Builders and Carpenters in Harkaway

Renovations, extensions, decks, sheds, carports and carpentry for Harkaway properties. Get a free quote from Edwards Building.

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Building and Carpentry for Harkaway Properties

Edwards Building provides residential building and carpentry services across Harkaway, including renovations and extensions, decks and outdoor structures, sheds and carports, cladding and carpentry.

Properties here vary considerably, so a quote is worth doing on site rather than over the phone. Tyler comes out, looks at the property and prices the work himself before any of it is booked in.

Whether you're making better use of the block, updating the house or building something new on it, get in touch and we'll provide a free written quote.

The building and carpentry services available for properties in the area.

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  Phone 0431 472 715
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  Email edwardsbuilding1@gmail.com
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  Service Area Narre Warren & Melbourne's South East

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Building and Carpentry in Harkaway

Home Renovations in Harkaway

Renovation work in Harkaway means dealing with whatever era the house happens to be. On the older properties that involves framing put in before current standards, floors that have settled several centimetres out of level, and previous alterations done to a range of standards. None of it is a problem, but it does need to be assessed and priced honestly rather than assumed away.

Home Extensions in Harkaway

Extensions are straightforward here in one respect: setbacks rarely dictate where an addition can go on an acreage block, so the position can follow the house and the outlook rather than the boundary. What does need attention is the connection to the existing structure, particularly on older homes where floor levels and footing types may not match a modern slab without some thought.

Decks & Outdoor Living in Harkaway

Decks do more work in Harkaway than in any flat suburb. Ground that falls away behind a house is unusable as it is, and an elevated deck with a proper frame underneath and a set of external timber stairs converts it into the best space on the property. The outlook from up here is genuinely worth building for, which is why the decks tend to be larger than average.

Carports & Sheds in Harkaway

Acreage changes what a shed is for. Through Harkaway we are generally building machinery storage, a workshop or covered space for a trailer and equipment rather than somewhere to put the mower. That means height, wide openings and a floor that can be set level on ground that rolls, none of which a kit handles well. Access down a long driveway also has to be worked out before quoting, because it affects how the materials arrive.

Cladding in Harkaway

Cladding is a recurring job on the older Harkaway houses, and the tree cover is why. Heavy shade keeps walls damp far longer after rain than an open block would, which shortens the life of timber cladding considerably. Recladding solves that, and it is also the one chance to get insulation into walls that were built without any.

Carpentry in Harkaway

The carpentry here covers everything from framing an extension to replacing external timber stairs that have gone soft after years of shade and damp. On the older houses there is usually a list of repairs that has built up, and given the drive it is worth working through the lot in one visit rather than in pieces.