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Second homes, renos and extensions, built properly

A QBCC-licensed builder across South East Queensland. Granny flats built on site or craned in, modular installs, renovations and extensions.

Installs from $59,000inc GST, on top of the home

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A dark-clad second home at golden hour, glass doors showing the bed and kitchen inside
  • QBCC 15506005Check the licence
  • Home warrantyWhen we're your builder
  • Price in writingItemised, before you sign
  • South East QueenslandBrisbane to the coasts

What we build

Small homes and small jobs, done by the same licensed crew from first look to keys.

A white second home with its glass doors open onto a dark deck

Granny flats and second homes

Built on site or craned in. We check the block first.

Granny flats A crane lowering a dark modular home onto its spot in a paddock

Modular installs

Outhaus and other makers' homes, on the ground and signed off. From $59,000.

Modular installs A finished bathroom from a renovation in Ashgrove

Renovations

Kitchens, bathrooms, floors, stairs, raise and restump.

Renovations A framed timber extension on an old Queenslander with a new hardwood floor

Extensions

More room, built so you can't tell where the old bit stops.

Milton renovation

What an install costs

From $59,000

Inc GST, on top of the home. The block decides where you land, not the home.

Estimate my install
What you pay forTypical, inc GSTWhat moves it
Certification and approvals$25k to $35kPlans, soil test, engineering, certifier, council. Lower as an owner builder
Footings$800 to $1,200 a pierSoil, slope and how many piers the engineer calls for, usually 6 to 14
Delivery and crane$8k to $38kDistance, crane size, how far it has to reach, road closures
Plumbing and drainageAbout $16kAbout $32k if the block needs on-site wastewater instead of sewer
Electrical$5k to $9kRun length from the switchboard, and any board or mains upgrade

Everything in an install, and what isn't: modular installs.

How it goes

  1. Send the job

    Your address, what you're after, and a few photos.

  2. We check the block

    Council map, access, crane position, sewer and slope. You get a straight answer, including no.

  3. Price in writing

    Itemised. Anything nobody can see yet goes in as a provisional sum with a number on it.

  4. We build it

    Craned in or built on site, signed off, keys in your hand, and the yard tidied.

Crane day: a module in the air above a paddock
Crane day, Laceys Creek.

Two ways to do a modular install

You choose who signs as the builder. It changes the price and the cover, so we put both on the table.

We're your builder

QBCC home warranty
  • We sign the building contract under QBCC licence 15506005.
  • The install is covered by the Queensland Home Warranty Scheme. The premium is worked out on the whole job: the home, the transport and the install.
  • Costs more: the warranty premium, the QLeave levy and our margin as builder.
  • Easier to finance. Lenders ask for the builder's home warranty before they pay the first claim.

You're the owner builder

Lower cost
  • You hold the owner builder permit. We're your contractor for the site work.
  • No home warranty. Owner builders can't get cover under the Queensland scheme.
  • Finance is harder, and you disclose it when you sell.
  • We often suggest it on a modular install: you don't pay a builder's risk premium on a home someone else made.

Source: QBCC, A-Z Guide of Insurable Building Work, "Pre-fabricated home, installation on site". Owner builder or licensed builder, in full.

Real homes, real jobs

A white and a dark second home in a paddock at dusk, chairs around a fire pit
Two homes, one paddock.
Inside a white second home: kitchen with timber benchtop and a green sofa under two windows
Inside, finished.
A dark modular home with a wide glass slider on a hillside block
Set down on a rural block.
A builder fixing sheeting to a frame on site
Building it right.
A white second home with its doors open, a green paddock beside it
Doors open, paddock out back.
New timber stairs from a renovation in Ashgrove
New stairs, Ashgrove.

See the jobs

Read before you build

Owner builder or licensed builder?

Why we often suggest owner builder on a modular install, and what you give up.

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What it costs

The home, the site costs people forget, and the paperwork.

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Your contract, explained

Deposits, cooling-off, variations and why each clause is there.

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How long it takes

3 to 8 months from first contact to keys. Here's where the time goes.

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Questions

Where do you work?

South East Queensland: Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Logan, Ipswich, Redland, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

Bought a home online, on Marketplace or from overseas. Can you install it?

We look at any home and install the ones a certifier can approve as a dwelling. Not every imported or marketplace home is built as a Class 1a house, and we can't promise council approval. Send us the maker's name and documents first. What we need to see.

Do you sell modular homes?

No. You buy the home from the maker. We're the authorised installer for Outhaus and install other makers' homes on request, and we build granny flats on site too.

Will the price change?

The quote is itemised. Anything nobody can see yet, like the inside of an old wall, goes in as a provisional sum with a number on it. Any change gets a written variation and a price before the work starts.

Why is there no phone number?

We take on a small number of jobs and we're flat out on them. And with the spam calls going around at the moment, a listed number would ring all day for the wrong reasons. Send the job, leave your number in the form, and we'll call you.

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