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The Art of Custom Home Design: Creating Spaces That Reflect Your Lifestyle
Your ideal home should always reflect your lifestyle and personality, with features and functionalities that enhance your everyday. The best way to achieve this is through a custom home design – with a completely blank canvas, you can integrate unique elements that...
The Importance of Builder-Architect Collaboration During Your Build
One of the most dominant myths in the residential construction industry is that you should start your building journey with an architect and then once you have plans, engage a builder. While this is very possible, it’s not the best way of ensuring the success of your...
Navigating Heritage Regulations: A Guide for Homeowners
Heritage homes are charming dwellings that give us a glimpse into our local history. But alongside their architectural marvel, they often play a significant role in the fabric of our community. They represent important moments in history and tell stories of...
Designing Modern Interiors in Heritage Homes
Heritage homes are incredible time capsules that are sought after for their grandeur and sentimental charm. While their architectural elements may be timeless, their functionality may require some updating. A challenge that can often arise is how to preserve your...
How a Heritage Overlay Can Affect Your Home Renovation
A heritage overlay is a planning control tool used in Victoria to protect and conserve places of cultural and historical significance. Formally recognised by the Heritage Register, a heritage overlay can apply to residential and commercial dwellings and various...
Preserving Heritage Architecture: The Art of Façade Restoration
Façade restoration is an art form with a simple aim – to breathe new life into a home while staying true to its original design intent and craftsmanship. When done well, a heritage restoration can bring your home into the modern day and provide a unique opportunity to...
How to Research the History of Your Heritage Home
Whether it's been in your family for years or a new purchase with the intention of renovation, a heritage home displays a sense of timelessness from high-pitched ceilings to ornate features and the journey continues after restoration. Now is the time to embark on...
Why it Pays to Choose a Specialist Builder
When it comes to building your dream home or carrying out a renovation, you want to ensure that the construction work is of the highest quality, completed on time and within budget. This is why it pays to choose a specialist builder like Secon Constructions, who has...
Project Feature: Hawthorn
We are delighted to showcase our latest work in Hawthorn East. With this home, our client wanted to extend the rear of the home, while restoring the magnificent heritage façade to highlight its key attributes. We couldn't be prouder of the end result! As experts in...
How Much Does It Cost To Restore a Heritage Home?
Heritage homes are a significant and well-loved part of our culture and history, especially in Melbourne with our vibrant and historic buildings. And for some of us who are lucky enough to own one, there’s nothing quite like making these heritage homes feel like our...
Three questions to ask our architect
At Secon Constructions, our design and construct process aims to streamline your residential building project, bringing the entire construction journey under one roof and creating a single point of contact for your entire project. Our entire team of experts work...
5 Ways to Highlight Your Home’s Heritage Style
A heritage home offers a warmth, cosiness and charm that can be hard to replicate in modern construction. In fact, some say when you buy a heritage home, you’re merely preserving history and looking after it for the future generations. As owners of a heritage home...