Custom home builder in Box Hill

Box Hill was farmland until it was rezoned for housing as part of the North West Growth Area. Today it is mostly new estates, with buyers purchasing a registered lot and then choosing a builder — which is where we usually come in.

Buying land and building separately gives more control over the design than a project-home package, but it also means checking more yourself: the lot’s fall, the soil, easements and the estate’s design guidelines all affect the price of the house.

Building on a new Box Hill lot

Box Hill has a rolling landscape, so many lots have a noticeable fall. Some developers deliver lots already benched with retaining walls; others leave the slope for the builder. Which one you have changes the slab design and the site cost.

Newly filled land also needs care. A geotechnical report confirms the site classification under AS 2870, which sets how stiff the slab and how deep the piers need to be. We get this before fixing the contract price, so it doesn’t become a variation later.

Planning in Box Hill

Box Hill sits within The Hills Shire Council area, but as a growth-area precinct some of its planning controls come from state precinct planning rather than only the local LEP. Estate design guidelines usually add another layer on top.

New homes on standard estate lots often qualify for complying development. Your contract of sale, the estate guidelines and the planning certificate together tell us what can be approved and how quickly.