Somewhere to start picturing your home.
Not sure where to begin? These are common starting-points for a Melbourne home project — something to react to, so you can say “that’s us” or “not quite.” Pick the closest one and we’ll shape it around your block, your needs and your budget.
Single-storey family home
Everything on one level — easy to live in, easy to age in. A calm, connected home for families and downsizers alike.
Typically 3–4 bedrooms · one level · suits blocks from ~12.5 m wide
Typically involvesNew-build coordination: builder, trades and consultants brought together around your block and brief.
ConceptDouble-storey family home
More home on less land. Living below, bedrooms above — the smart way to gain space on a compact or premium block.
Typically 4–5 bedrooms · two levels · suits blocks from ~10.5 m wide
Typically involvesNew-build coordination with the extra planning a two-storey home needs, from first idea to handover.
ConceptNarrow-lot / townhouse
Clever vertical planning that turns a tight frontage into a light, generous home without wasting a metre.
Typically 3–4 bedrooms · narrow frontage · suits blocks from ~7–10 m wide
Typically involvesDesign and construction coordination tailored to tight-site access and boundary constraints.
ConceptKnockdown & rebuild
Love the location, not the house? Replace an ageing home with one built for how you live now — same street, fresh start.
Any size · keeps your land and location · replaces an existing dwelling
Typically involvesCoordinating demolition, permits and the new build as one managed sequence.
ConceptDual occupancy / two homes
Two dwellings on one block — for extended family living close together, or a home plus an investment.
Two dwellings · one site · for family or investment
Typically involvesCoordinating the design, approvals and build of two homes on a single title.
ConceptRenovation & extension
Open up the living, add a room, extend out or up — reshape a home you already love around how your family lives today.
Adds space to an existing home · reconfigure and extend
Typically involvesCoordinating design, trades and the join between old and new, cleanly.
ConceptWhole-home makeover
New kitchen, bathrooms, finishes and flow — a full refresh that modernises a home without moving many walls.
Existing home · finishes, kitchens, bathrooms, flow
Typically involvesCoordinating the trades and selections that bring an interior up to date.
ConceptOutdoor transformation
The other half of the property — garden construction, paving, screening and fencing that make the outside work as hard as the inside.
Gardens · paving · screening · fencing
Typically involvesCoordinating landscaping and outdoor trades around a single outdoor vision.
ConceptComplete property
Home and outdoors, planned and delivered as one — so nothing is an afterthought and everything belongs together.
Home + garden + access + fencing, together
Typically involvesCoordinating multiple services around one complete-property vision.
See a real plan, in full.
Concepts are the starting point — here’s where one ends up. Explore our completed Clyde North family home, or download its plan sheet as a sample of how a finished AMARAVILLA project comes together.
Then draw your own.
Your project doesn’t have to match a starting-point. Bring a plan, a rough sketch, or just an idea — our planner includes a simple sketch pad where you can draw a layout, or even draw over a photo of your block. It’s the quickest way to show us what’s in your head.
Found a starting-point?
Tell us which one feels closest and we’ll help you picture the rest.