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Unlock The Potential Of Your Home

High-End Residential Architecture

Melbourne architect, Rob Harris, founded Elements of Home in 2005.

Rob specialises in the design of residential renovations, new homes and sub-divisions in and around the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Together with a carefully curated team of consultants, Rob ensures every aspect of the design is managed professionally and effectively.

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Whether you’re revamping a single room or overhauling your entire property, Elements of Home has the skills, experience and connections to bring your dream home to life.

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Whether you’re revamping a single room or overhauling your entire property, Elements of Home has the skills, experience and connections to bring your dream home to life.

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Whether you’re revamping a single room or overhauling your entire property, Elements of Home has the skills, experience and connections to bring your dream home to life.

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Whether you’re revamping a single room or overhauling your entire property, Elements of Home has the skills, experience and connections to bring your dream home to life.

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Whether you’re revamping a single room or overhauling your entire property, Elements of Home has the skills, experience and connections to bring your dream home to life.

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Complimentary Consultation

We offer a free, no-obligation review of your project to understand your vision and needs for your dream home.

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Transparent & Comprehensive Proposal

We will prepare a fixed-fee proposal for the entire project with no hidden charges or extra costs We will also include all potential expenses such as arborist assessments and soil reports in our statement and additional consultation fees.

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Prompt Conceptualisation

We understand the importance of timely progress; thus, we aim to deliver concept designs within 2 weeks of measuring your property

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Informed Decision-Making

As we handle everything for you, from council queries to potential objectors, we ensure that you are informed at every stage. Each design decision is presented to you with its pros and cons, equipping you with the knowledge to make informed choices.

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Seamless Permit Process

Thanks to our established relationships with external consultants, we ensure a seamless transition throughout the permit process.

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Excellent Customer Service

The foundation of our service lies in our excellent communication and professionalism. Your satisfaction is paramount, and we continuously strive to deliver the finest service.

As part of our process, our fixed fee proposals for home extensions work are generally broken down into the following stages:

01.

CONCEPT DESIGN

We visit and measure your entire property so that we can transfer it to computer and prepare a number of design options for discussion. This is where we will explore all the different design options available to you based on your brief and budget.

02.

ESTIMATING

Once the concept plans are finalised, we will send your plans to builders so you have comfort and confidence the design meets your budget before proceeding to the permit stage.

03.

TOWN PLANNING

For many clients a town planning permit is required. We will let you know during our first conversation if this is required. If it is we will prepare all relevant drawings and reports and liaise with council on your behalf.

04.

SUBDIVISION PERMIT

We will prepare all the drawings and relevant documentation necessary to obtain a subdivision permit, including working with professional builders &external subcontractors where needed, for example: engineers, geo-technical specialists, land surveyors, energy rating providers, etc.

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As our needs change, so must our homes. Sometimes you need more rooms to give your growing teenagers privacy. Or maybe the kids have flown the coop and now the house feels empty. This calls for a renovation - but you’re afraid of getting it wrong and wasting money.

That’s where Elements of Home comes in. As an experienced architect, I can present a creative design solution for your needs and am always transparent about my fixed fee pricing. I can also handhold you through the complicated renovation process and even deal with consultants and councils to minimise your headache.

Home transformation doesn’t have to be a whole ordeal. Let me take care of it for you.

FREE, No Obligation Consultation

At Your House

Or Over The Phone

Fixed Fee Proposal

For The Entire Project – No Hidden Charges Or Extra Costs

Guaranteed Concept Designs Completed

Within 2 Weeks

of Measuring Your

Property

Long Standing Relationships With External Consultants Allows For A Seamless Transition Throughout The Permit Process

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HOME EXTENSION

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SUBDIVISION

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RENOVATION

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DRAFTING

Meet Rob. He will personally prepare your designs, meet with council, liaise with the engineers and building surveyors. Read here what Rob’s past clients say…

“Rob was a delight to work with on my application for an extension to the Bayside City Council. It was my first time applying and so I appreciated the time Rob took walking me through the stages of the application, the costs involved, and high level design options.

Once we decided on our budget and basic requirements, he worked through several iterations and ideas with us until we were happy with the final design.

He was meticulous with the documentation submitted to the council, which was evident by the fact how quick we received our approval.

For anyone else wanting to work with Rob, I think the stand-out points are that he will stick to his budget, he is experienced and brings this to the process, and has a very good work ethic.”

Gaurav, Brighton East

Meet Rob. He will personally prepare your designs, meet with council, liaise with the engineers and building surveyors. Read here what Rob’s past clients say…

“My wife and I engaged Rob on what was a relatively small but really quite complex extension to our brick Victorian-era home. Our immediate impression of Rob was that he had great creativity, but was also extremely practical and knowledgeable of various Councils and their various and respective approaches to development, particularly where there is heritage overlay.

Rob’s design ideas and plans came through surprisingly quickly, and were very much on point with what we imagined. The quality of the plans / drawings was excellent.

On reflecting on our interactions with Rob, it is his willingness to resolve issues and problems that were not his doing that stand out to me as truly exceptional.Rob’s responsiveness, professionalism, knowledge, creativity and practicality were outstanding and he was truly the ‘glue’ the held our project together.

Since our project completed, I have recommended Rob to three different acquaintances.”

Christian and Trish, Caulfield North

Thinking about renovating your Melbourne home?

It’s easy to get overwhelmed without the proper guidance and expertise at hand. Speak to us today to find out how we can help.

Thinking Of Renovating Your Home?

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Mail:

rob@elementsofhome.com.au

Location:

Caulfield South, Melbourne VIC 3162