Builder in Bowral
Bowral is about an hour from our Wollongong base, and the same team builds in Mittagong, Moss Vale and Berrima. The Southern Highlands page covers the whole region; this page is for Bowral and the towns around it.
A Wollongong-based builder for Bowral
Bowral, Mittagong, Moss Vale and Berrima are all in Wingecarribee Shire, where the council's heritage list runs to more than 400 items and 17 conservation areas. Whether a house is on that list or inside one of those areas is the first thing we look up, because it decides which approval path an extension can take.
One team, one point of contact — design, approvals and engineering handled.
- Free, fixed-price proposals
- Licensed & insured
- Approvals & engineering handled
- One team, tidy sites
Services for Bowral: Home Extensions, Home Renovations, Granny Flats.
We also take on work in Mittagong, Moss Vale, Berrima, Bundanoon and across the Southern Highlands.
Do I need a development application to extend a heritage house in Bowral?
Usually yes. Complying development, the faster certifier-approved path, generally cannot be used on land in a heritage conservation area or on a heritage item, with some exceptions set out in the Housing Code. An extension on that land normally goes through a development application with council.
Wingecarribee Shire has more than 400 heritage items and 17 heritage conservation areas, listed in Schedule 5 of the Wingecarribee Local Environmental Plan 2010 and mapped on the NSW Planning Portal Spatial Viewer. We check the address on that map before we draw anything, so you know which path you are on before you pay for plans.
On a development application, the council looks closely at how the change reads from the street. Rooflines, cladding, window proportions and the setback from the front boundary all get attention, and a rear extension that cannot be seen from the road is an easier conversation than one that changes the front.
How we run a home extensionKnockdown rebuilds and custom homes in Bowral and Moss Vale
We build both in Bowral, Moss Vale, Mittagong and Berrima. A knockdown rebuild clears the existing house and builds new on the same lot, and a custom home is designed around the block rather than taken from a set plan.
In Wingecarribee the heritage controls come first. Clause 5.10 of the local environmental plan sets the statutory controls for heritage places, so if the house is a heritage item or inside a conservation area we read those controls before quoting a knockdown, because they apply to the house you are proposing to remove.
Where the house has no heritage listing, the job follows the usual order: the design, the engineering and approval, then a fixed price on the house you chose.
How a knockdown rebuild worksDuplex and dual occupancy builders in Bowral and Mittagong
We build duplexes and dual occupancy homes in Bowral, Mittagong and Moss Vale. Whether a lot can take two dwellings depends on its zone, its size and the controls in the local environmental plan, and we check those before any design is started.
The same heritage check applies here as for any other work. A lot inside a conservation area, or a house that is itself a heritage item, changes the approval path and sometimes what can be built at all.
We also raise subdivision at the first meeting. Two dwellings that stay on one title and two that are split onto separate titles follow different approval routes and cost different amounts.
Duplex and dual occupancy buildsPlanning a build in Bowral?
Tell us about the project and we'll come out, talk through your options and put together a fixed proposal. No pressure, no obligation.