Knock down rebuild

With the homes in Mooroolbark approaching the 40-50 years old mark, they are prime targets for a knock down rebuild.  The maintenance of the homes at this age has increased to the point in some cases that the cost is hard to justify. The land size is another factor to consider with most homes sited on land over 800m/2, which would comfortably fit two homes. Do the figures stack up? Scenario knock down rebuild the old home and rebuild two
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With such a limited amount of vacant lots left in Doncaster there is a large push towards doing knock down rebuilds in the Doncaster & Templestowe area. Our enquiries have steadily increased over the last year from mums and dads to developers. Most clients have owned their homes since the 1970's and have little or no mortgage left, so they are in a great position financially to capitalise on their land.  Depending on the size of their land that will
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A client came to me the other day to do a knock down rebuild in Croydon on his existing property. My client has a son and daughter in law and they were having trouble getting into the property market, so the idea was to knock down the old home and rebuild two new homes on the same lot.  Great idea and so many of our clients are doing the same thing, with land prices as high as they are in
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Knock down rebuild Reservoir. Interesting conversation I had with a developer last week he was saying how he was cleaning up doing knock down rebuilds in Reservoir and Preston. He was saying that he couldn’t work out why the home owners weren’t doing the knock down rebuilds themselves. The only reason we could come up with is they don’t realize how much money they could make. Available vacant land in Reservoir and Preston is none existent so the only way
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A client came to me late last year with an idea to do a knock down rebuild on a corner site in an inner Eastern Melbourne suburb. The idea was to build two homes on the corner lot selling one and retaining the other for a passive income.  We obtained council approval for the two homes and the client pre sold one of the properties. The properties are near completion and came in on budget and under construction time allowed.
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I had a request from a client for a knock down rebuild in Wantirna today so I did a site visit and i was surprised with the amount of knock down rebuilds in the Wantirna area. Most of the homes in the court where my clients lives have already been had some form of a knock down rebuild solution or another.  Some had 3 homes on the same block and some had had just a new single dwelling constructed at
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Mr and Mrs R of Chelsea have awarded Berstan Homes with the construction of their knock down rebuild in Chelsea. The project involves the demolition of their old home and the construction of two new dwellings.  The rear property will consist of a 32 s/q single storey home and the front property will be double storey of 22 s/q. The Clients intend to sell the front double storey home which will nearly cover the construction cost of both buildings.  Berstan
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Last week I had a client come to me with an interesting  situation he was trying to find a suitable home for his family. That shouldn't be to hard you would think, problem is he has seven people in his family and all want separate bedrooms. So he as inquiring about a knock down rebuild in the Blackburn, Box Hill, Forest Hill area. Looking for a home that suites your every need is very difficult and most of the time you
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I had a call today enquiring about a knock down rebuild and it was typical. Home owner has an older home located inner West of the city and they had obtained several quotations for an extension. Cheapest quote was $195k and didn't include everything they really wanted it to. If they had decided to go down the extension path they would have an old home at the front and would still require considerable maintenance due to the weather board construction
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How to start a knock down rebuild Drop us an email or call for an appointment with a Berstan Homes consultant. The consultant will come and visit you to discuss the possibilities of the knock down rebuild on your property. What your ideas are and if a single new home or a multiple of new homes are achievable. Many of our clients contract Berstan Homes to build a single new larger home on their existing site with the many design
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