Inner West Builders

Crafting architecturally designed custom built homes, home additions and renovations in the Inner West and Canada Bay Council areas.

HomeBuildingAdvisor specialises in crafting architecturally designed custom built homes, home additions and renovations across Sydney’s Inner West and Canada Bay Councils. With over two decades of expertise and a deep understanding of the unrivalled Inner City lifestyle, we excel in capturing the essence of what makes a home special to you. Leveraging our extensive local knowledge, we expertly manage limited access, acoustic and heritage challenges. Our team of skilled architects and interior designers create personalised designs that harness natural light, optimise space, and harmonise with the historical character of the area.

Building your dream home in the Inner West becomes a seamless experience with HomeBuildingAdvisor. Our comprehensive tender management and builder procurement service are designed to prevent costly mistakes and ensure you secure the best possible home builder for your project. Once construction begins, our dedicated project management team oversees every detail, guaranteeing the smooth realisation of your dream home. Our mission is to deliver your home with a high attention to detail, precision and the best quality finish.

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We make home building easy

Your satisfaction is our top priority. Our approach to custom home design and home renovation is unique, personalised, and client focused. We are dedicated to making your home building journey seamless and stress-free. As independent client-side project managers, we collaborate with you and our team of talented architects that have a keen understanding of Inner West Councils planning guidelines and the local challenges. Our team of custom home builders in the Inner West are hand-on, possess exceptional talent and have the relevant expertise to deliver your beautiful new home or home renovation in the Inner West. We skillfully oversee the entire journey, from the initial concept and home design to approval, tender, builder procurement, interior design and all the way to handover. Our mission is to provide you the highest quality finish for your home and prevent any costly mistakes along the way.

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Why we do it better

Our home design and building service is unrivalled in the Inner West because we know the area. We manage the design and building process from start to finish. We are independent licensed builders that are client side. In other words, we represent you and work to get you the best possible outcome both in the design phase as well as the construction phase of your project. We have completed a great number of successful new custom homes, second level additions and home extensions in Sydney’s Inner West and Canada Bay Council and understand the limitations of space, how to maximise light and manage acoustics from aircraft noise. We know how to manage home building projects with poor site access and are engaged with the neighbours to make the process smooth.

From Heritage restrictions in Stanmore, to deteriorating building fabric in terraces in Marrickville, to ambiguous property boundaries in Surry Hills, to unrecorded sewer lines in Annandale, we’ve seen it all.

Our approach helps you see who is giving you the best value and minimises variations when you’re on site.

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Fixed price quotes

If you already have plans, you can take advantage of our tender package, which is designed to analyse and document your project in detail and procure the best builder for your custom home, addition, or renovation in the Inner West.

Our comprehensive tender package is overseen by a licensed builder who meticulously crafts a detailed scope of works and project specifications tailored to your requirements and site conditions. This approach guarantees that all builders submit comparable prices, alleviating concerns about who is giving you better value. Through our thorough tender process, we ensure what you need is explicitly included in the build price, providing transparency and shielding you from hidden surprises and unnecessary stress throughout the construction journey.

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Renovating in the Inner West

Inner West Councils development control plan applies current setback requirements to existing dwellings. If you have an existing façade near the front boundary and demolish that section of your home, you would likely be forced under new planning rules to push your entire home back from the front boundary and thus lose useable internal space. Given that land is so precious in the Inner West and Inner City of Sydney, it makes sense from a council planning point of view to retain part of the existing building, remediate and then add another level or extend your home to the rear where building setbacks are in line with current council code.

Home additions and renovations in the Inner West can come with a greater number of unforeseen issues. No client likes surprises during a build, and neither do we. As experienced builders, we know what to look for and raise it early on in the project. We assess your existing home and project documents during the tender phase to identify practical building issues that most architects and builders would miss if they aren’t familiar with the territory. We provision for most uncertainties

during the tender phase and define the parameters with how they are quantified by the builder when you are on site. Our process ensures everyone is honest, fair and stays focused on the project.

Your project manager works with both you and your builder to ensure the project is on track and project milestones are met in accordance to the schedule, budget and design

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Inner West and Canada Bay Council home building specialists

HomeBuildingAdvisor specialise in home design and building in the Inner West and Canada Bay Council. We provide a simple 4 step process for custom new homes, home alterations and home renovation projects within the chic Inner West suburbs of Balmain, Annandale, Dulwich Hill, Birchgrove, Camperdown, Leichhardt, Lewisham, Lilyfield, Haberfield, Newtown, Petersham, Marrickville, Rozelle, Summer Hill and Stanmore. Our process involves creative architectural home design, professional tender and builder procurement services. The fourth step in our process is to manage the construction phase on your behalf. Our focus is on keeping your project on time, within budget and built in accordance to plan. Our attention to detail and quality control systems ensures your forever home is built with the highest level of precision and craftsmanship. We are familiar with dealing with Heritage and tight access building environments that are typical of the Inner West area.

If you need to renovate or if you’re looking for a quality new custom home builder in Abbotsford, Breakfast Point, Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Croydon, Burwood, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Liberty Grove, Mortlake, Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, or Wareemba, we have a passionate team and local expertise that will design and execute your luxury dream home without the headaches.

Inner West architects and interior designers

We understand that building your new dream home is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. Our expert team work closely with a number of talented architects that know how to maximise space and light within the local planning framework at Inner West Council. Our interior design team detail the finishing touches to your bathrooms, kitchen, laundry and other joinery. This is all executed cohesively and with precision when on site by our superior home builders in the Inner West. The synergy between our design creatives, consultants and building professionals makes for a smooth and successful build. We manage the architectural design and building process with a pragmatic approach that balances both your creative wishes, family requirements as well as budget. We are an extremely passionate group of home design and building professionals that are committed to bringing your new custom home or renovation to life.

Builder due diligence and procurement

We thoroughly evaluate our custom home builders based on criteria such as quality, business establishment, resources, availability, relevant experience, and past performance. Leveraging our extensive 20 years of industry experience, we know what questions to ask your potential builder to make sure they are one of the good ones. This strategic approach minimises project risks and protects your interests. Our meticulous builder procurement process is designed to secure a builder of high quality and ensure equitable practices throughout the construction phase.

having your own project manager matters

Industry experts taking you from design to choosing the right builder then delivery for your home building project

Our Process

How We Work With You

If you already have approved plans, you can skip through to Tender Management and Builder Selection

Develop the Project Brief

Establish your needs, design objectives, opportunities and budget for your project.

Prepare Design & Building Consultation Report

Summary of initial architectural, town planning and building consultation. We give you independent advice relating to the best course of action for your specific scenario. Recommendations to renovate or build new. Go with a project builder or custom builder. Comments relating to design possibilities, site information, building materials and opportunities from a construction point of view. We establish a course of action and next steps to help you move forward in an informed and secure way.

Manage the Design Process (DA or CDC)

Select and manage the right architect & consultants for development approval (DA or CDC) for the project from a panel of tried and tested professionals. We continually scout and select architects based on relevant design experience on projects with same or similar design criteria, style and off course local council or specific planning familiarity. We assess their design cost, quality of plans, estimated completion timeframe and their availability.

Manage the Construction Certification Process

(CC or CDC)

Select and manage the remaining consultants and Private Certifier with the same selection criteria as above. Summarise Council fees, obtain required documentation and execute actions for the Construction Certificate (CC) stage so you can start building.

Tender Management

So you have approved plans and now what? Our tender process is the steady bridge between the design and construction phases. It lays the foundations for clear, well defined expectations for your project and establishes the parameters from which all builders quote. We prepare a detailed scope of works and collate all project documentation to ensure everything is captured within the tender and so all builders quote on an apples for apples basis. Our detailed tender process and comparison spreadsheet helps you see who is giving you the best value and is designed to mitigate project risk and variations during the construction phase.

Builder Selection

We assess tenders, compare and select a builder that is most suitable for your project based on both quantitative and qualitative merit. Much of what we do as your project manager and building broker is about forming strong relationships with great architects, consultants and trusted building professionals. We get to know them, how they operate, the quality of their work and their business. We pass this benefit onto you in the form of trust, fairness and value.

Project Management – Construction Phase

For clients that want assurance the whole way through, we offer a dedicated construction phase project management service. We represent you to ensure your builder operates fairly and in accordance to the contract conditions and scope of works. We conduct regular site meetings with you and your builder to help keep things on track in terms of timeframe and budget. We ensure the critical stage inspections occur when they are supposed to by the consultants, engineers and PCA to ensure the Occupation Certificate process runs smoothly. Most importantly, we conduct rigorous assessment of the builders work to make sure it is of a high standard.