Stroud Homes Questions & Answers

Hi Kathy,

Thank you for taking the time to contact Stroud Homes. We look forward to helping you with your enquiry.

Can you please provide us with some more information? That way I can put you in contact with the expert in your area.

Which suburb and state are you looking to build in?

What is your preferred email address and phone number?

How did you originally hear about Stroud Homes?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Stroud Homes

Hi Ruth,

Thank you for contacting Stroud Homes!

At Stroud Homes we do new home builds but we can pass your enquiry on to our renovation company, Renovare, who will be able to contact you to assist.

What suburb are you located in?

Thank you,
Stroud Homes

Hi Ruth,

Great to hear! Yes, we do service Fairfield QLD.

Can you please provide your daughters contact details?

Thank you,
Stroud Homes

Hi Lordted,

Thank you for taking the time to contact Stroud Homes. We look forward to helping you with your enquiry.

Can you please let us know your email address and phone number? That way I can put you in contact with the expert in your area.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Stroud Homes

Hi Noel,

I hope you are having a great day!

Please let me know which office you are building with and I can have that office contact you to assist in uploading the appropriate documentation.

Kind regards,
Stroud Homes

Hi William,

Thank you for taking the time to contact Stroud Homes. We look forward to helping you with your enquiry.

Can you please let us know your email address and phone number? That way I can put you in contact with the expert in your area.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Stroud Homes

Hi Williams,

Thanks so much for sending me your details!

I have forwarded your request to the relevant office who will be in touch with more information. Please be sure to check your junk mail for our email and please don’t hesitate to contact us if you don’t receive this information.

If you would like to contact Max Xia, the Stroud Homes Casey Salesperson direct, please see below details.

Phone: 0420 942 177
Email: [email protected]
Download Voxer. You’ll get them quicker. Max’s Voxer profile name is maxx1.
Please also visit the Stroud Homes Casey website by clicking the below link.

www.stroudhomes.com.au/casey-home-builder/?region=casey

We hope you have a fantastic day!

Kind regards,
Stroud Homes

Hi Actcan - Stroud Homes Canberra opened on May 20th, 2018 - and will soon be starting to build some beautiful Stroud Homes in and around Canberra. The Stroud builder is VJ Tran - he can keep you posted as his first home emerge from the ground, giving you an opportunity to check out our performance. More info and contact details here - https://www.stroudhomes.com.au/canberra-builder/

Hi Lidia, We appreciate your interest in building a Stroud Home in Schofields, Sydney. We certainly do build in this area. Please let me know your email address and phone number and I’ll have our Stroud Homes Sydney South West Sales Consultant make contact with you. If you wish to contact us direct, so that you don’t have to post your details here please email [email protected] Kind regards, Stroud Homes.

bb smith - Please give us a call at head office (07-5463 4085) as we'd like more info regarding your project. Perhaps we can help.

Hi PLM - First we'd look through our range of designs to see if there is anything that suits. We'd also look at what we've built for other families (but is not part of our standard designs) that may suit your Mothers' requirements. It is always easier and less costly to start from a base of design we already have.
We've built a lot of homes with attached Granny flats in certain areas where the local authorities (council) are welcoming this type of home, so can show you many designs for inspiration. It sounds like this might be what you are looking for.
With this type of home, try to find out if your local council is going to approve this - we build in VIC, NSW, QLD and ACT and find that some council approve these, others treat them as if they are a duplex and want fire separation walls, which make it expensive.
So back to your question "Would we do a custom design/building?" - the answer is yes, if that was the best way forward for your family.
Hope this helps! All the best with your building plans. Kind Regards, James Stroud

Thank you Anita!
We appreciate your kind words, I know that Ron and Caleb enjoyed build your new home for you. Since then they have build many more homes and have added staff to their team to continue to deliver great homes around Berwick.
Ron and Caleb have led the way with Stroud in Victoria, and several other builders have followed.
- Michael and Fleur Gray have set up in Packington Street, Geelong and are building homes there now.
- Long time locals, David and Annette Kirby have a shop in Wallan, servicing that northern area.
- In Sunbury, Adam and Rachel Paradowski are building Stroud Homes and are excited to be opening a display home in Diggers Rest soon!
- The latest addition to our team is at Cardina with Andrew Baraclough and Andrew Pawsey - who recently opened and are preparing to start some homes in that growing area.

Thanks for your answer Bec, your answer is correct, you won't find a builder who doesn't charge for rock. Encountering rock is normally handled under "latent conditions" - things the builder could not have reasonably predicted the cost of before the build. Rock is usually noted on soil tests as DNP (did not penetrate) or something like that. Soil tests are taken using a drill and if the drill strikes something it can't go through, then it's marked as DNP. Bear in mind that, with only 2 or 3 holes drilled for the entire house - soil tests are not a very good indication of how much rock excavation expense will be incurred. The rock layer is usually not flat, so the level of the rock can change significantly between holes. Predicting rock expense can be a real challenge for both builder and owner because there is no easy way to test for it. If a customer absolutely must know where the rock is, the only real way is to dig exploration trenches - this is rarely done in practice because the expense of sending machines to site, there is also the issue of digging before building work is approved. How can a customer avoid rock excavation risk? A) have a buffer in your budget, signing a building contract that goes to 100% of budget is unwise B) if your budget is too tight for any rock expense - purchase "risk free land", i.e. benched blocks or land in areas where rock has not been an issue. C) If there is any suspicion that a rock profile might interfere with your build - make a rock excavation allowance in the contract - if you don't strike rock, you can spend the money on landscaping!

Hi Stew - I've spoken to the Stroud builders about this and most are doing 450mm spacings for both their internal and external frames but there are some exceptions. Frame configurations do vary a little throughout Australia with insulation requirements (in cooler climates 90mm studs are used to provide more thickness for insulation). If you have a preference, I'd recommend that you ensure the stud spacings are included in your specification.
I hope this answers your question.
Kind Regards, James Stroud.

Sorry to hear, this is not a nice place to be in Jyuohsei. Unfortunately Stroud Homes is not able to assist.

Hi Paul, Thanks for your question. Stroud Homes may at their discretion consider custom builds if the design is ok and has been developed by a qualified building designer or architect. Because we warrantee our homes, we will only build a home that has been well designed. And yes, we do see custom designs that are no good and should not be built. While we understand that custom designs are sometimes required for odd shaped blocks of land or unique family situations, we warn that custom home building is unpredictable. Because custom homes are being built for the first time and as such are prototypes - cost, build time and general difficulty is harder to predict. Most Stroud Homes designs have been built before, some many many times - so building our designs are quicker, costs less and require less decisions from you. In situations where no Stroud plan satisfies the requirements of land or family we can often modify our plans to suit - this moderates some of the unpredictability associated with custom builds.

Hi Shahed, Stroud Homes may at their discretion consider custom builds if the design is ok and has been developed by a qualified building designer or architect. Because we warrantee our homes, we will only build a home that has been well designed. And yes, we do see custom designs that are no good and should not be built. While we understand that custom designs are sometimes required for odd shaped blocks of land or unique family situations, we warn that custom home building is unpredictable. Because custom homes are being built for the first time and as such are prototypes - cost, build time and general difficulty is harder to predict. Most Stroud Homes designs have been built before, some many many times - so building our designs are quicker, costs less and easier. In situations where no Stroud plan satisfies the requirements of land or family we can often modify our plans to suit - this moderates some of the unpredictability associated with custom builds.

Hi Kim, We would have some designs for under $200 000. I recommend that you contact our sales consultants for a list of current designs that would fall into that price bracket.

Hi Suresh,

Currently no, but hope to be offering Stroud Homes builds in Melbourne Western suburbs within 6 months.

Just a quick update - Stroud Homes are now located in Sunbury, Wallan and Geelong - details here at www.stroudhomes.com.au

Just a quick update - Stroud Homes are now located in Sunbury, Wallan and Geelong - details here at https://www.stroudhomes.com.au/melbourne-north-west-builder/