About
A small builder, by choice
Tom Haldane started the business in 2009 after twelve years as a carpenter and site supervisor.
We take on about ten projects a year so that Tom can be on every one of them. Most of our work is within twenty minutes of Corinda: old Queenslanders lifted and restored, rear extensions, and new homes on the narrow blocks of the western suburbs.
How we work
Every job has one supervisor from the slab or the stumps to the final clean. You have their number, and they will tell you what is happening this week and what is coming next.
We price from drawings, not guesses. If something changes once the walls are open, you see the cost in writing before we go on.
Old houses
About half of our work is on houses built before 1950. We keep what can be kept: the VJ walls, the timber floors, the verandah posts. We replace what has to go with the same profiles, so the repair reads as part of the house.
The team
Tom Haldane
Builder and director
Priya Haldane
Office and client manager
Jack Moreno
Site supervisor
Lena Brooks
Estimator
Recognition
- 2025Renovation finalistHIA Queensland Housing Awards (fictional sample)Corinda Queenslander
- 2023Best residential renovation under $750,000Master Builders Brisbane Region Awards (fictional sample)Chelmer restoration
How a build runs
We meet on site
An hour at the house or the block. We look at what is there, listen to what you want and talk honestly about cost.
Drawings and a fixed price
From the drawings we prepare a detailed price, item by item, and a build programme with dates.
The build
Your supervisor runs the site and sends you a short update every Friday, with photographs.
Handover and after
We walk through the finished house with you, fix anything on the list and come back at three months to check again.
Tell us about your project
- Phone
- (07) 5550 2618
Office hours
- Monday to Friday
- 7am to 4pm
Site meetings by appointment, including Saturday mornings.
