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Recent Renovation Projects
Renovation Builders in Brisbane, Design to Handover
HEW Projects works as renovation builders across Brisbane, northside and southside, as a QBCC licensed builder (licence 15267396) and Master Builders Queensland member. We handle whole-home renovations, raise and build unders, extensions, kitchens and bathrooms, with design, approvals and construction managed by one team from the first visit to handover. Book a free consultation to talk through your home.
A good renovation keeps what you love about your home and fixes what holds it back. HEW Projects is a QBCC licensed builder (licence 15267396) and Master Builders Queensland member (member 087220), working as home renovation builders across Brisbane from our base in Slacks Creek. Our director, Wale Makinde, holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture, so design thinking is part of the job from the first visit, not an extra.
In Bardon, we renovated a split-level home with a heritage-listed street façade. The original house was lifted, a new level was built underneath and everything behind the façade was renewed, creating a five-bedroom family home with open living and two timber decks facing the creek reserve.
Home Renovation Services in Brisbane
One licensed builder for the whole job, from structural work through to the last fitting.
Whole-Home Renovations
Reworked floor plans, new kitchens and bathrooms, updated services and new finishes throughout, managed as one project. We plan the stages so structure, rough-ins and finishes happen in the right order.
Raise and Build Under
Lifting a Queenslander or older home and building in underneath can add bedrooms, living space or a garage without giving up the backyard. It needs engineering, council checks and careful planning of stairs and services.
Extensions
Ground floor and upper level extensions that tie into the existing roof, floor levels and finishes, so the new part of the house looks like it was always there.
Kitchens, Bathrooms and Ensuites
Kitchen and bathroom renovations done by a builder, with licensed plumbing, electrical and waterproofing coordinated under one contract. Our Calamvale and Jamboree Heights bathrooms are recent examples.
Renovating Brisbane Queenslanders and Older Homes
Brisbane’s older suburbs are full of timber Queenslanders, post-war cottages and 1960s and 1970s brick homes, and each needs a different approach. Timber homes on stumps may need restumping, new subfloor framing or termite repairs before new finishes go in. Older homes can contain asbestos in wall and eave sheeting and lead in old paint, which should be tested and handled correctly before work starts. Wiring and plumbing are often due for replacement once the walls are open.
Many inner and middle ring suburbs also sit in a character or heritage overlay. In those areas, demolition, bigger changes to the front of the house and raising beyond set heights can need council approval, so it pays to check early. Our Bardon renovation shows it can be done well: the heritage-listed façade was kept intact while the home behind it was renewed.
Custom Home Renovations on the Northside and Southside
We take on custom home renovations across Brisbane, from the northside to the southside and out to Logan. Every project starts with a free visit to your home, where we walk through what works, what does not and how you want to live. From there we price the work, present the quote face to face and, once you approve it, handle the building approval. During the build, our site supervisor runs every trade and you get regular updates, finishing with a walk-through together at handover.
Bathrooms are often the heart of a renovation. On the northside, we designed and built three luxury bathrooms for a new family home in Bridgeman Downs, with dark marble-look feature walls, a matte black freestanding bath and floating vanities. We have also renovated bathrooms in Calamvale on the southside and Jamboree Heights in the western suburbs.
Our Custom Home Build Process
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Free Consultation
We meet on your block or at our Slacks Creek office to talk through your brief, your block and your timeline.
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Design and Approvals
We work with you and your designer on plans, engineering and building approvals before anything is built.
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The Build
Your site supervisor runs every trade and keeps you updated at each stage of construction.
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Handover
A final walk-through together, defects closed out and the keys to your new home.
What Our Local Clients Say
Brisbane Home Renovation FAQs
Every renovation is different, so we quote each one on its own scope after a free on-site visit. The size of the job, structural work, the condition of the existing house and your finishes all shape the price, and we explain each part of the quote face to face.
It depends on the work. Some internal renovations need no approval or only building approval, while raising a home, extending or changing a home in a character or heritage area can need council approval as well. We check this early and handle the building approval as part of the job.
Sometimes. Smaller renovations can often be staged around you, but a raise and build under or a whole-home renovation usually means moving out for at least part of the job. We talk it through when we plan the stages.
Yes. We can work from your architect’s or designer’s plans, or develop the design with you before it goes to engineering and approval.
The house is jacked up to its new height, engineered footings and a new structure are built underneath to carry it, and the space below is enclosed and fitted out. Services are reconnected and new stairs added. Engineering and approvals are sorted before any lifting starts.
It depends on the condition of the house, the block, any character overlay and what you want to end up with. Sometimes a renovation keeps the parts worth keeping, and sometimes a new custom home makes more sense. We give you an honest view on both at the first visit.
Brisbane’s north, south, east and west, plus Logan, Ipswich, the Redlands and the Gold Coast. Our office is in Slacks Creek.
Yes. In Bardon we renovated a split-level home with a heritage-listed street façade, lifting the original house, building a new level underneath and renewing everything behind the façade. Older timber and character homes need care over what is kept, so we plan that with you from the first visit.
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