While building your own house might seem like a daunting endeavour, there are actually a lot of overlooked benefits of building over buying.

You might know that familiar feeling of excitement for a house inspection, just to find that it’s not the right house for you - whether the layout isn’t as functional as you’d hoped, there’s too much renovation work to be done or it just doesn’t look quite like the photos (the joys of wide angle camera lenses). It’s easy to feel disheartened in the all-exhausting house hunt. 

We aren’t here to tell you that building your own house won’t involve a lot of work. It’s a big commitment, but one we believe has pros that far outweigh any cons. 

Building your own house means that it's completely customisable, so get those Pinterest boards out! Although we can’t promise to build you a house with a levitating master bedroom and an aquarium, we’ll make your requests work wherever we can.

Energy efficient houses are a relatively new concept, so naturally, a lot of older houses don’t have the same capabilities as new ones. If you’re building a home, there are countless ways to make your house energy efficient:

• Orienting your home and key rooms to increase air flow (breeze!) and shade
• ‘Cool roofs’ reflect more light and absorb less heat
• Solar! The Territory is the ideal location for solar power
• Building materials and insulation that keeps the cool in and the heat out
• Tight window fixtures to ensure you’re not wasting aircon 

Although building your home will undoubtedly cost in the short term, it’s the long term you should be thinking about. By designing your home to suit your needs you’re unlikely to need costly renovations, and by implementing high-tech / low-cost energy solutions from the get-go you’ll save future you oodles of money.

Get in touch with an experienced builder and make sure you’re heavily involved in the planning process. Your builders team should give you expert guidance every step of the way, making sure that your requirements are met and that there’s 100% transparency throughout the house build project.

Get in touch with us if you want to know more about building your dream home and how we can help.