Port Melbourne

Imagine spending 18 months designing your dream home, only to discover it would cost double your budget. That’s exactly where our Port Melbourne clients found themselves before coming to Prem Built.
With renovation costs rising across Melbourne, they quickly realised how critical it was to be prepared and realistic about budget. Having watched us transform their neighbour’s home in the same close-quarter street, they already knew our work and trusted our process. Reaching out to Prem Built felt like the natural next step.
Through our consult process, we restructured their plans and gave them a clear pathway forward. What had once been an unattainable $2 million build was refined into a $600,000 renovation — achievable, practical, and still aligned with their goals.
In their words, engaging a consult like Prem Built early is the best way to stay realistic, keep things on track, and maximise the chance of finishing on budget. They even say they would happily work with an architect again — but only if a builder-led consult like Prem Built was part of the team from the very beginning.
This project shows why bringing the builder in early isn’t optional — it’s essential.