Articles

Owner-builder guides, real costs, and practical advice from the Coorparoo project.

4 articles — newest first.

Featured

Raising Featured

Why we went higher than most, what it cost us, and what it's like to build a full ground floor under a century-old house suspended in the air.

1 May 2025 11 min read

Costs & Budget Featured

Real figures from our Coorparoo build-under — slab, framing, wet areas, and fit-out — with notes on where costs blew out and where we saved.

20 April 2025 5 min read

Raising

From the first quote to the day the house lands on its new stumps — a practical guide to what a Queenslander raise actually involves.

15 March 2025 3 min read

Planning & Approvals

The QBCC owner-builder permit process explained — eligibility, the course, the application, and what the licence actually lets you do.

10 February 2025 4 min read