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Don’t risk engaging a builder who is inexperienced!

Ask your builder what experience he has? Check with some of his previous clients or online reviews, do a builders licence check, you can even see online how many projects they have completed.

Ben Spannenberg is a second generation builder and oversees our team of qualified, professional project managers who are at the top of the home renovation industry.

Spannenberg and Son has been extending and renovating homes since 1971 and we employ an experienced team of qualified professionals to manage your project, to be your point of contact on a daily basis and to organise trades, control the cost and ensure the quality of work that goes into your home renovation.

How many times do you hear of trades not turning up and the client ending up running the job?

Many builders might say that they have the experience and might say they have built hundreds of home renovations but have they? Spannenberg and Son has!
Don’t take our word for it, there is so much information available online that you can check.

It is not uncommon to hear of home renovation horror stories or unsatisfied clients, often when home owners go for a cheap quote or have engaged a builder with little experience and particularly with regard to home renovating.

Don’t risk your home renovation with a builder who does not employ quality staff, supervise the work properly or have the experience to manage often complicated projects.

Yes the cost of quality staff is passed onto you the client, but for most people their home is their biggest investment, so don’t risk it.

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Removing some scaffolding is very revealing.
This is a progress photo of the rear of our first floor addition project at Bilgola. We don’t just show photos of the finished product but show you jobs as they progress so you can see the process.
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Recent home extension and renovation transformation –

this tired old kitchen and living area has been transformed to a beautiful open plan living with alfresco.

Kitchen by Above and Beyond interiors.

Seen here is the before and after floor plan and photo of the kitchen before the renovation.

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ArchiPro

Spannenberg and Son is listed on @archipro_au

This is the new upcoming design and building platform that will be very prominent in the home design and building market

If your looking at home building and renovating this will be the platform to go, whether it be to find design ideas, building products, builders, designers and much more.

Check Archipro out today.

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Where are building prices going in 2022?

If you are choosing a builder with a lower price and who charging a lower margin beware! You could be in for some trouble.

NSW can report that building material costs are now increasing at their fastest rate since 1980. Right across Australia, the cost of materials used in house building has increased by +4.2 per cent during the March 2022 quarter and are now +15.4 per cent higher than a year ago (see charts below). 
The pace of increase was similar across all six capital cities. Over the year to March 2022, the sharpest price increases included:
Reinforcing steel (+43.5 per cent)
Steel beams/sections (+41.5 per cent)
Structural timber (+39.2 per cent)
Plywood and board (+29.8 per cent)
Electrical cable and conduit (+27.1 per cent)
Plastic pipes and fittings (+26.5 per cent)
Copper pipes and fittings (+25.7 per cent)
Terracotta tiles (+21.5 per cent)
Metal roofing and guttering (+19.9 per cent)
Insulation (+14.0 per cent)

Your typical builder simply cannot absorb these increases and needs to be so vigilant, keeping in front of the price increases, your builder needs be be incorporating these prices into the job, and yes you will find that your build will be significantly more expensive than a year ago.

And don’t think this is the builders problem, because when he starts to struggle financially it may become your problem.

Some may think to delay their build but don’t expect prices to come down.

It is prudent to choose a builder who is thorough and has priced your job accurately, and if you pay your builder for his time to do this you can expect this to be accurate and to not have a problem half way through the build.

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