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02/09/2026

For months this was just the space under a house. This week it turned into rooms.

The plasterboard went on at our Springfield Lakes build-under — ceilings first, then the walls — and the whole thing changed character overnight. Instead of a big open area with frames standing in it, there are doorways you walk through and rooms that are already exactly the size they will be forever.

The part that took the time is the part you'd never guess. A good chunk of the week went on packing the walls: shimming the timber frames out a few millimetres at a time until they all sit in one flat plane. It's slow, fiddly work, and it's the whole reason a finished wall reads as one clean surface instead of showing up every little hollow the moment the afternoon light comes across it.

Insulation went in on the way through too, so the rooms already sound different to stand in — that hush a lined room has that an open space under a house never does.

Setting and sanding next, and then it starts looking like somewhere you'd live.

If your high-set has room underneath you've always wondered about, we'd love to come and have a look with you.

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01/09/2026

Most of what goes wrong on an extension goes wrong before anyone picks up a hammer.

Five things worth having settled before the first machine turns up:

Where the services run. Water, sewer and power get located before you dig, not after.

Where the spoil goes. A site cut makes far more dirt than anyone pictures, and it has to either leave the property or live somewhere on it.

Whether a machine can physically reach the back yard. If it can't, the same dig becomes a fortnight of wheelbarrows, and that shows up in the price.

The finished floor level. Worked out on paper, because it decides how much ground comes out.

Boundaries checked against the approved plans, not against where the fence sits. Fences move over the years. Boundaries don't.

None of this is glamorous, and all of it is cheaper to sort out on a drawing than on a Tuesday morning with an excavator idling.

Send us your plans and we'll tell you straight what the ground work is likely to involve.

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27/08/2026

Four days of an extension, in the order it actually happened.

The back of the house came off first. Then the opening got wrapped, so the weather stayed outside while the wall waited. Then the yard came down to the level the new floor wants to sit at.

And only then did the footing holes go in.

Moorooka. The dull end of a build, and the end that decides the rest of it.

19/08/2026

For a few days, the whole extension is made of string.

That's what a set-out is. The timber frames standing around the edge of the lawn are profiles, and they hold the string lines exactly where the new walls will sit — set back far enough from the digging that they can stay put while the ground under them gets cut away. The orange paint marks the post holes and the edge of the new floor, and somewhere in the middle of it all is a datum: the one height everything else on the job gets measured from, so the floor that goes down next month still meets the door that gets hung after it.

It's also the first morning the owners can walk around the outside of a room that doesn't exist yet, which is quietly one of our favourite parts of a build. Wanting it half a metre wider is an easy conversation on a Wednesday with a can of marking paint in your hand, and a much harder one once the holes are dug — so we'd always rather have it now.

That's Matt out on the lawn with Hayden and Jack Taylor, working out where a bedroom goes with pegs, string and a can of orange paint. Matt's our builder, and he's on site for most of the days of every job we do — so the person deciding where your extension goes is the same one who'll be there while it gets built. Jack Kalan's behind the camera, which is where he usually is.

Machines in this week for the holes and the site cut, and the steel posts are being made to suit the fall of the block.

A new first-floor bedroom on the way in Moorooka.

Thinking about adding on upstairs? We'd love to come and have a look with you.

11/08/2026

Everyone wants the freestanding bath. Our job is checking it'll actually fit.

They need clear space all the way around — get that wrong and you're squeezing past it for ten years. Get it right and it makes the whole room.

This one had the room. So it got the bath.

Bathroom renovation, Tarragindi.

Dreaming about one? Send us your layout — we'll tell you straight, either way.

09/08/2026

The house is wearing a raincoat at the moment.

That's the blue wrap — it keeps the weather out while the wall underneath breathes. The timber battens hold it down and give the cladding something dead straight to hang onto, and the black tape around the windows sends water around the frames, not into them.

Once the cladding goes on, none of this will ever be seen again. Which is sort of the point — the parts of a house that keep it dry for thirty years are the parts you never look at.

Windows in Monday, frame inspection passed, cladding next.

Build-under at Springfield Lakes — swipe through while you still can.

If your high-set has room underneath you've always wondered about, we'd love to have a look with you.

05/08/2026

We asked for one styled photo. We got the cat 🐈‍⬛

No staging, no clearing the bench — this is the kitchen on a normal weekday, doing its job. Honestly, that's how we'd rather show it.

The island seats four with room to get past behind them — the bit you plan on paper and only get to prove once the family moves back in.

Kitchen renovation, Tarragindi.

Planning yours? We'd love to hear about it.

29/07/2026

There was a whole extra floor hiding under this house.

Back in June it was bare dirt between the posts. Then came the slab, then the frames went up, and somewhere in the last fortnight it stopped being "under the house" and started being the new downstairs. Swipe through and you can watch it happen.

That's Hayden on the cover, deep in the plans — the least exciting photo of the lot, and quietly the most important one.

We do love a build-under. All that space was there the whole time, just waiting for someone to take it seriously.

Build-under at Springfield Lakes.

If your high-set has room underneath that you've always wondered about, we'd love to come and have a look with you.

15/04/2026

Laundry renovation — Southside Brisbane
A well-designed laundry is one of those spaces that earns its keep every single day. This recent renovation combined shaker cabinetry, a timber benchtop, herringbone splashback tiles, and matte black tapware and hardware to deliver a result that's both practical and polished.
Every detail considered from floor to ceiling — and the clients couldn't be happier.
If you're looking to renovate, extend or build in Brisbane's Southside, we'd love to hear about your project.
macbuildingandrenos.com | 0413 905 091 | [email protected]
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22/03/2026

A recent favourite of ours 🚿

This bathroom is a great example of how keeping things simple can create a really refined result.

Our clients used one tile throughout the entire space to keep it cohesive, then layered in texture, warm lighting and finishes to bring it to life.

The floating vanity and recessed niche lighting add detail without overcomplicating the design.

Clean, practical, and timeless — exactly what we aim for in every renovation.

If you’re planning a bathroom, we’re always happy to talk through layout ideas and selections.

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