The Family's Story
Project Story
Mersey Main Road was a first-home buyer's build - a couple in their late twenties who had been saving for years and came to us with a dream of a cottage-style home with a modern interior. They wanted warmth, character, and a home that felt like it had always been there.
The Mersey block was compact - a typical suburban infill site with tight setbacks on two sides and a heritage overlay that restricted certain façade elements. Most builders would have made that a variation conversation. We made it a design challenge.
Working with our design partners, we produced a modified cottage façade that satisfied the heritage guidelines and still captured everything the clients had envisioned. On this project we acted as the subcontract builder, partnering with 40|43 Developments to deliver the architect-led vision to our Spruce Standard. The result is a 3-bedroom home with a covered verandah, open-plan kitchen and living, and an internal garage - all within a fixed price, all within 10 months.
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Key Features & Details
Cottage
Mersey Main Road
3 bed
Bedrooms
2 bath
Bathrooms
1 garage
Garage
Covered verandah
Feature
Timeline
10 months
Budget
From $480,000
How We Solved It
Straight Up About The Hard Parts. Proud Of The Result.
The Hard Parts
Challenges
The Mersey site required careful navigation of two overlapping constraints - a tight suburban block and a council heritage overlay.
- Heritage overlay restricting contemporary façade elements - resolved through modified cottage design approved by council without any variation to the client
- Tight block requiring a side-by-side garage and entry solution - engineered within the original footprint at no additional cost
- Compact site for trades requiring precise scheduling coordination - zero lag days achieved through Spruce Standard scheduling
The Result
Achievements
Mersey Main Road was completed in 10 months - two months inside the contracted 12-month guarantee. For a first-home buyer, hearing "your keys are ready" two months early is the kind of moment TCB Build lives for.
- Completed in 10 months - two months inside the 12-Month Precision Timeline Guarantee
- Heritage overlay navigated without a single variation raised to the client
- Zero variations from the signed contract - price certainty from day one to handover
- Spruce Standard site management throughout - all trade waste cleared before every Friday update
- First-home buyer experience: from first conversation to keys in 10 months, including design, approvals, and construction
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