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Exciting times at Berstan Homes display village in Doreen with one of the homes the Astoria43 being chosen for an episode on Australia's Best Houses. Presenter Gary Takle and his film crew arrived at the display village at around 10am Wednesday morning and were greeted by Mark Bryson managing director of Berstan Homes. Australia's Best Houses select homes that are of unique style, interesting design and have filmed some of the best homes in Australia. Filming for the episode started
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Yes Stockland and Berstan Homes have teamed up again with their yearly affordable home and land packages. Every year Berstan and Stockland put together a small group the very affordable value packages throughout the Stockland estates.  These great packages are designed and price pointed at first home buyers, retirees, downsizers and investors. The locations this year are Mernda Villages in Mernda and Eucalypt in Wollert. The packages offer a turnkey solution with prices starting at $320k. The packages are available
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Berstan Homes are offering a couple of their display homes for sale with a rent back opportunity.  The display homes have been built to exacting standards by Berstan Homes and are an outstanding investment with great rental guarantees. The Display homes come fully equipped with the best features available and plenty of upgrades.
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I was with some clients last week and they were discussing how one of their parents had just purchased a home in a retirement village. The costs were ridiculously high for the property they purchased. The cost was $700,000 for a 10 square home with a carport for one vehicle with management fees every week on top of the $700,000. The rip off doesn't end there, the monthly fees like body corporate fees in a normal strata title unit, the
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Hazelcroft estate is a boutique estate situated within easy walking distance to one of the best Victorian schools Ivanhoe Grammar. The estate offers large open space areas and a central park with very child friendly play equipment.  The central park also offers full BBQ facilities with the appropriate seating and shade. AV Jennings as a premier property developer in Victoria since 1932, and started by Albert Victor Jennings. Albert Victor Jennings was 35 when he started the company and built
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Land sales are destined to be completed by November 2016 with demand exceeding supply. This outstandingly popular estate by Stockland is typical of the community styled living environments created by Australia’s number one property developer.  Berstan Homes are a proud builder partner with Stockland and are actively building numerous homes around their Victorian estates. Berstan Homes currently have 35 homes under construction in these estates and have a similar number of homes pre sold for a build start in the next
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Last year we had some issues on our projects with water meter thieving. Would you believe somebody would steel a water meter? There is about 3 dollars of brass in them and what an inconvenience it causes to everyone. We were building in one particular estate and they stole every meter in the Street costing every builder a small fortune. The trades are also disadvantaged with not having any water costing them time and money. I saw an interesting way
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Looking for a wow factor well have a good hard look at Bamboo flooring!There are so many different amazing styles and colours to choose from with matt finishes to high gloss. There are also matt finished planks with stressed areas making them not only able to create interest but practical for a growing family environment. We have experienced high demand for this product lately and I feel as our clients see the sustainable and environmental benefits of this product we
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support this year and wish all the very best for the festive season. I hope 2016 is a happy and prosperous year for all.
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It’s interesting how many comments I get from our clients regarding the selection process of most builders. Most complain about how many different centres they had to visit during their selection.  Some of our client’s friends said it became very annoying the amount of travelling it took and all the time going to different locations. At Berstan Homes you will not experience the same problems as mentioned above as we have our selection onsite alongside our display homes. Making the
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