mixture of re-claimed bricks and a re-purposed timber mantel this fire place has come up a treat.
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Land is not cheap so why not install a basement for better use of your property. A great way of forming a basement is to use the Dimcel system which are a preform plastic module that are placed in position, braced with steel reinforcement, then concrete poured inside them.
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The beams are all complete on this job and its ready for an inspection. We can then place the flooring and start the walls.
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By adding larger tiles to the alfresco helps open the area up, smaller tiles can sometimes look a little too busy.
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The steel beams and brick piers are completed so we just need the steel deck and mesh, then we can pour the slab.
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The flooring is nearly complete on one of our Knock down rebuilds in Doncaster. First floor walls are soon to come.
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The render is finished and the tiling is complete so now we just need to add the water to one of our beautiful lap pools.
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All prepared for a suspended slab pour at one of our Diamond Creek builds.
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  When preparing wet areas always make sure you get the tanking right because if it isn’t it will lead to many water issues later on. Once the tiles are laid it makes it far more difficult to fix afterwards.  
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When designing custom homes it’s very important to blend different textures and structural elements. Here is a wonderful example of timber and glass with stunning results.
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One of our custom builds in Whittlesea has a combination of a concrete slab for the lower floor and strip footings for the upper area. This construction method is very effective cost wise and minimizes excavation to the site.
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Kitchens can often be areas that lack natural light so when designing our custom homes we always like to add a window to let an abundance of light through into the kitchen zone.
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One of our knockdown rebuilds in Eltham has some stunning feature stonework that really hits the mark.
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Another kitchen bench top masterpiece by our leading stone masons. The stone is provided by one of our leading suppliers Ambassador stone. This kitchens shows a combination of two types of stone, Valour being the grey stone and Trinity which are just a couple in their amazing range.  
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So many clients make the mistake of painting or staining their handrails the same colour. Here is a great example of a different coloured handrail with stunning results.
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Another beautiful home underway at Plenty. The frame is finished and we are about to start the roof.
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A great feature for a home is to have a timber floor and a matching feature timber ceiling the combination works so well.
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Haymes paints are always used on Berstan Homes with fantastic results. We have tried many other brands but Haymes beats them all.
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