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# Professional Residential: Professional Residential is a Melbourne-based builder specializing in luxury new homes, renovations, and developments with fixed pricing and 20-year guarantees.

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## Posts
- [What’s the Real Cost of Building a Duplex in Melbourne?](https://professionalresidential.com.au/whats-the-real-cost-of-building-a-duplex-in-melbourne/): The real duplex build cost is rarely the number you're handed on day one. Council fees, site works, and finishes typically sit outside a builder's headline price, and each one adds cost before construction even starts. If you're planning a duplex in Melbourne, you need to understand what actually drives the final figure, not just the number used to get you through the door. Here's what goes into a genuine duplex cost, and how to budget for it with confidence.
- [How to Find the Best Duplex Builders for Your Block](https://professionalresidential.com.au/how-to-find-the-best-duplex-builders-for-your-block/): Finding the best duplex builders for your block comes down to more than comparing quotes side by side. A duplex is a different build to a single home, with its own approvals, design constraints, and shared-wall considerations, and not every builder handles that well. Knowing what to look for before you sign anything will save you time, money, and a fair amount of stress once construction starts.
- [Duplex Building Design Choices That Change the Outcome](https://professionalresidential.com.au/duplex-building-design-choices/): Duplex building design is where most of a project's value is either created or lost. Two homes built on one block sounds straightforward on paper, but the choices made before a single trade arrives on site are what decide whether both dwellings feel generous or whether they feel like a compromise.
- [Why Melbourne Buyers Are Choosing Dual Occupancy Builds](https://professionalresidential.com.au/choosing-dual-occupancy-builds-melbourne/): Dual occupancy home builders in Melbourne are seeing more enquiries than ever as the city's property market shifts. Land is tighter, prices per square metre keep climbing, and a growing number of homeowners are asking the same question. Why buy one block when you can build two homes on it instead?
- [Best Luxury Home Builders for High-End Melbourne Home Construction](https://professionalresidential.com.au/best-luxury-home-builders-for-high-end-melbourne-home-construction/): This guide breaks down what to look for in the best luxury home builders Melbourne has to offer, and what sets genuinely outstanding builders apart from the rest.
- [What Makes a Duplex Building Design Work on a Tight Melbourne Block](https://professionalresidential.com.au/what-makes-a-duplex-building-design-work-on-a-tight-melbourne-block/): Duplex building design on a tight Melbourne block is one of the most searched topics among homeowners who suspect their land can do more than support a single home.
- [The Non-Negotiables That Separate Melbourne’s Best Custom Builders](https://professionalresidential.com.au/the-non-negotiables-that-separate-melbournes-best-custom-builders/): What actually separates the best custom home builders in Melbourne from the ones that leave homeowners frustrated halfway through a build?
- [How Block Size and Shape Affects Custom Home Builders in Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/how-block-size-and-shape-affects-custom-home-builders-in-melbourne/): Does the size and shape of your block actually affect how Melbourne custom home builders design and build?
- [Beach Road](https://professionalresidential.com.au/beach-road/)
- [Roofing features](https://professionalresidential.com.au/roofing-features-2/): Your roofing area is such a large space, it makes sense to make it work for you with the right roofing features.
- [Experience](https://professionalresidential.com.au/experience-3/): Why not take advantage of our free consultation, where you can benefit from our 20+ years of building experience. This includes our award winning quality workmanship, our fixed price and time to complete quotations, our industry leading completion times and that we have the highest qualification for residential building and renovation which is an Unlimited Domestic Builders Licence. Our registration number is CDB-U 51352.
- [Renovating](https://professionalresidential.com.au/renovating-5/): If you are thinking of renovating, a build or property development, give us a call. As our services are becoming more and more popular in Melbourne, it is becoming more important to get your start date booked in as soon as possible.
- [Fireplace](https://professionalresidential.com.au/fireplace-2/): Over the last 60 years having a fireplace has gone from the main source of heating, to being outdated and replaced with oil heaters, gas heaters, ducted heating and now they are back in fashion. Not so much as the main source of heating, but as a feature in a living area or bedroom to create a warm (literally) and relaxing atmosphere.
- [Cupboards](https://professionalresidential.com.au/cupboards-3/): Cupboards often do not get the planning and space they deserve when renovating. They are a part of your home that are used much more than often realised, so well designed cupboards are able to make your life easier and sometimes even more enjoyable. Especially compared to badly designed cupboards.
- [Storage space](https://professionalresidential.com.au/storage-space-2/): If you're renovating and as recycling and re-use becomes more popular another consideration these days is how much storage space you have. Combine that with working from home offices, growing families and changing your home around, putting things not currently in use in storage until you want to use it again can be a good money saving strategy - if you have the storage space that is.
- [Internal doors](https://professionalresidential.com.au/internal-doors-3/): Even though internal doors seem like such a quick and easy selection, once you know the impact different doors can have in your home, you will be pleased you made some informed decisions.
- [Internal doors](https://professionalresidential.com.au/internal-doors-2/): Even though internal doors seem like such a quick and easy selection, once you know the impact different doors can have in your home, you will be pleased you made some informed decisions.
- [Ceiling height](https://professionalresidential.com.au/ceiling-height-3/): Your ceiling height and the quality of your architraves, ceiling features etc., are important considerations if you are renovating or extending your home or investment property.
- [Flooring options](https://professionalresidential.com.au/flooring-options-3/): The flooring options you have for your home or property development in Melbourne can have a big impact on your lifestyle and the resale value of your property.
- [20 year wet area guarantees](https://professionalresidential.com.au/20-year-wet-area-guarantees-2/): As one of just a few builders in Melbourne or even Australia that can offer 20 year wet area guarantees for the important areas of your home, it is definitely worth giving us a call.
- [Tiling Specialist](https://professionalresidential.com.au/tiling-specialist-3/): We are your local tiling specialist and our tiling work is just one of our many specialties. Not only is our tiling of the highest quality workmanship, it is also sealed professionally using only the best quality materials available.
- [Wood panels](https://professionalresidential.com.au/wood-panels-2/): Wood panels, inside and out is another popular renovation in Melbourne. Wood panelling, as well as looking great,  has good insulation benefits, and requires much less maintenance than painted walls. Tiled walls require even less maintenance and are covered in the next post above.
- [Unique facade](https://professionalresidential.com.au/unique-facade/): Having an interior designer's unique facade can not only cause a powerful first impression, but it can also impact how you feel every time you or your tenants see it!
- [Garages and Sheds](https://professionalresidential.com.au/garages-and-sheds-3/): Having larger garages and sheds helps to do those extra projects or just having a space outside of a busy home. It is also a great investment in many ways. Need 3 phase power in your garage, no problem. Like all extensions and renovations, aside from the practical use they can have, they can also add to the value of your property.
- [Outdoor lifestyles](https://professionalresidential.com.au/outdoor-lifestyles-3/): Outdoor lifestyles can add an extra dimension and depth to doing life and having fun with family and friends. 
- [Bigger bedrooms](https://professionalresidential.com.au/bigger-bedrooms-3/): Bigger bedrooms can mean you could have an ensuite or walk in robes, so a renovation or extension may be an alternative to purchasing another home. When you consider all the costs associated with purchasing property, it is definitely worth at least getting a quote on what it would cost to have what you want with your existing home or investment property. Particularly if your existing home is in an area you want to stay in.
- [Parent retreat](https://professionalresidential.com.au/parent-retreat-2/): If you have a young family, a demanding profession, then why not have the relaxing benefits of an extension or renovation for a parent retreat. 
- [Play rooms](https://professionalresidential.com.au/play-rooms/): Play rooms or children's rooms can be a great place where you can spend quality time like building cubby houses, have different play areas and different scenes that your children can play in, experience and have fun with. This is a great way to help develop your childrens imagination and creative skills.
- [Home office](https://professionalresidential.com.au/home-office-2/): Creating a home office space is one of the popular renovations and extensions we are building around Melbourne. 
- [Cinema rooms](https://professionalresidential.com.au/cinema-rooms-2/): Purpose-designed and built Cinema rooms enable you to be able not only to watch a big screen in comfort but to have the soundproofing to have quality sound without disturbing the neighbours or sleeping family members.
- [Smart homes](https://professionalresidential.com.au/smart-homes-2/): If you want more information about smart homes or possibly including some features in your renovation or development, give us a call. As Smart Homes increases with their options, we keep up to date, so you can be confident that when we work for you, you are getting the latest choices available.
- [Small homes](https://professionalresidential.com.au/small-homes-2/): Building and renovating small homes is another of our specialties. It is definitely a specialist area to be able to design, build and decorate small homes to be able to make them look bigger and give that look of spaciousness whenever possible.
- [Space Savings](https://professionalresidential.com.au/space-savings/): Space savings are a specialist area of ours. We have done a lot of work in and around Melbourne and Melbourne’s surrounding suburbs for smaller properties, so we know how important it is to use lots of space saving ideas to make practical and aesthetically pleasing designs using the space you have. So in our initial consultation with you, feel free to ask any and lots of questions.
- [Entry Areas](https://professionalresidential.com.au/entry-areas-2/): Extending your internal and external entry areas - for both your front and back entry areas, is a popular extension. It can make quite a difference to your lifestyle if every time you come inside, the quality design of your internal and external entry areas, you can feel more comfortable, happy and relaxed.
- [Spas](https://professionalresidential.com.au/spas/): Spas or sauna rooms are a perfect way to relax and increase the quality of your lifestyle. If you don’t have the space in your home, why not consider an external spa or sauna room, either as an extension to your home or as a stand-alone room outside your home.
- [Verandahs and Decking](https://professionalresidential.com.au/verandahs-and-decking-2/): Building or closing in verandahs and decking is another great way to improve your living areas and lifestyle. 
- [Extension or Bungalow](https://professionalresidential.com.au/extension-or-bungalow-2/): Getting an extension or bungalow or a small flat with fully contained living areas at the back of your property, means you can have more space in your home. Extra buildings are a great way to extend your existing home and lifestyle.
- [Outdoor lifestyle](https://professionalresidential.com.au/outdoor-lifestyle/): Having an outdoor lifestyle is a great and healthy way to have quality time with family and friends. That is why outdoor renovations are becoming more and more popular around Melbourne
- [Removing a wall](https://professionalresidential.com.au/removing-a-wall-2/): Removing a wall to make living, kitchen and lounge areas larger, is a great way to increase the quality of your lifestyle and family life. It can also include dining, study areas and bedroom areas too.
- [2nd storey renovation](https://professionalresidential.com.au/2nd-storey-renovation-2/): A 2nd storey renovation is a great option if you have a growing family or need some office space to be able to work comfortably from home. That is why another popular choice of renovations in Melbourne at the moment is to have a 2nd storey renovation done to your existing home.
- [Extra value](https://professionalresidential.com.au/extra-value-3/): A big part of renovations that include extensions, home offices, 2nd storeys etc, is the extra value that they add to your home.
- [Additional rooms](https://professionalresidential.com.au/additional-rooms-2/): Building additional rooms in your home is great for growing families and or new workplaces if you are now working from home.
- [Kitchen Renovation](https://professionalresidential.com.au/kitchen-renovation-2/): Our kitchen renovation services are another of the popular renovation services that we provide in Melbourne. This includes all areas of your kitchen, such as: sinks, benches, splashbacks, appliances, specialist tiling work, our 20 year wet area guarantee and more.
- [Bathroom renovations](https://professionalresidential.com.au/bathroom-renovations-3/): Because of the 20 year wet area guarantee that we provide, and the quality of our tiling, one of services we are both famous and popular for, are our bathroom renovations.
- [Renovating](https://professionalresidential.com.au/renovating-4/): To follow on from the last update, here are some more of the most popular renovating services that we provide in and around Melbourne.
- [Renovations](https://professionalresidential.com.au/renovations-6/): Because developers, owners and tenants want their renovations done quickly, it is one of the reasons why our industry-leading completion times are making us very popular in Melbourne as custom builders.
- [5 stars Google review](https://professionalresidential.com.au/5-stars-google-review-2/): Lucas Lambert gave us this 5 stars Google review after we completed his work in our usual industry leading completion time.
- [5 star Google review](https://professionalresidential.com.au/5-star-google-review-5/): This is a short and on point 5 star Google review and testimony we received from Declan Tyler:
- [5 star Google review and testimony](https://professionalresidential.com.au/5-star-google-review-and-testimony-2/): This is a 5 star Google review and testimony from Sue Whiffin in Melbourne:
- [Interior Designer](https://professionalresidential.com.au/interior-designer-4/): Our Interior designer is both qualified and experienced, which means that your work will not only be original and unique, but you may get ideas and concepts that you have not considered, which can bring a whole new level of ‘wow’ to your home or investment property.

## Pages
- [Duplex Design Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/duplex-design-melbourne/): A duplex design is only as good as the site it responds to. As the design and build team behind every project we deliver, Professional Residential creates duplex designs that work with your block's shape, orientation, and council overlay rather than around a template drawn for somewhere else.
- [Duplex Builders in Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/duplex-builders-melbourne/): You want two well built homes on one block, designed with the same care you would expect from a single custom build. As duplex builders in Melbourne, Professional Residential designs and constructs both dwellings to suit your site, your council requirements, and the way you plan to live or invest.
- [Homepage](https://professionalresidential.com.au/): Professional Residential are custom home builders in Melbourne with over 20 years of experience and more than $55 million of completed work across Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and beyond. We design and build custom built homes in Melbourne that are tailored to your block, your brief and your budget, with every price and timeline commitment made in writing before work begins.
- [Home Builder Parkdale](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-parkdale/): Parkdale has a coastal position, an esplanade, and land values that are making more homeowners take it seriously as a place to build well. As Parkdale builders who work regularly in this part of the Kingston corridor, Professional Residential has seen first-hand what this suburb can become when the right project is delivered in the right way.
- [Home Builder Bayside](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-bayside/): The City of Bayside stretches across one of Melbourne's most prestigious coastal corridors, from Brighton through Hampton, Sandringham, Black Rock, and into Beaumaris. No two suburbs within it are the same. Heritage overlays in Brighton bear no resemblance to the vegetation protection conditions in Beaumaris. The neighbourhood character provisions across Hampton differ from the planning environment in Sandringham. As custom home builders Bayside homeowners rely on, Professional Residential brings the specific local knowledge each suburb requires rather than treating the whole corridor as a single building environment.
- [Home Builder Mordialloc](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-mordialloc/): Mordialloc holds something the suburbs further north along the coast have largely lost. The Mordialloc Creek, the beachside strip, and the relaxed fishing village character give it a distinctly local identity that has made it increasingly attractive to homeowners who want a lifestyle alongside genuine residential value. As custom home builders in Mordialloc and builders in Mordialloc with experience across Kingston council projects, Professional Residential works with homeowners who are ready to build or renovate in a suburb that is well and truly on the rise.
- [Home Builder Mentone](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-mentone/): Mentone occupies a position that is genuinely hard to find in Melbourne. Close to the beach, well-served by the Frankston rail line, within the City of Kingston, and surrounded by good schools and established community infrastructure. As builders in Mentone and a custom home builder Mentone homeowners return to, Professional Residential works with locals who are serious about getting their build right the first time.
- [Home Builder Beaumaris](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-beaumaris/): Beaumaris is home to one of the greatest concentrations of mid-century modernist architecture in Australia. The suburb's post-war development attracted architects and creative professionals who produced a built environment now recognised as nationally significant. As a builder in Beaumaris, Professional Residential understands what it means to work in a suburb where planning considerations are genuinely unlike anywhere else in Melbourne, and approaches every project here with the preparation that demands.
- [Home Builder Hampton](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-hampton/): Hampton has a particular kind of energy. The village character of Hampton Street, the presence of Beach Road cycling culture, and the quality of the surrounding homes create a suburb where expectations for new residential construction are genuinely high. As experienced Hampton home builders, Professional Residential works with homeowners here who know that the suburb rewards quality and does not forgive shortcuts.
- [Home Builder Cheltenham](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builder-cheltenham/): Cheltenham has been quietly changing. The post-war housing stock that defines much of its streetscape is increasingly making way for custom-built homes as owners realise what their land is actually worth in this part of Melbourne's south-east. As experienced builders in Cheltenham, Professional Residential works with homeowners across new builds, knockdown rebuilds, and full-scale renovations within the City of Kingston.
- [Home Builder Brighton](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/home-builders-brighton/): Brighton is not the kind of suburb where you take a chance on the wrong builder. The blocks are valuable, the council requirements are specific, and the standard of finish your neighbours expect is high. Professional Residential has been working with Brighton homeowners on new builds, knockdown rebuilds, and whole-home renovations long enough to know exactly what this suburb demands. Our work speaks for itself, including the winning home on The Block 2018 at the Gatwick, and we bring that same standard to every Brighton project.
- [Locations](https://professionalresidential.com.au/locations/): We also take on builds along the Mornington Peninsula and in regional Victoria, including alpine locations such as Mt. Buller.
- [Luxury Custom Home Builders Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/luxury-custom-home-builders-melbourne/): Professional Residential are luxury custom home builders based in Melbourne, Victoria. We design and build bespoke homes from the ground up, tailored to your block, your lifestyle, and your budget, with a fixed price contract, a guaranteed completion date, and a 20-year wet area guarantee. VBA registered. Serving Bayside, the Mornington Peninsula, and Greater Melbourne.
- [Residential Home Builders Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/residential-home-builders/): Professional Residential builds custom homes across Melbourne, designed around your block, your vision, and your lifestyle.
- [Services](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/): Whether you are planning a new home, a renovation, or a multi-dwelling development,Professional Residential delivers quality residential building services across Melbourne with fixed pricing, guaranteed completion dates, and a dedicated project manager on every project.
- [Blogs](https://professionalresidential.com.au/blogs/): Practical advice, project inspiration, and expert guidance from Melbourne residential builders with over 20 years of experience. Whether you are planning a custom home, a renovation, or a property development, these articles will help you make better decisions at every stage of your build.
- [Custom Home Builders Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/custom-home-builders-melbourne/): Work with trusted custom home builders Melbourne homeowners rely on for fixed pricing, guaranteed timelines and a dedicated project manager.
- [Gallery](https://professionalresidential.com.au/gallery-luxury-home-builders-melbourne/): This is why we have become one of Melbourne's luxury home builders of choice.
- [Privacy Policy](https://professionalresidential.com.au/privacy-policy/): Our website address is: https://professionalresidential.com.au trading as professional residential.
- [Benefits](https://professionalresidential.com.au/benefits-builders-in-melbourne/): These are just some of the benefits you gain when using Professional Residential Builders in Melbourne.
- [Contact](https://professionalresidential.com.au/contact/): Get a fixed price and guaranteed completion date for your custom home construction or renovation, in writing, before you commit.
- [FAQ](https://professionalresidential.com.au/faq-home-renovations-builders/): Benefits of home renovations
- [20 Year Guarantee](https://professionalresidential.com.au/home-improvements-20-year-guarantee/): Examples of home improvements that used the Wedi Shower System.
- [Dual Occupancy Home Builders Melbourne](https://professionalresidential.com.au/services/dual-occupancy-builders/): Professional Residential builds dual occupancy homes across Melbourne, designed around your block, your goals, and your budget.
- [About](https://professionalresidential.com.au/about-home-builders-in-melbourne/): ○     Are there any Covid-19 risks that we should know about, i.e. travel, contact with people who have travelled etc?
- [Updates](https://professionalresidential.com.au/updates-melbourne-builders/)