Renovations & Extensions · Brisbane
Reworking what’s already there.
Major renovations and extensions for premium Brisbane homes — resolving plan, light and circulation in equal measure, not just adding rooms.
Major renovations and extensions for premium Brisbane homes — resolving plan, light and circulation in equal measure, not just adding rooms.
Most renovations fail in the same way: a kitchen extension stapled onto an existing plan that didn’t work to begin with. The new space is bigger but the home isn’t better — the front rooms still feel dark, the circulation still funnels through awkward corridors, and the relationship between living and outdoor space remains misjudged.
We treat a renovation as a repositioning of the entire home, not an addition to it. That means starting with a plan diagnosis: where does light arrive, where does it stop, where do the family’s daily paths cross, and what does the existing structure actually want to do well? Once we understand the home as it is, we know what to keep, what to demolish, and where the new work needs to go.
The result is a home that reads as one design, not as an old house with a new room glued on. It’s the difference between a $400k renovation that adds 50% value and a $400k renovation that adds 90% value.
Mid-century homes in established suburbs, contemporary builds being repositioned, character homes ready for sensitive extension, family homes outgrowing their original footprint. Project budgets typically $400k upward.
Cosmetic refits (kitchen-and-bathroom only), strict-budget cosmetic work, project-home modifications. Excellent designers exist for those briefs — we’re happy to refer.
Most major Brisbane renovations need development approval. We manage the entire approvals path including pre-lodgement consultation, neighbour notification, and certifier liaison.
Design and approvals usually run 4–8 months. Construction varies hugely with scope — a kitchen-and-living rework might be 3–5 months on site; a full second-storey addition can be 9–12 months. We give a realistic timeline at the end of the briefing stage.
Sometimes. It depends on which parts of the home are being touched and whether you have flexibility on the family routine. We’ll be honest about it — some clients move out, others stage the work in two phases. Our job is to give you accurate expectations.
Same percentage-of-construction-cost model as our new builds, with a fixed-fee proposal at the end of briefing. Fee scales with construction cost so the work matches the investment.
It depends on the structure, the foundations, and the era. We engage a structural engineer early in the design process to give us a clear answer before the design locks in. Sometimes the answer is yes-and-cheap, sometimes yes-but-expensive, occasionally no — we’ll know quickly.