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With its unique angular lines and extensive use of glass, this home won the 2012  MBAV for Best Custom home $1mil  – $3mil  for Melbourne custom home builder ARCH:10 and it’s not hard to see why… Around a suspended staircase and sky bridge framed under a trapezoidal glass roof, water cascades and gently meanders to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. The interior of this 65 square home in Leyland Road, Mt Waverley, Victoria

This magnificent residence was built by Perth custom home builder Pirone Builders who specialise in luxury custom homes Perth, Western Australia. Working in close collaboration with designer Parm Thjung, the result is a sculptured expression of luxury that won multiple building awards. From the street, eleven bold yet elegantly tapered classic columns mark the striking front facade of this beautiful home. Extensive glazing and a staggered column design ensures that the residence takes full advantage of the majestic views across the

Thermacell is the smartest, safest, easiest and most cost-effective way to build a home. Brought to Australia in 1980, and used in Europe since 1932, the Thermacell system is so easy to assemble that any handy person can build with it. So impressed was Geoff Bennett, he not only build his own home with Thermacell blocks, but also bought the company. Geoff’s home in Somerville houses the head office and storage facility for the company.

When you leave something special, returning can be just the thing you need! The owners of this home had enjoyed Mt Martha in their early years, but left to work and live elsewhere. A love of the town fuelled a desire to return, but their old home needed considerable work to make it comfortable. Fortunately, a beautiful 1099-square-metre front-row block at the end of a neighbouring court was available. The block had been vacant for

A high-end exterior, an exquisite layout and . . . oh, a great view of the neighbours? This refined, contemporary residence sits on an 1100-square-metre axe-shaped block, but with neighbours on all corners, privacy was a primary objective for Melbourne custom builder Graeme Alexander Homes. Achieving an enviable residence is about turning negatives into positives, in this case making the wrong views go away and opening up the design to get the right views. “This