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Builders guide
In Australia the person who takes on a whole renovation is usually called a builder, and on larger jobs a building contractor or project manager.
10 min read14 September 2026 - Guide
Home Renovations guide
A home renovation is work on a house you already own: reworking rooms, replacing what has worn out, opening up a plan that no longer suits the household. Australian housing stock makes that a very wide category.
12 min read21 September 2026 - Guide
Whole Home Renovations guide
A whole-home renovation takes the entire house at once: every room stripped back, the plan redrawn, the services renewed and the finishes replaced, often with part of the building demolished and rebuilt.
12 min read21 September 2026 - Guide
Home Extensions guide
An addition adds floor area to an existing house: a room or two off the back, a new wing, a second storey over part or all of the footprint, or habitable space built in underneath a raised timber-floored home.
13 min read21 September 2026 - Guide
Basement Renovations guide
Basements are far less common in Australian housing than in colder countries, and many homes have none at all. What Australians usually mean by a basement is a lower level of some other kind: a cellar under part of the…
9 min read14 September 2026 - Guide
Basement Finishing guide
Finishing a lower level is the stage after the wet work is over: the slab is dry, the drainage has been sorted out, and what remains is framing, insulation, lining, flooring and the services that make the room usable.
8 min read22 September 2026 - Guide
Bathroom Renovations guide
Bathroom renovations cover the main bathroom, the ensuite off the main bedroom and the powder room, and in most Australian homes they are the wettest, most tightly serviced rooms in the house.
8 min read14 September 2026 - Guide
Kitchen Renovations guide
A kitchen renovation in an Australian home can mean anything from new doors and a new benchtop on the existing carcasses through to stripping the room back, moving the sink and the cooktop and rebuilding the lot.
8 min read14 September 2026 - Guide
Apartment Renovations guide
Renovating an apartment in Australia is unusual among building jobs because the first obstacle is not the council and not the builder. It is the fact that you do not own most of what you are about to touch.
7 min read22 September 2026 - Guide
Garage Conversions guide
A garage conversion is attractive because the shell already exists. There is a slab, three walls, a roof and a power supply, and from the street nothing much appears to change.
8 min read22 September 2026 - Guide
Attic Conversions guide
Attic conversions are less common in Australia than in countries with steep pitched roofs and habitable lofts by tradition, and the reason is structural rather than cultural.
8 min read22 September 2026 - Guide
Sunrooms guide
A sunroom is a room made largely of glass, and that single fact drives almost everything about how it is designed, approved and priced in Australia.
8 min read22 September 2026
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