Custom Home Builders in Camp Hill

Camp Hill takes its name from the ridge along Old Cleveland Road, where teamsters once rested their animals, and the suburb still reads off that ridge. Streets run down from the high ground toward Bridgewater Creek and the wider Norman Creek catchment, so many blocks fall noticeably from front to back or across their width. The wealthier early residents took the ridgelines. The rest of the suburb only became residential between the wars, and larger holdings were cut up again in the post-war housing boom.

That history shows up on a site visit. A large part of Camp Hill is in the Traditional building character overlay, and many of the older houses are old enough for Council's demolition rules to apply, so the first question on any knockdown rebuild in Camp Hill is whether the existing house can come down at all. Parts of the suburb are zoned Character residential, and part of it falls within the Coorparoo and districts neighbourhood plan. Near Whites Hill Reserve, which Council addresses from Boundary Road in Camp Hill, some blocks are also in the bushfire overlay.

The sites we see most here come down to fall and frontage. Pavo House was designed for a narrow lot on a sloping site and Willard House for a small city lot, so fitting a floor plan around a tight footprint and a level change is routine for us in this suburb. Where a block drops away behind the house, the rear often opens to city views, and we settle retaining, drainage and the pool position around that before the design is locked.

Arrol Estate sits on a corner lot, with a Hamptons facade of gables, balustrades and a stone chimney addressing both frontages. Arrol House is a shingled Hamptons family home with a double-height entry, butler's pantry and mudroom. Pavo House works a narrow, sloping lot, with the pool set into the fall. Willard House fits five bedrooms onto a small city lot and looks over parkland from the upper level. Bundah House sits above its site, with city views from the rear and a master suite balcony facing the skyline. Moorbell House pairs white render with deep charcoal, Thomas House is a two-storey contemporary home with a stone feature column, and East House is a set of townhomes planned around the natural fall of a sloping site.

Four more Camp Hill projects are in design or underway, including Ara House.

A Camp Hill project can start from an architect's finished drawings or from a blank page. We build from existing plans, or we design and construct, and the pricing is itemised and transparent from the first estimate, so the cost of retaining on a Camp Hill slope or a small lot redesign is visible as the design develops. How we work sets out each stage. Once construction starts, your site supervisor runs the job on the ground and meets you on site before work begins. Camp Hill is close enough to our Greenslopes office that a site meeting off Old Cleveland Road and a selections appointment can happen on the same morning.