Building A Home vs Buying: Which Is Right For You?
A key consideration when purchasing a home is whether you’re going to build a new property or buy an existing one. There are a range of advantages and drawbacks of each option, highlighting the importance of weighing it up based on your personal circumstances. Making the decision comes down to researching and understanding each option, […]
How To Choose A Builder For Your Home Extension
Regardless of if you need more space to accommodate a growing family, or want more room for every day living, entertaining or working from home – a home extension project should improve your overall quality of life. An extension on your house is a large scale investment requiring an experienced and qualified team to complete […]
A Guide To Renovating Your Kitchen
There are some key considerations to keep in mind when planning a kitchen renovation project. Why Renovate Your Kitchen in the First Place? The kitchen is often referred to as the heart of your home and conducting a renovation in this area can make a considerable difference to how your home works on a daily […]
The History of the City of Bendigo
About 150km North-West of Melbourne is Bendigo – a city with a rich history. Origins of Bendigo Bendigo takes its name from a world-famous English boxer from the 1850s – Abednego William Thompson, whose nickname was Bendigo. A local shepherd was given the same nickname thanks to his own boxing prowess, and when the town […]
Understanding Passive Home Designs
What is a Passive House? Passive House or Passivhaus is a German sustainable housing concept developed in the 1990’s and is now used throughout the world today. A passive house is a voluntary design standard for achieving energy efficient construction in a building and aims to reduce a building’s ecological footprint. A certified passive house […]
The Best Custom Home Trends for Building Your Dream Home
Why Build a Custom Home? There are some incredible benefits to building a custom home, particularly if you have a specific living style in mind. When building your own modern home, you will have greater control over the choices being made. Plus, you will get more room for creative freedom to construct your own ideas […]
Lake Neanger BBQ Shelter
Custom Build & Design Bendigo This build is one of a kind, completely custom made for this area. The structure is supposed to represent an eagle and/or hawk from an aerial view with the beak being created from the lake’s pointed edge. Looking at the plans for the first time I had no idea even […]
Extension Re-visited. 10 Years Later.
Have you ever walked into a house you’re looking at buying a said to yourself… “This house would be perfect BUT…” Well an extension & renovation could be the right move for you. The owners of this property wanted a spacious master bedroom, ensuite and a huge walk in robe. That’s what they got and […]
Quarry Hill Primary School Extension
Yarrington Constructions played a vital role in the Quarry Hill Primary School Extension project. This building extension was both challenging and exciting to work on. It’s always nice being a part of School projects knowing that the kids are going to benefit greatly from what we are building here. A new library and much-needed admin […]
Suspended Sawtooth Ceiling
The Bendigo Library required Custom Renovation. Bendigo Library re-development – When I saw the plans as the foreman explained to me what they wanted to create I was very curious and excited to get this one underway. Being completely suspended with a 100mm shadow gap made this a tricky illusion to pull off but I […]