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 […]
Kitchen Renovation – Cararra Marble
Without looking at the before photos it’s hard to imagine how dark and small this kitchen area felt before renovation. By taking out a wall separating the kitchen to the dining, we were able to create space. With the kitchen window facing the south, shaded side, white colours and adequate lighting had to be chosen […]
Modern Industrial Bathroom Renovation
This was a Bathroom Renovation project in Bendigo. If you have any questions regarding a Bathroom Renovation at your place, get in touch. When I think back to what the old bathroom was like, the small dark room, the old shower/bath combo and the outdated checkered vinyl flooring. I can’t help but think what a […]