From contract to handover
New Homes
Guides to commissioning a new house in Brisbane and South East Queensland: builder selection, project versus custom, sloping blocks and what a display village will not tell you.
Desks
Topic hubs
The paper is organised the way a build is organised: the house, the money, the law, the climate, the land, then the renovation of what is already there.
Money, paper and risk
Costs & Contracts
Costing, first-home grants, fixed-price versus cost-plus, and a plain-English reading of the Queensland HIA, Master Builders and QBCC contract forms.
Council, QBCC and overlays
Approvals & Law
Brisbane City Council process, QBCC licensing checks, Queensland Home Warranty Insurance, overlay mapping and the disputes that stall a build.
Built for the subtropics
Design & Climate
Climate-responsive design for South East Queensland, materials that survive storms and humidity, NatHERS, and outdoor living that is more than a brochure alfresco.
Where the house sits
Land & Suburbs
Suburb-level reporting on where Brisbane and SEQ households are actually building: Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay, small lots and acreage on the fringe.
Keeping the house, changing the brief
Renovations
How to renovate a Brisbane house without losing the things that make it liveable: character rules, staging a life around the works, and wet-area detailing for the subtropics.