Your Home. Your Build. Your Control.

“You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems”.

- James Clear

Congratulations.

You’ve made the call or bought the land to undertake a new custom build or major reno. Woohoo. Pop the champagne!

That’s so exciting.

Deciding to start is perhaps the hardest part. So, you are off to a flying start.

Okay…. So, what next?! Are you wondering-

Should we….

  • Check our borrowing capacity?

  • Check what we can comfortably repay?

  • Reach out to builders?

  • Reach out to designers?

  • Make a Pinterest Board?

  • Make another Pinterest Board?

Then how will we....

  • Know which style to go for?

  • Get on the same page about style and budget?

  • Find the right designer or design team?

  • Find the right builder who won’t rip us off or go-bust?

  • Stay on budget?

  • Ensure the end result is stunning?

And… How can we possibly squeeze in building a new home build or undertaking a major reno on top of our already busting schedules?

Ugh. That fuzzy, elated feeling is beginning to fade right.

It’s okay. Don’t stress. You are in the right place to start getting it right.

Undertaking a new custom build or major renovation for a meaningful home is something you might only do once or twice in a lifetime. You aren’t meant to have all the answers just yet, and feeling a little overwhelmed at the very start is entirely normal.

An Experience.

Building or renovating your home is an experience. When properly instigated, it can be one of life’s most enriching and rewarding experiences. But we have all heard horror stories where the opposite was true. If we were to run an autopsy on the ‘horror story’ projects, you can bet your bottom dollar they would reveal one or both of the following discoveries

  • Homeowners had unrealistic expectations of cost and process.

  • Too little consideration was given to engaging with the right team.

Horror stories unfold when we stick our heads in the sand and adopt a ‘winging it’ approach. Winging it might be great for something as inconsequential as throwing together a meal or delivering a speech, but it isn’t the best practice when instigating your new custom build or major reno.

The building industry can be tricky. It evolves regularly with planning restrictions, building regulations and the like. And as I’m sure you are well aware, construction costs have increased significantly in recent years..

What is Home Build Mentoring?

So, I’m sure you are wondering exactly what Home Build Mentoring is and why you would need it for your project. I mean, the process of designing and building is expensive enough without paying for something else before you even start, right? I get it.

But as the homeowner and head honcho of the whole project, you actually come into the process with a great responsibility. Your responsibility includes having clearly defined ambitions for your project. Ambitions that aren’t just images with a wishful budget attached. But rather ambitions that align your hopes and dreams with realistic expectations of timeframe, size, cost and style. This is where my help comes in.

Through my ‘Pre-Build Game Plan’ service, we develop a custom Project Scope and Creative Brief that details succinctly your ambitions for your project while also giving you the direction and tools to find and engage with the right design and building teams to protect your project.

Your Pre-Build Game Plan.

Over four sessions, we develop your custom ‘Pre-Build Game Plan’ through One-To-One Mentoring. Your mentoring is the ultimate in project protection and enables you to take contorl of your project from the very first decision.

(Intake limited to 3 per month)

Download all the guff in the ‘Build Beautiful. Build In-Control’ book and learn how we can direct to protect your new custom build or renovation project.

Is the ‘Pre-Build Game Plan’ for you?

Let’s see. If you:

  • Are planning to build or renovate home that is meaningful to you and your family,

  • Define success for your project as a new home that is beautiful, functional and feasible, and

  • Want to remain in control of your project (No horror stories, mass budget blowing or back-tracking).

Then yeah…. I reckon Home Build Mentoring might be exactly what you need. Book a Discover Call today.

  • “As a family on the verge of spending an eye-watering amount of money on our home, we could not feel better about the project thanks to your help Katie. We’re feeling far more educated about the journey ahead and confident that we’re going to create the outcome we’ve been dreaming of with the money invested”.

    COL FINK

  • “Friends who worked with Katie before insisted we meet with her before we commenced our project. So glad we did. She gave us the reality check we needed so that when we approached builders, we were ready. Saved us a fortune and saved everybody's time. The builder we went with was certain we must be in the industry! We were very clear on what we knew would work for us. They reckoned we were the best clients they’d work with. Well done Katie and thank you!

    MARK BUTLER

  • "Katie has a special talent for leading people through the build process to the solution that is best for them. She did exactly this with our project. We had so many ideas, thoughts, and concepts and she took us back to the beginning so we could work out what we actually wanted and how to best achieve it. Building projects are such huge complex beasts that having someone with Katie’s experience to hold our hand was reassuring and critical."m

    BENJAMIN PHILLIPS

  • I worked with Katie to help me work through the challenge of building on a block of land on an island just off Brisbane. Having no background in building, architecture or design, the mentoring program with Katie was exactly what I needed. She very clearly and cleverly stepped me through all of the decisions that I would need to make. She coached me through the different options I had and the consultants I would need along the way. Most importantly, Katie helped me identify what I wanted in my home, helped me establish a really clear picture of what I needed in a builder, and built my confidence in going out and finding what I needed and wanted. Without this help, I don't know where I would have been! (I do know I would have wasted a lot of time and effort trying to work my way through it myself, though!). I'm really grateful for the chance to work with Katie and I highly recommend this program to people looking to build a new home.

    SELENA FISK

  • “On the advice of our chosen builder, my partner and I went back to the planning stage so we could better understand our expectations and limitations. We didn’t expect there to be so much variation and how that can blow costs out. Katie Rees was a huge support in finding what would work for our budget. She doesn’t design the home, but helped us to make the best of connecting different areas in our home. We never thought how important both privacy and interconnection were in this phase. She is a genius! We love Katie!”

    MARY BUTLER

  • My husband and are what Katie affectionately calls ‘Bull-At-A-Gate’ homeowners, always with small ideas and doing the doing. However, as our family grows we wanted to properly consider the potential in our home and if our big ideas could be achieved. Katie helped us step through our options and we now know what is possible. The home build mentoring is such a brilliant program and filled in the blanks for us. We have gone from crazy ideas and ‘one day’ to a clear timeline and liasing with our potential design team with confidence! Thankyou Katie.

    CATHERINE CREA