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House Build Cost Savings: Design for Roofline

9 March 2010
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Congratulations – you’ve decided to build your dream home!
You review your architect’s concept floorplan, “House A” (above), and really like it, but decide it would be even better if you moved a wall or two to make it look like “House B“.
Since they both have the same floor area, there won’t be any difference in [...]

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Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Assessments

9 February 2010
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With the anniversary of the devastating Victorian Black Saturday bushfires this weekend, I thought it timely to share my experiences volunteering to assist Kinglake residents with their Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) Assessments – the first step in their rebuilding process.

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Design + Build news for iPhone

2 February 2010
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Design + Build news for iPhone
For your convenience, we have optimised our website for your iPhone.
Now you can access Design + Build news on-the-go.
Visit brutalart.com.au.

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Construction tender evaluation

18 December 2009
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So your project has finally completed the rigorous design & planning permit process and your architect has sent your Building Permit Documentation Package out to tender.
The only problem is you’ve received back three wildly differing tender responses from separate builders.
How can one builder’s tender offer come in at almost twice as much as the other [...]

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We are moving

2 December 2009
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If we are a little slow in getting back to you this week, please excuse us!
We are moving to our new premises in the beautiful Art Deco McPhersons Building on Collins St in the City of Melbourne!

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Property Development 101: Step 6

5 November 2009
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Now that you’ve completed Step 5: Detail, you will have selected a Builder, obtained a Building Permit and signed a Building Contract.
The goal of this step, Step 6: Build, is to turn your documentation into bricks and mortar culminating in Certificate/s of Occupancy.
This article will outline the following elements of the build process:

Contract Administration
Building Stages
Obtaining [...]

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Property Development 101: Step 5

27 October 2009
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Congratulations! You have now successfully progressed through Step 4, the planning permit application process, leaving you with a development site that includes a Planning Permit with associated Plans.
The goal of this step, Step 5: Detail, is to progress your documentation to a level that your project can be Tendered, a Builder selected and a Building [...]

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Property Development 101: Step 1

28 September 2009
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A common first question we get asked by clients when considering potential projects is: “Is this project worth proceeding with or are we just wasting our time”?
The goal of this step is to arrive at a Preliminary Development Assessment that gives a project a High, Medium or Low level of confidence to proceed.
Note: If you [...]

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How to navigate this site

21 September 2009
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Welcome to our site!
If you have visited us before you will have noticed that this site has undergone its own extensive redevelopment!
Our goal for the site redesign was to be able to bring you quality Property Development, Architecture, Design + Building related information faster and provide more opportunities for you to connect with us in [...]

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2008/2009 HIA Award Winner: Surrey Hills Project

14 September 2009
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Brutal Art Design + Build are the proud recipients of the 2008-2009 HIA CSR Victoria Award in the category of best Renovation $350,000 – $500,000 for our work on our client’s Surrey Hills project.
This award winning home is featured in the Top Homes 2008/2009 Housing Industry Association Awards magazine.

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