Free Tools
Check the block, weigh up a rebuild and get your numbers straight before you talk to a builder.
Block Check
Type an address and see the zone, overlays, lot size and slope, and the permits and reports a new home there would need.
Subdivision Calculator
How many lots a block might split into, from its size, width, zone and the council's schedule.
Rebuild or Renovate?
Eight quick questions about your house and a straight answer on whether to renovate or start again.
Rebuild Map
House demolitions and new houses in every Melbourne suburb, year by year since 2009, from building permit records.
Power Bill Comparison
What it takes to heat and cool your house now, next to a new 7-star all-electric home the same size.
Squares to m² Converter
House sizes in squares, square metres and square feet, with a table of common sizes.
What Will My Build Cost?
The questions we ask at a first meeting. Send your answers and we'll call you to talk through the likely cost.
Every tool reads public government data or the figures you type in. Treat what they show as a first look, and confirm anything you plan to rely on with your council, a building surveyor and your builder.
Planning a new home?
Book a first meeting and we will go through your block, what you want to build and what it is likely to involve.