Your Handy Knock Down Rebuild Checklist
The knockdown rebuild process involves a number of steps, from planning to construction. Below, we’ve outlined each step in the process of knocking down and rebuilding your home, including some things you may want to consider when deciding if a knock down rebuild makes sense for you.
- Assess your finances: Ensuring you have the money to complete the knock down rebuild process on your home is critical. If you have a mortgage on your current property, be sure to inform your lender and/or broker of your plans to knock down and rebuild.
- Choose a design for your new home: Visit display home villages to browse available designs and get inspiration for the layout of your new home. Eden Brae’s Sydney-based display villages include a variety of designs for homes of all sizes, ensuring your needs are catered to. Once you have decided on a design, contact your home builder to start the knock down rebuild process.
- Review council regulations and get approvals: Before you can start construction of your new home, it’s important to make sure that your home design complies with all relevant council laws. Your local council will review the plans of your home design, and inform you if any changes are required for approval.
- Meet with a demolition contractor: With all necessary permits and approvals obtained, the demolition of your existing house can be organised through a reputable contractor. Now is also the time to arrange temporary accommodation to ensure you and your family have a place to stay while your new home is being built.
- Witness your dream home taking shape: Construction is the point at which the knock down rebuild process becomes both fun and serious at the same time. With Eden Brae as your home builder, you’ll be invited to regular inspections of the construction site as the build progresses through significant milestones.
- Await results of quality control inspections: Once your home is complete, an inspection will be arranged through a licensed professional. At Eden Brae, we consult Tyrell’s Property Inspections to provide a comprehensive report on the quality of your home.
- Receive the keys: With the final sign off complete, we give your home one final walkthrough to ensure it meets our standards, before it is time for the big handover.
Knock Down Rebuild Tips for Success
Hopefully, the process of completing a knock down rebuild makes more sense after reading our checklist. To ensure you nail your knock down rebuild, we’ve provided some extra tips and resources to prepare you as best as possible for this life-changing commitment.
- List your desired changes: Start by making a list of all the things that bug you about your current home. Essentially, you want to think of every time you’ve said to yourself “if I was building this house again, I’d do this differently”. Your list will likely be longer if you’ve lived in your current house for some time.
- Establish a budget: Whether you’re a seasoned property developer or building your first home, financial planning for knock down rebuilds is critical. Develop a budget by speaking to financial advisers, mortgage brokers and your home builder, to work out what is feasible for your project.
- Don’t forget the hidden costs: When creating your budget, remember to allocate some money to any extra expenses that may crop up during the build, including unforeseen issues with the demolition and fluctuation in the costs of labour and materials.
- Partner with a reputable knock down rebuild specialist: Partnering with an experienced specialist in knock down rebuilds, such as Eden Brae, provides the opportunity to gain insights into the building process, refine certain design choices and benefit from years of industry knowledge.
- Stay closely involved with the construction process: One of the easiest ways of ensuring a successful knock down rebuild project is to keep up to date with its progress. Whether it’s meeting regularly with your home builder and sub-contractors or visiting the site outside of working hours, staying in touch with your project ultimately leads to a far less hectic experience.
- Research contractors’ portfolios: Before deciding on a sub contractor, research their previous work online. Most construction businesses will have a portfolio of recently completed work on their website or social media pages. View this work and use these findings to decide whether the organisation is the best one to carry out your project.
- Try a project management app: Such an involved process can be a headache to keep track of from a customer perspective. A project management app can help you stay up to date with deadlines, budgets and milestones in one space.
Enjoy the process: While it might sound like unhelpful advice, taking a step back to appreciate the knock down rebuild process actually helps you enjoy the process that little bit more.
Partner with Knock Down Rebuild Specialists
A knock down rebuild can be an extremely rewarding process to experience, particularly when you receive approval to move into your new home. Our knock down rebuild checklist helps you navigate through each step of the process with ease, helping you plan, budget for, design and build your dream home.
Eden Brae is a reputable home builder with years of experience offering knock down rebuilds, house and land packages, and newbuild home designs. Contact us today for more knock down rebuild tips, or to view one of our display villages for design inspiration.