OUR MISSION
Your Agency Leading You Home
Our mission at Basil Homes is to work closely with our clients to get in depth understanding of their dreams and aspirations to provide expert advice and support to guide them through the design and construction of their dream homes.
Our Core Values
Empowering Excellence in Every Project
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Integrity & Respect: We care deeply for our customers, partners, team members, and the profession, upholding honesty, transparency, and ethics in all interactions.
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Customer Centricity: Our customers are our top priority, and we strive to deliver exceptional experiences that exceed their expectations.
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Collaborative Excellence: We foster strong, respectful relationships with staff, partners, and subcontractors, promoting high standards and mutual growth.
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Innovative Design & Performance: We push boundaries, delivering unique, high-performance solutions that redefine industry benchmarks.
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Unwavering Quality Commitment: We tirelessly pursue excellence, ensuring every project meets the highest standards of quality, precision and reliability.
Total Package
WHY CHOOSE US?
Basil Homes offers a turnkey service – guiding our clients through the design and documentation, tender, and contract negotiation then management of the construction process through to completion.
We manage the design process
​Getting the design and layout right is essential to any building project. With our client we select the right teams for their project and direct them to ensure the design brief is achieved. We have extensive product knowledge and work with manufacturers and suppliers on the materials and fittings selections.
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A cost-effective and cost control
We review and monitor costs from the beginning of the project to ensure we maintain the client budget and keep all contractors and professionals accountable. We will examine the options and suggest various building methods to achieve the best outcome.
Peace of mind
Having a Basil Homes professional managing your project avoids much of the emotional and mental stress of a building project.
Completion of time
Basil Homes actively manages the project and the builder with detailed project planning and procurement scheduling to ensure clients complete the build on time, saving them money in the long run.
Quality control
Basil Homes has a track record in delivering high quality projects every time. We are committed to ensuring that the design specification and intent is achieved, and all statutory requirements are met.
Building Contract Administration
​We act on behalf of building owners where they require assistance to administer a project. Architects and building designers often refer clients to us for this stage of the project.
Review the building contract and specifications.
Review and approve all builder progress claims and claim for cost variations.
Review and approve Provisional Sums and Prime Cost items.
Review extension of time claims.
Monitor progress of the works.
Manage any dispute with the builder.
KNOW YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS
Project Management Steps
Suitable Homesmanages the process of building a new home, building renovation and extension or redevelopment of client’s sites for multi residential dwellings.
We manage residential projects from $500K to $2M in value
Our services at Suitable Homes include:
Design management
We develop the project brief, appoint and coordinate design consultants including architects, services engineers, building surveyors, fire engineers, hydraulic designers, interior designers, land surveyors, town planners, engineers, and landscape designers. We also work with consultants that have been selected by the client.
Documentation review
​We develop project specifications and scope of works, review the project’s buildability, and assist in resolving building compliance issues.
Tendering
We have several builders we will recommend for a specific project or can tender to a builder selected by the client. We assess and negotiate with the tenderers and recommend appropriate building contracts. We review the building contract prior to execution to ensure all requirements have been met.
Contract administration
We review all builders’ progress claims, cost variations, extension of time claims and the administration of Provisional Sums and Prime Cost items.
Manage handover of the project
Inspect the project at completion and manage the defects list then monitor rectification by the builder.
Installation of design requirements
Coordinate installation of furniture fit out packages, window coverings or specialist equipment and fit out items including importation of fixtures and materials.
Time and quality control
Monitor quality at every stage of the project through regular inspections and photographic records, review and monitor the builder’s program and progress on the job through regular project meetings.
​Manage works during construction
We liaise with the builder and manage the building contract and other specialist contractors or novated contracts. We hold regular project meetings which keep the client always informed.
Gain approvals
We coordinate and resolve any town planning requirements, building permits and issues with adjoining owners
Specialist designers
We have worked with a range of specialist designers and contractors for lighting, communications, audio visual, kitchen design, rugs, paint or floor finishes and metal work.