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The Hidden Costs of Home Extensions

Discover common hidden costs of home extensions and learn the best tips to avoid a budget blowout, ensuring your project stays on track and within budget!

How Much Does a Second Storey Extension Cost in Melbourne?

Explore the cost factors of a second storey addition in Melbourne. Understand permits, materials and labour while discovering why XL Built is your best choice.

Building Up vs. Building Out: Which Extension Option is Right for You?

Explore the pros and cons of building up vs. building out for your home extension. Learn about costs, space, and functionality to make the best decision for your needs.

Ground Floor vs. Second Storey Extensions - 5 Key Factors to Help You Decide

Not sure whether to build out or up? Discover 5 key factors to consider when deciding between a ground floor extension and a second storey addition for your home

Is 2024 A Good Year to Build a Home Extension in Melbourne?

Introduction It has been a busy start this year for XL BUILT as Melbourne braces itself for an extension and renovation frenzy in 2024. Homeowners are seizing the opportunity to

Unlock the Secrets to the Perfect Family Home Design – From Babies to Seniors!

When planning a home extension, people often aim for a magazine-worthy look, a stylish interior they’ve seen on the BLOCK or on Instagram or Pinterest. Everybody wants their home to

Project: Hawthorn Heritage Home Ground Floor Extension

Discover how XL Built transformed a heritage Hawthorn home with a seamless extension that blends timeless charm with modern living. See the stunning results

Home Extensions For Parents: The Secret To A Little More ‘Me-Time’ At Home.

In today’s fast-paced world, where the demands of work, family, and personal commitments often intertwine, finding a moment of tranquility can feel like an elusive dream. For parents, in particular,

Should I Extend or Move? Creating Your Dream Home

The decision to extend your home or move to a new one is a significant life choice that requires careful consideration. Both options come with their pros and cons, but

Creating a Seamless Transition: Blending Old and New in Home Extensions

Melbourne Home extensions are a popular choice for homeowners seeking to add more space and functionality to their existing homes. However, one common concern during the extension process is how

Armadale Second Storey Addition

XL Built's Armadale project: A second storey addition blending modern design with heritage charm. See the transformation of this beautiful Melbourne home.

Elsternwick Edwardian Class Meets Extraordinary Style

Explore how XL Built transformed an Elsternwick Edwardian home with a stunning second storey extension that blends timeless character with modern family living

HomeView Customer Portal

Our HomeView Customer Portal is a user friendly tool where our customers are able to specify the finishes of their home. HomeView offers peace of mind by providing real-time updates

Extending Your Heritage Listed Home in Melbourne

Heritage restrictions can be a confusing and daunting aspect of property ownership for many individuals. While homes that are heritage-listed can attract premium prices, they often come with a range

How to Avoid Choosing a Financially Unstable Builder in Victoria

Instability is plaguing the Australian domestic building market due to various factors, such as rising material costs, material shortages, skilled labour shortages, shipping delays, small profit margins, and the ripple

Breathing New Life into Heritage Homes: The Benefits of Modern Extensions

Heritage homes are an essential part of our cultural heritage, showcasing the architectural styles and trends of bygone eras. These homes have stood the test of time and are often

Is a Second Storey Addition Right for Your Melbourne Home

Discover the benefits of adding a second storey to your Melbourne home. Gain space, increase value and customise your living area with XL Built.

Project Feature: Mont Albert

Discover XL Built's stunning renovation and extension of a 100-year-old Mont Albert home. See how we transformed heritage charm in Melbourne.

Project: Cremorne Heritage Renovation

Discover XL Built's Cremorne Heritage Renovation in Melbourne. Blending modern functionality with original charm, completed in just 10.5 months.

Project: Coburg Second-Storey Extension

Discover XL Built's Coburg second-storey extension project in Melbourne. See how we transform older homes into modern designs tailored to your lifestyle.

Project: Forest Hill Second Storey Addition

Explore XL Built's Forest Hill second storey addition project. Custom design, permits, and construction by Melbourne's trusted extension experts.

Tips to Make Your Home Multigenerational

Multigenerational homes are becoming more and more common throughout Melbourne. There are many reasons for this; Elderly parents may need the assistance of their adult children, young couples or families

Melbourne Increasingly Attracted to Extra Living Space

Melburnians are increasingly attracted to extra living space, and the recent lockdowns have enhanced this trend. The housing market is experiencing a boom, with Australians eager to get more living

Custom or Volume Builder? What’s the difference?

When you begin the building process, two phrases will likely enter the conversation – volume builder and custom builder. As the name suggests, volume builders construct a large number of

Should I extend up, under or out?

If you’re starting to outgrow your home but are reluctant to move away from the area you love, it might be time to consider an extension. When it comes to

How to increase your home’s value

A renovation or extension is a great way to achieve a functional home that suits your needs without seeing you leave the area you love. Additionally, a high-quality update or

HomeBuilder Explained

In early June, the Federal Government announced a new stimulus package to kickstart the economy via the construction industry. Dubbed ‘HomeBuilder’ this package will see $25,000 cash grants given to

What You Can Be Doing Now To Build

Some elements of our everyday lives may have changed or come to a halt in the era of isolation, but your extension doesn’t have to be one of them. With

Our Response to COVID-19

During this period of prolonged isolation, it can seem like beginning work on a new extension, renovation or knockdown rebuild project will be difficult or impossible. And it’s true that

Heating and Cooling Options for Your Home Extension

Did you know in Australia, 40% of a household’s energy usage typically goes to heating and cooling? In a day and age where Melbourne has been declared a climate emergency,

3 Reasons Why You Should Only Hire a Registered Builder

When you’re planning a building project like a home extension, it can be tempting to hire an unregistered builder. After all, an unlicensed builder typically offers their services cheaper than

10 Tips for Upgrading Your Outdoor Living Space

It doesn’t matter if you’ve lived in your home for decades or you’ve just bought a new one with amazing potential, you might be looking to change the backyard area

Home Extensions: 7 Interesting Tips

You can go wrong with changing the décor of your home but you can never go wrong with a home extension. Adding more space to your home will transform your

How to Renovate a Heritage Home

There’s something unexplainably appealing in living in an old house. They have a character and a style that is their own. Depending on the year the house was built, it

What is a multigenerational household and why it can work for you

Multigenerational homes are changing the way we live. With the figure of these households on the rise, there are currently more than four million Australians living in these types of

10 Essential Things To Know Before You Paint a Room

Painting is one of the fastest and easiest ways to completely change how a room feels but that doesn’t mean it is a project that should be taken lightly. There

Home Extensions | Seven Common Mistakes

Each year eight million homeowners undergo home extensions and renovations (Roy Morgan, 2017). With the millions that make this decision, nine out of 10 choose to work with professional help.

Living Room Extension Ideas for 2025

Extending your home for additional family room or entertainment area space is quite a common building trend. And even if your Melbourne home extension isn’t aimed specifically towards a living

Five home extensions that will increase your property value

One of the most exciting things about purchasing a property is seeing its future potential. Whether it is through a second floor addition, a pool outside or the creation of

5 Essential Renovation Ideas to Rejuvenate and Reinvent Your Family Home

If you have decided to continue the family tradition and raise the next generation in your old home, then you’ve probably got a lot of work ahead of you. No

Knock Down Rebuild vs Renovation

For most of us, a dream home is a fundamental idea that draws from how we always saw comfort and beauty and how we want to live and where we

How a granny flat can add value to your home

Granny flats have certainly been taking the market by storm. As urbanization and increased population density drive property costs up, Melbourne homeowners are looking for ways to get more out

Attic Conversion Guide

A loft or attic conversion is one of the most economical ways of increasing space. It can offer nearly as much space as a full Melbourne home extension at a

Adding Value To Your home: 8 Home Improvement Ideas

When your home is no longer big enough or comfortable enough for your family, looking to move is often the most obvious solution. However, it is not necessarily the best

High tech building materials you need to know about

Technology is constantly moving forward, creating innovative materials and improving production methods. What was considered “tried and true” only a few years ago has now changed or become obsolete. To

5 Home Design Ideas for a Timeless Look

Home design trends come and go. Some of them stay popular for decades, others go out of style almost as quickly as last season’s fashion choices. Unlike your wardrobe, changing

House Extension Ideas for Modern Living

When talking about extensions people often envision something of a box-type add-on connected to the main structure with no particular rhyme or reason. Even if the exterior is seamlessly blended

5 Quick and Easy Winter Curb Appeal Tips

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5 Clever House Extension Design Trends

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