Award-Winning Melbourne Custom-Home Builder

Custom-built homes are homes designed and built to meet customers’ exact needs, wishes and budgets. Unlike a ‘spec home’ or ‘project home’ which is built from pre-existing plans where you have little or no input, no two custom-homes are the same. With a custom-built home you have complete freedom to customise your new home with no compromises.

We do not have standard house design plans for clients to choose from. With custom-builds, each home is specifically designed to suit your needs and budgets, taking into account many additional factors, such as land specific restrictions, orientation and slope of the land, BAL rating, your neighbours, established trees, etc.

A bespoke design of your home is created through close collaboration between you, the client, the architect and us, your builder.
Alternatively, if you already have a design, IDEA Constructions will build a home according to your design and vision.

Under the legislation of Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995, all our custom-homes are covered by 10 years structural Builders Warranty Insurance. Homes Warranty Insurance is taken for each individual dwelling you build with us, and without it a Building Permit cannot be issued. Insurance Certificate of Currency is provided upon signing of the contract. The warranty transfers to the new owners, in case you choose to sell your home.

Architects are great when it comes to turning your vision into a design, but they don’t necessarily have full understanding nor knowledge of how much things cost. Hence, the wisest approach is to get the builder involved at the earliest possible.

Builders’ knowledge and experience is invaluable when it comes to helping with design input, construction budgeting, selections, engineering, and meeting the construction budget. We can help with as little or as much as you require, and advise on design improvements to keep cost in check and shave off the price to build.

While some builders don’t allow changes, IDEA Constructions encourages clients to be active participants and fully involved in the construction of their custom-home. Inclusions selection process minimises any uncertainties and delays during construction, but that doesn’t mean you are not permitted to change your mind once the contract is signed.

Depending on complexity of the requested change – some changes may require town planning permit variation and even building permit variation. At IDEA Constructions, we are always happy to assist and advise before you commit to any changes financially, no matter how little or big the change is.

During initial discussions and meetings, we let you decide how little or how much you want us to do.

IDEA Constructions offers a complete scope of works – from the demolition and site clean (if required), to obtaining all preliminary documentation and building permits. However, some clients prefer to manage certain aspects themselves, such as fencing, decking, and landscaping.

We provide a detailed quote that outlines construction costs and all inclusions. Finally, we project manage the construction of your custom-home, through to the handover and completion.

It is important for you to be involved and have an insight at every stage of the construction of your custom-home. However, your safety, as well as the safety of all involved in the building your home, is paramount to us.

Access to the building site can be pre-arranged by contacting your designated site supervisor. The supervisor will accompany you through the site, and provide updates on the progress – what was done, and what is yet to be done.

We will arrange a visit of the proposed building site after initial discussions. This will enable us to have a full understanding of your site conditions, slope, Council and utility company assets, any existing structures. From there, we discuss and advise what type of home is suitable for the design with your architect.

We understand the complexity and difficulty of choosing the right builder for a custom-built home.

As an award-winning Melbourne builder, we’re known for our outstanding reputation. Regardless of whether you come to us through a word-of-mouth or via the internet, we can provide information of our registrations, licences, insurances, industry memberships and awards.

We encourage you to conduct reference checks, contact former clients, as well as check our previous works by visiting our web site and social media.

Further to this, we are always open and willing to discuss and answer any questions in writing. We believe the client-builder relationship is a two-way partnership, based on trust, clear communication, transparency and mutual respect.