Specialising in custom-designed homes, TORRENS Building & Property Consultants offers a complete design and project management assistance service for owners and builders. With over 15 years of experience in real estate, project marketing and building, we offer a range of services across all areas of the industry.​​​

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What We Do

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Home Design and Build Tender:

For owners engaging a builder to build their new home, we produce full plans, site tests, engineered drawings and detailed specifications to allow the owner to obtain an accurate and comparative build tender.

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Kit Homes and Owner Building:

For owner builders, as well as providing your custom designed plans, we provide full materials take-off and project management assistance allowing you to purchase your own materials (kit home) and organise trades, while working through the build process from design to completion. 

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How You Save

 

For owners requiring a builder for a full build, engaging independent builders saves on corporate overheads and franchise fees. Builders will be more responsive to start your home sooner when you provide everything ready to go. Owners typically save $300-$500/sqm by engaging independent builders and supplying the builder with their plans, engineering documents and specifications, cutting out corporate overheads, sales commissions and franchise fees.

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For owner-builders, typically kit home companies will purchase materials and add 30%+ in markups, which owners then purchase as a 'kit home'. We provide project management assistance, so owners can purchase their own materials and organise their own trades, cutting out that cost. Owner-builders typically save over $500-$800/sqm even when engaging a builder to lock-up stage, and project managing to completion, with the assistance of our project management software. 

 

Our professional, tailored service, includes: ​

• Stage 1: Full custom designs - modify ours or create your own design;

• Stage 2: Obtain relevant site reports and engineering;

• Stage 3: Owner-builder project management assistance including:

  • ​a detailed build estimate breakdown of materials (kit) and trades;

  • assistance through the approvals process;

  • assistance obtaining quotes and trade agreements;

  • access to our project management system to guide you through the correct build process,                                                     track your budget, manage deliveries, trade and inspection dates, obtain relevant                                                          certifications, manage contacts and more.

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In short, we provide everything you need to make owner-building easy and save you thousands.

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