At Manley Homes we work closely with you to either design & build your new home in Brisbane or we will build plans that you provide from your own architect or designer.

We also have our own range of standard plans in modern, skillion and traditional styles available - click here to see our Plans.

Flexibility is our key & being your friendly custom home builders in Brisbane, Queensland, we also specialise in customising inclusions to suit every clients’ individual style & budget.

Regardless of the project, building new or refurbishing an existing home in Brisbane, Manley Homes, custom home builders and our talented & trusted team of trades people will carefully guide you through the construction process to bring your dream to life.

New builds, knock down and rebuild, lifestyle renovations and design advice

New home construction has been a constant for Manley Homes, with many homes built across Brisbane in the past 25 years. Our strong custom home builder reputation comes from many years of experience and expertise building quality homes for our discerning clients.

We specialise in custom home design, building on sloping blocks & challenging building sites & we deliver high quality finishes throughout our homes.

Whether you are seeking a small lot home builder, planning new build, large extension or an addition or modification to a smaller space, we are custom builders & renovation builders who will work closely with you to realise your dream of a beautiful new home or lifestyle renovation.

Each block of land and each client is unique & so regardless of what your plans are, whether you're building a low set home, high set home, split-level, Hampton style, or a small lot home, as custom home builders Brisbane we specialise in building your unique custom home design to suit your lifestyle & meet your budget.

Our expertise is working with sloping blocks, small lots and narrow lots across Brisbane. When designing your home & positioning it on your block, our designers consider & allow for the unique features of your block, specifically slope & orientation. They also consider & allow for existing bio diversity overlays, bush fire overlays, any restraints and specific covenant requirements and conditions on your block. They also work very closely with you to gain valuable insight into your living requirements.

Knock Down & Rebuild

Knock down and rebuilds are becoming increasingly popular in Brisbane as our city ages and our desire to remain in our own neighbourhood, well established treed suburbs or close to Brisbane city, transport networks as well as close to the schools and universities we want our children to attend.

Savvy investors and owner-occupiers recognise that buying an existing home in an established Brisbane suburb provides them with a larger block typically than those in newly developed suburbs further from Brisbane CBD. Often, the block is large enough to sub divide further enhancing investment opportunities especially for small lot homes & narrow lot homes.

Plus, they have the added benefit of greater capital growth once the home is completed, compared to if they had built in a newly developed suburb.

When you consider that the cost per square metre to renovate is approximately double the cost that it is to build new, it makes sense to consider knocking down and rebuilding your existing Brisbane home.

If you are planning a large renovation which has,more than 50% modifications to your existing home, consider knocking down and rebuilding as there are many benefits. Your new home will be better designed with more space to suit your family’s lifestyle.You can also incorporate cost saving energy efficient solutions, technology & home automation into your new home.

Manley Homes, custom home builders, facilitate every aspect of the knock down & rebuild from demolition right through to completion of your stylish new home.

Lifestyle Renovations

Karen & Rex also have a strong reputation as custom renovation builders. Brisbane homes are undergoing major transformations to accommodate our changing lifestyles as we prefer to modify our existing homes instead of moving on. Whether remodelling an outdated bathroom or extending an existing home, building valuable usable living space underneath your home or totally redesigning your existing home to accommodate changing family needs, Manley Homes can assist with every aspect from design through to completion.

1. Add a second storey to your home
2. Renovate your existing floor plan
3. Enclose underneath your home
4. Add an auxiliary dwelling - Granny flat or Studio
5. Enclose outdoor living spaces
6. Enclose a Garage and /or build a new one
7. Remove walls & open up your floor plane

Design Advice

Manley Homes preferred designers excel at redesigning spaces to allow more space & better flow & efficiency within each clients budget.

Rex works closely with the building designer (yours or ours) and the clients to ensure that the project stays within budget range & offering cost saving construction alternatives.

Karen adds her creative interior flair by offering free colour consulting throughout the building project. She can fully coordinate tiles, paint and other finishes with the existing interior. This ensures that the colour scheme and style of the home has a seamless flow.

Inclusions

Manley Homes custom home builders specialise in customising inclusions to suit each client’s individual style and budget. We happily incorporate and source specific fixtures, fittings, finishes and materials to achieve your dream home.

Listed below are our customisable standard and premium inclusions.

Standard Inclusions

Preliminary

HIA Residential Home Building Agreement (fixed price), 12 Month maintenance follow up

Contractors All Risk Insurance (incl $10,000,000 Public Liability cover)

Council/certifier building fee including 20mm water connection.

QBCC 6 year structural guarantee

Portable Long Service Leave Levy, Workplace Health & Safety fees

Wall framing at max 450mm centres with cyclone rods tie-down.

Site Allowances

400d x 300w footing with 3 bar F11 trench mesh – brick base around slab

F82 slab mesh – internal beam allowance of 80m

2 concrete pumps (for footings and slab) if required

Excavations by cut/fill to slope <1200mm

Soil test & structural design, wind-rating and foundation inspections certification by engineer

Professional contour survey (not including reinstatement of pegs)

Building to N3 or N2 wind rating as per engineers assessment

10m underground (or overhead as supplied ) single phase power

(3 phase upgrade recommended for acreage sites or where air-conditioners or swimming pools are possible)

10m of 20mm water main

45m for sewerage connections

100m for stormwater connection to discharge point

Termite protection to slab penetrations and perimeter to AS 3660.1.

Kitchen, Bathrooms & Laundry

Laminate bench-top with laminate doors to kitchen and vanities

Overhead cupboards to kitchen (refer plan for extent), microwave oven provision above wall oven and pot drawer below

Premium 1 ¾ or double bowl stainless steel kitchen sink

Mixer tap ware to kitchen, laundry tub and bathrooms (chrome )

Hand held shower rail set to bathrooms

Custom-made vanities with vitreous china basins,

Framed or Frameless Mirrors above vanities

1660mm bath

Premium close link vitreous china toilet suite

45 litre stainless steel laundry tub (generally inset into joiner’s bench – refer to plan)

Semi-frameless shower screens to bathrooms, clear glass

Chrome towel rails and toilet roll holders

Tile allowance $38.00/m2 (inclusive of GST).

Electrical/Appliances

Smoke alarms, 240V battery backup, interconnected

Off peak electric hot water system

Omega ceramic cooktop, stainless steel

Omega slide out range hood, stainless steel

Omega 5-function wall oven or under bench oven, stainless steel

Omega dishwasher, stainless steel

Earth leakage circuit breaker (Residual Current Device) to each of power and light circuits

Generous light and power point allowance

2-lamp heater fan light installed in each bathroom, exhaust fan to each separate WC

Chrome finish solid brass floor wastes.

Sundry

Bradnams tinted glass to aluminium windows/sliding doors with 8 standard frame colours

Fly screens to all windows, aluminium sliding doors.

R3.5 bulk ceiling insulation to all ceilings. Wall sarking to external walls

Panel door with 2 remotes where shown on plan. Manual roller door to single garage doors

Choice of Boral face bricks from builders range

Choice of Colorbond or concrete tile roofing (Roof sarking with tiled roofs. Builder’s standard range)

Colorbond roof, fascia and gutter, and round PVC downpipes

3 external garden taps

Weather-seal to bottom of entry and laundry external swing doors

Corinthian or similar solid front entry door with clear glazing. Other external hinged doors shall be tempered hardboard faced

Gainsborough door furniture (privacy lock to bed 1 [except where double doors], toilet and bathrooms)

Internal room doors shall be Corinthian Flush Panel or Hume Redicote.

90mm plaster cornices and 68 x 12 skirting, 42 x 12 architrave (colonial, splayed, bullnose)

Built-in robes & linens, with mirror sliding or hinged robe doors

4 melamine shelves to linens and pantries, shelf & hanging rail to each robe

2-coat paint system or 3-coat paint system.

Premium Inclusions

Preliminary

HIA Residential Home Building Agreement (Fixed price), 12-month maintenance follow-up

Contractors All Risk Insurance (incl $10,000,000 Public Liability cover)

Council/certifier building fees including 20mm water connection. Fee up to $1,900.00

QBCC Insurance (6-year structural guarantee)

Portable Long Service Leave levy, Workplace Health & Safety fees

Wall framing at max 450mm centres with cyclone rods tie-down.

Site Allowances

400d x 300w footing with 3-bar F11 trench mesh (no waffle pods) – brick base around slab

F82 slab mesh – internal beam allowance of 80m

2 concrete pumps (for footings and slab) if required

Excavations by cut/fill to slope <1200mm

Soil test & structural design, wind-rating and foundation inspections certification by engineer

Professional contour survey (not including reinstatement of pegs)

Building to N3 or N2 wind rating or as per engineers assessment

10m underground (or overhead as supplied by Authority from Authority pole) single phase power

(3 phase upgrade recommended for acreage sites or where air-conditioners or swimming pools are possible)

10m of 20mm water main

45m for sewerage connections

100m for stormwater connection to discharge point

Termite protection to slab penetrations and perimeter to AS 3660.1.

Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry

Caesar Stone bench top with 2-Pac doors to kitchen and

Caesarstone bench-top to vanities and laundry with either , 2 pac or laminate doors. overhead cupboards (2-Pac ) to kitchen & laundry(refer plan for extent), microwave oven provision above wall oven and pot drawer below

Premium 1 ¾ or double bowl stainless steel kitchen sink with accessories

Mixer tap ware to kitchen, laundry tub and bathrooms (chrome )

Hand-held shower rail set to bathrooms

Custom-made vanities with vitreous china basins

Framed or frameless mirrors above vanities

1700mm bath

Premium close link vitreous china toilet suite

45-litre stainless steel laundry tub (generally inset into custom joinery – refer to plan)

Semi-frameless shower screens to bathrooms, clear glass & chrome

Chrome towel rails and toilet roll holders

Tile allowance $45.00/m2 (inclusive of GST).

Electrical / Appliances

Smoke alarms, 240V battery backup, interconnected

Off peak electric hot water system

Smeg ceramic cooktop, stainless steel

Smeg canopy range hood, stainless steel

Smeg multi-function wall oven or under bench oven, stainless steel

Smeg dishwasher, stainless steel

Earth leakage circuit breaker (Residual Current Device) to each of power and light circuits

Generous light and power point allowance

2-lamp heater-fan-light installed in each bathroom, exhaust fan to each separate WC

Chrome finish solid brass floor wastes.

Sundry

Bradnams tinted glass to aluminium windows/sliding doors with 8 standard frame colours

Fly screens or security screens to all windows, aluminium sliding doors,

R3.5 bulk ceiling insulation to all ceilings. Wall sarking to external walls

Panel door with 2 remotes where shown on plan. Manual roller door to single garage doors (builder's standard range)

Choice of Boral or PGH face bricks from builder’s standard range

Choice of Colorbond or concrete tile roofing (Roof sarking with tiled roofs. Builder’s standard range)

Colorbond roof, fascia and gutter, and round PVC downpipes. (Builder’s standard range)

3 external garden taps

Weather-seal to bottom of entry and laundry external swing doors

Corinthian or similar solid front entry door with clear glazing. Other external hinged doors shall be tempered hardboard faced

Selected Gainsborough door furniture (Privacy lock to bed 1 [ except where double doors], toilet and bathrooms)

Internal room doors shall be Corinthian Flush panel or Hume Redicoat.

90mm plaster cornices and 68 x 12 skirting, 42 x 12 architrave (colonial, splayed, bullnose)

Built-in robes & linens, with mirror sliding or hinged robe doors (refer to plan)

4 melamine shelves to linens and pantries, shelf & hanging rail to each robe

3-coat premium paint system.