Custom Home Builders in Bulimba

The three suburbs sit on the south bank of the Brisbane River and share one planning framework: the Bulimba district neighbourhood plan covers almost all of Bulimba, Hawthorne and Balmoral. Bulimba was a mature suburb by the end of the interwar years, most of Hawthorne's housing is interwar Queenslanders, and Balmoral filled its less favoured sites with post-war housing after the better ones were taken.

Character is the first test on most blocks. The plan asks streets to keep their traditional built character, including pre-1911 houses, and to remain predominantly low-rise detached housing. The Traditional building character overlay covers a large part of all three suburbs, most heavily in Hawthorne, and each has pre-1911 building overlay sites, so whether an existing house can be demolished is the question we answer before anything else.

Then there is the river. A large part of Bulimba sits in the Brisbane River flood planning area, as does much of the low ground in Hawthorne, while the hilly southern part of Hawthorne is above recorded flood levels. Council's plan also flags the Pashen Creek overland flow path near the Hawthorne centre. On a riverside or low-lying block the flood level sets the floor height, and the design still has to sit well with the character rules at that height.

There is no completed Flascon home inside the Bulimba suburb boundary yet. The closest are a few minutes away. Aloomba House in Balmoral is a Hamptons-inspired family home with a stone feature wall at the entry, French oak herringbone floors, a travertine alfresco overlooking the pool, a guest suite on the lower level, and a second living room, home office and master suite upstairs. Pinedale House in Morningside fits a modern coastal design onto a narrow inner-city block, using a central void and skylights to light both levels.

Further south, Beak House and Morehead House are in Norman Park, a suburb largely covered by the same Bulimba district neighbourhood plan.

A Bulimba, Hawthorne or Balmoral project usually starts with two checks: whether the current house is allowed to be demolished, and what the river or overland flow mapping does to the floor level. We answer both before design gets far. Then either your architect's drawings become our build, or we design and construct a home that suits the character streetscape. The pricing breaks out a raised floor or character detailing so their cost is visible early. Each stage is described on our process page. Day to day, your site supervisor is your first contact while the Bulimba district site is under construction.