Knock down rebuild

Are your bedrooms stifling in the evening from too much sun? Is the view from your lounge an uninspiring wall? You know your home is wrongly situated on your land, but you like the garden and the neighbours - and don’t want the hassle of moving.  The answer is knock down and rebuild your home with Berstan Homes, the experts in the field. You get exactly what you want in a modern new home, but don't have to do the
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What is a knock down rebuild? A very well asked question and can be simply answered, basically, the demolition of an existing house and building a new home. There are many reasons why home owners choose to knock down rebuild and this practice is really gaining momentum in Melbourne. Choosing a knock down rebuild is often the most cost effective option over renovations of an existing home. Renovating a home in lieu of a knock down rebuild has many financial traps
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Security is a major issue at the moment in Melbourne due to the latest crime surge of aggravated burglaries. Berstan Homes are offering cut price burglar alarm systems on all knock down rebuilds across Melbourne. The alarms have movement sensors that pick up any movement within the home and can also be hooked up to your mobile phone or computer. By having the alarm system hooked up to your electrical devise, it can give you piece of mind and a chance
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With so many ageing houses throughout Melbourne’s suburbs, its little wonder that knock down rebuilds is becoming the norm.  We currently have knockdown rebuilds happening in Eltham, Donvale, Templestowe, Glen Waverly, Croydon, Pascoe Vale, Moonee Ponds, Doncaster, Seaford, Blackburn, Box hill, Mitcham, Reservoir, Box Hill North, Bayswater, Eltham North, Chirnside park, Burwood, Ringwood, Chadstone, Sunshine, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Montmorency, Caulfield, Scoresby, Oakleigh, Bentleigh and Doncaster East.  The above knock down rebuilds are a mixture of custom designed homes with a mixture
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I was talking to some clients last week about a knockdown rebuild in the Moonee Ponds area and I was amazed with the experience they had with a major Melbourne builder. Mr and Mrs A contacted a major Melbourne home builder and explained the home they were interested in. All was progressing nicely, until Mrs A explained there was a fall of 2 metres over the home site. Then everything changed rapidly with this particular builder there were no return
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After finishing one of our resent knock down rebuilds in Templestowe there were several key areas of interest in this home. One stand out feature was the Eric Jones staircase constructed from solid Australian hardwood with handmade iron balustrading curved to create interest. Call Berstan Homes today to see what features we can design into your new home.
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Berstan Homes are currently quoting plenty of knock down rebuilds in the Bentleigh area. Bentleigh’s ageing houses are a maintenance nightmare and with the cost of doing a knockdown rebuild being more cost effective than renovating it’s the smart choice. A knock down rebuild is the only real way to achieve the design and style home you require. Bentleigh’s location and easy access to the CBD is a massive draw card for this lovely suburb. Berstan Homes offer a complete
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Renovating a home seems to be a more cost effective way of upgrading the home but there are so many traps. Financially a renovation in nearly all cases runs over budget because there are so many things that can go wrong. It is practically impossible for any builder to give a fix price on an renovation due to the unknown, what's behind that wall, what are the foundations like, what is the roof structure like, what's the condition of the
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I was discussing a knockdown rebuild project in Pascoe Vale over the weekend and what a lengthy nightmare it has become.  The project started 5 years ago with some advice to firstly engage a drafting person to design their new home. Unfortunately the draftsman employed had very little experience in drafting single dwellings and specialized in multi-unit developments. The next move was to engage a building company capable of doing drafting and building from start to finish. A building company
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Melbourne new home builder Berstan Homes has an experienced team of professionals available for any knock down rebuild project in Melbourne.  At Berstan Homes we arrange everything from concept drawings and council permits to building your dream home in any suburb in Melbourne. We try to make the whole process as effortless as possible for our clients and our display village has been specially designed for ease of selection with plenty of styling options.
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