Hammonds Plains2024
Custom Two-Storey New Build
A custom build on a sloping lot over shallow bedrock. Four bedrooms, a double garage and a south-facing living wing to capture winter sun.
- Duration
- 11 months
New Builds
New Home Builds
From vacant block to keys in hand.
Custom new home construction and teardown rebuilds. We build to architect documentation or coordinate the design ourselves, and we manage every consultant, inspector and trade through to occupancy permit.
A new home is the one project where every decision compounds. Get the site assessment, the slab design and the orientation right and the house works for thirty years. Get them wrong and you spend those thirty years paying for it in heating bills, cracked drywall and rooms nobody uses.
We build from a locked, fully documented set of drawings, which is the single biggest predictor of whether a new build finishes on budget. Where a client comes to us with concept sketches instead, we do the documentation properly first. It feels slower for a few weeks and it saves months.
You get one supervisor for the whole build, a schedule with real stage dates, and weekly photo updates so you can see the frame going up even if you are living out of province.
How it runs
Our new builds process
The same sequence on every job, so you always know what happens next.
- 01
Lot assessment
Soil classification, slope, services, sewer and setbacks — we find the constraints before you commit.
- 02
Design and documentation
We work to your architect or bring in ours, and we value-manage the design before it is priced.
- 03
Permits and approvals
Development permit, building permit and all consultant reports coordinated by us.
- 04
Construction
Slab, frame, roof, lock-up, fit-out — each stage inspected and signed off, with fixed progress claims.
- 05
Occupancy and handover
Occupancy permit, full warranty pack, and a 12-month warranty period.
Proof
Recent new builds projects
Client feedback
What it is actually like to build with us
Averaging 5.0 out of 5 across 1 reviews. These are unedited, and we have not cherry-picked the short ones.
Eleven months on a sloping lot with bedrock two feet down, and they hit the handover date they gave us at contract signing. Our architect said it was the cleanest site he had worked with in years.
5 out of 5 starsDaniel Okafor
Homeowner · Hammonds Plains
Questions
New Builds FAQs
The questions we get asked most often on this type of project.
Yes, and we prefer to be involved before the drawings are finalized. A one-hour buildability review at design stage routinely saves clients tens of thousands.
A typical single-dwelling build is 9-14 months on site once approvals are in hand. Knock-down rebuilds add demolition and service disconnection time up front.
Fixed stage claims set out in your contract — deposit, foundation, frame, lock-up, finishing and completion. You only pay for a stage once it is complete and inspected.
Tell us what you want to build
A site visit, a proper measure and a fixed-price quote, at no cost and with no obligation. If your budget will not stretch to your brief, we will tell you at the first meeting.
Replies within one business day. We build across Halifax and the HRM, with weekend crews for urgent works.