Home building in my suburb

A perfect space to create a tile feature are the walls in your bath room, the picture shows a great use of a porcelain tile laid in a herringbone pattern. By using a single wall as a feature it’s not overdone and certainly makes a point of difference.
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That’s a very interesting question; there are so many builders in the market place. There’s the volume builders that you see on the TV most of the time and they seem to be everywhere through their mass advertising, there are custom builders who basically build any style home and various other builders that range from budget builds to high end home builders. First question you need to ask yourself is what type of build do I want? Do I want a
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What’s the difference between a custom-built home and a production or mass-produced home? Plenty, according to Berstan Homes Managing Director, Mark Bryson. “A custom-built home is a one-off statement of design which allows the client to have a unique build.” Mass-produced house designs are becoming more and more popular as the housing shortage worsens and new subdivisions are developed by huge building companies. Whole neighbourhoods are now looking like assembly lines with cookie cutter houses all in a row. The
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The Moonee Ponds bowling club was established in 1891 and located at Queens Park and has currently got 200+ members. Moonee Ponds is certainly one of the oldest suburbs in Melbourne and is definitely a great location with easy access to Melbourne’s CBD. Most of the homes in the Moonee Ponds area are old established homes with large amount of ongoing maintenance required. Home designs have changed significantly over the years and home lifestyle expectations have also. This is probably why
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Nearly everybody is looking for something to do over the weekend and the Yarra Valley has so much to offer. We found a great place for adults and little ones the Chocolatier and Ice Creamery located at 35 Old Healesville Road Yarra Glen.  When quoting new home builds in the Yarra Valley I always try to make it a family affair and after the clients are seen too, we head off to discover more of this amazing area.
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Buying a home and land package is one of the only ways to enter the property market for the first home buyer to be able to receive the first home owners grant. Buying a vacant piece of land is just part of the excitement with the process and watching your dream home being built is an amazing experience. The best advantage to buying a home and land package with Berstan Home is we check the land for potential issues. A client came
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Choosing the right new home builder for you can be a difficult process for many clients. I have compiled the following check list: Cheapest price will get you the cheapest build with probable costly hidden extras. Are there any disputes with this builder in VCAT? Are they a DB-U Licensed Builder registration? How long have they been in business? Are you able to see a similar home on display? How many homes do they build a year? Do you get
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Buying a home and land package can seem a little daunting and that is why you need a builder with a steady and confident approach to guide you along the way. Our process at Berstan homes starts with helping you work out your budget and financing requirements using one of our financial experts. Once the budget is realised for your home and land package we then assist you choose one of our homes and any customisation to the home as
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Keeping warm is not easy with the current arctic blast we have experienced in Melbourne over the last few days. If you own an older existing home it’s especially difficult with most not even having any insulation and extremely poor energy efficiency. Construction practises and energy rating requirements have certainly changed substantially over the years. The inclusion of high quality energy efficient building materials and installation methods are saving new home owners significant energy costs.  The inclusion of double glazing is a
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Over the weekend I met up with some ladies looking around for building ideas for their development in Bellfield. When we started discussing the project their concerns were made very evident their chosen designers had not listened to their requests. I have often heard this happening and this practice seems very common with many of my clients that embark on doing their own planning works outside my company. On discussing their project further I discovered that they were not even
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