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Quality vs Price: What To Look For When Choosing a Builder
There’s really no bigger decision than choosing the right builder for your home. Building a home is a huge financial and emotional investment, and you want to make sure that at the end of the building process, you end up with a wonderful home that lives up to your...
7 Design Trends You Can Expect to See in 2020 and Beyond
Have you started embracing the latest changes to the architecture and design industries yet? Over the past 20 years, construction has evolved to pave the way towards a future where traditional spatial concepts will no longer be valid. This shift...
What Does It Cost to Build a New Home in Melbourne?
One of the most common mistakes we see clients make when planning to build their dream home is not having a proper grasp of the costs involved in building. We often see clients putting aside $1 million, but that often doesn’t account for all the additional costs such...
Why Do Builders Charge for Quotes?
At SECON Constructions, we put the highest level of effort, quality and attention to detail into everything we do, and this includes providing quotes. While some volume builders offer a basic 2 page quote for a construction project, we offer a comprehensive building...
How to Avoid Budget Blowout When Building
Picture this: You’ve decided to build a brand new home. You’ve found a design you love, a builder you trust, the perfect place to build, a timeline that suits you and a plan that is seemingly within your budget. But then the build starts, unforeseen costs begin to...
Architectural Collaboration
Q&A with Katherine Stewart from Page Stewart As modern day builders, we understand the importance of collaboration here at SECON Constructions. Over the years, we’ve teamed up with a number of high-quality architects and designers on our remarkable Bayside homes....
How to Restore an Edwardian Family Home
Melbourne’s Edwardian homes offer boundless potential to anyone looking to undertake a heritage restoration. Lacking the heaviness and ornate clutter of previous Victorian-era houses, Edwardians are a fantastic choice for restoration due to a light and spacious style...
How to Fuse Modern and Edwardian Style
Built from 1901 onwards, Edwardian-style or ‘Federation’ homes continue to be extremely popular among Melburnians today. Characterised by their stained-glass windows and red-brick exteriors, these beautiful homes never go out of style – and can easily be adapted to...
Why Choose Design and Construct
Design and construct is becoming an increasingly popular option for those looking to streamline their construction project. With your design team and building team under the one roof, you can relax and actually enjoy the process, instead of acting as a ‘middleman’...
The Future of Home Design
A Q&A with Interior Designer & Director of Page Stewart Hayley Page As we enter a new year, we’re excited to see what’s in store for the future of home design. After a long year of lockdowns and social restrictions, we’re expecting 2021 will bring a renewed...
Heritage Project Feature: Brighton House
Clean lines, open-plan design and refined luxury define our charming period home renovation in Brighton, located just a few kilometres from the beach. The original Edwardian home dates back to 1901 and was in disarray when the owners first approached SECON...
Heritage Homes of the Future: Renovations in 2021 and Beyond
Owning a heritage home comes with certain considerations – for example, how can you maintain its original charm while ensuring it’s fit for modern life? By working with restoration experts like the team at SECON Constructions, you can retain all the nostalgic elements...