Custom Homes – Ward Builders

Designing Your Dream Home with a Knock Down Rebuild

Designing your dream home is an exciting and challenging journey. While the idea of buying an existing house might seem like the easiest route, you’re choosing someone else’s design and…

6 November 2024

The Costs of Knock Down Rebuilds on the Sunshine Coast

By rebeccaCustom Homes

Knock Down Rebuild costs. Knock down rebuilds (KDRs) are becoming increasingly popular on the Sunshine Coast with less land available in the areas everyone wants to live. An option that...

13 August 2024

Sustainable Building Practices for a Greener Home in Australia

By janCustom Homes

Why is Sustainable Building Important? Sustainability in construction is no longer a niche, but a necessary response to a growing environmental crisis. The built environment contributes around 40% of global...

17 July 2023

Sunshine Coast Builder Load Bearing Wall

The Advantages of Building with a Custom Home Builder

By janCustom Homes

Building a home is a significant investment and a major milestone for many people. It’s a chance to create a space that is uniquely your own and an environment that…

29 March 2023

Knock down & custom rebuild vs renovation & extensions

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

The vital things to think about Knock down and custom home rebuilds are becoming more and more popular as the Sunshine Coast grows. So often as we drive around...

13 August 2021

Choosing your own PC Items, good … or not?

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Want to save money by supplying your own PC Items such as the floor tiles, flooring, bathroom fittings, kitchen components, kitchen taps, bathroom taps…or whatever it may be.? It seems…

20 August 2019

Ward Builders before and after progress comparison

The Building Process Simplified

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Are you researching what to do and where to start for an upcoming building project? Here's a quick walk through of the building process from start to finish. Designed to...

12 February 2019

What are PC items and PS allowances?

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Confused about these building industry acronyms? Prime Cost (PC) items and Provisional Sums (PS) are two items in a standard building contract which cause confusion. Most building contracts are called…

21 August 2018

Practical Completion & what you need to do

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Practical Completion The new build, alteration or renovation has been completed, this section explains what you should expect. Once the building work has been completed, and all trades have finished,...

18 June 2018

Building Contract

By janCustom Homes, Extensions, Renovations

Building Contract By this stage everything is all worked out and falling into place, you have your builder, the working plans, engineering if required, and you’ve accepted a building proposal…...

14 May 2018