Our Work
Character Home Renovations
Brisbane’s character homes are worth keeping, and hard to get right. The work is neither restoration nor replacement. It is making old and new belong together, so the contrast reads as intentional rather than accidental.
Old and New
Why choose a character renovation?
Old and new, brought together. The original house keeps the depth that gives it character. New work sits beside it with confidence.
Whole-home scale. Mary Ryan runs to roughly 860 square metres. This is not a single-room job.
Composed, not imposing. Privacy is held at the arrival. Circulation is generous. Living spaces open progressively towards light, air and garden.
Award-winning. 2026 Master Builders Brisbane, Excellence in Home Sustainability and Innovation.
Ticking Your Boxes
Our character renovations feature
Material honesty. Concrete, timber, glass and stone, working together rather than competing.
Considered transitions. Where old meets new, the join is deliberate and the change is legible.
Structural ambition. Extensive concrete works, coordinated across many trades and suppliers.
Sustainability built in. Solar, shading and glazing chosen to lower what the home costs to run.
Styles You Love
Building more than homes
A character renovation should leave the house better than new without erasing what it was. That is the standard we work to.
Tell Us About Your Project
If you have a character home in mind, tell us about the house and what you want from it. You will get an honest view of what is possible.
Character home renovations are part of what we do as custom home builders in Brisbane. See all our work.
See a character renovation we built: Mary Ryan, winner of the 2026 Master Builders Brisbane award for Excellence in Home Sustainability and Innovation.