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A lesson in Clarendon Homes’ most popular styles - Hamptons, Coastal, Modern Provincial and Contemporary. Here, Carolyn discusses the hallmarks of each to help you find “the one”.

Walking into the Bowral 44 single storey acreage style display home in Lochinvar, you can almost hear the whipbird call over the treetops as you immediately transport to a new era of Australian country living: cool, clean and refined design, with expansive living and cosy, serene escape in one

As Australians, we’re very aware of the amazing climate we enjoy. Unlike our European and North American neighbours, our milder seasons often mean that for much of the year, we have the option of living outdoors.

Where and how you’re living while your new home is being built needs to be as much part of your big-picture budgeting as the purchase of the house. It’s a common concern we see by customers in the early stages; How can manage rent and repayments? Particularly for knockdown rebuilds. But it’s also a concern we see customer after customer resolve in a financially stable, stress-free way. 

Your new home marks a new chapter in your life so create spaces that tell your story in the most beautiful way for the years ahead. There’s a point when you’re in the process of moving house where the place you’re leaving no longer feels like home. Often, the furniture is still in place but the things that made those spaces feel like yours have already been packed in the moving truck.

While looking for a house design, you’re probably considering either a single or double storey home. But, there’s another option available that you may not have considered: split level. Although not as common as our single and double storey home designs (mostly due to split level being better suited to sloped blocks), they are available and can solve problems you may have with finding a design to suit a block that isn’t level.