Do you build custom homes across all of Lane Cove?

Yes. We build across Lane Cove and the neighbouring suburbs, including Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Longueville, Northwood and Riverview, and through the wider district as well. The area suits what we do: established blocks, mid-century housing stock, and owners who intend to stay. If you are just outside these suburbs, call and ask.

Is a knockdown rebuild better than renovating my Lane Cove house?

Sometimes. Where the existing structure is sound and suits the proposed design, renovating or adding another storey can make better financial sense than demolishing and rebuilding. Where the existing structure, layout or site constraints work against the brief, a knockdown rebuild may provide better value. We build both, so the advice is honest: we look at your house and tell you which one it actually wants.

What approvals does a new home in Lane Cove need?

Many Lane Cove blocks suit a Complying Development Certificate issued by a registered certifier where the property and design meet the relevant standards, which is significantly faster than a Development Application. Sloping sites, streets near the bushland and heritage affected properties may require a DA with Lane Cove Council, and demolition on a knockdown rebuild has its own approval. Council consent is also required before protected trees are removed or pruned. We identify the likely pathway for your block early.

How much does a custom home in Lane Cove cost?

It depends on the design, the site and the specification, which is the honest answer every builder owes you before the marketing answer. Slope, soil, access, trees, demolition and finish level all move the number materially. What we commit to is the way the price is built: a walked site, an itemised proposal with inclusions and exclusions listed openly, and preliminaries shown separately rather than buried. Tell us your block and your brief and we will give you real numbers early.

How long does a knockdown rebuild in Lane Cove take?

As a guide, design, engineering and approvals come first, then most single dwelling custom builds run 9 to 14 months on site depending on size and complexity, measured from demolition to handover. You will need to live elsewhere for that period, and we put that cost on the table in the first conversation. You get a programme with the proposal, not after you have signed, and a weekly update from the builder running your job throughout.

How will I know what is happening during the build?

Two ways. You get a weekly update from the builder running your job, whether or not there is good news in it. And you get access to our client portal, where you can log in any time to see your documents, selections, variations and job status. No chasing, no phone tag, no wondering.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. Strava Group holds NSW Builder's Licence 487370C and carries public liability insurance. Home Building Compensation cover is obtained where required under NSW law, including residential building work over $20,000 including GST. You can verify the licence directly through Verify NSW at verify.licence.nsw.gov.au.

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Knockdown rebuilds and luxury new homes for Lane Cove blocks where the land is now worth far more than the house standing on it. Designed for your block, engineered for your soil, quoted with an itemised proposal, and one builder overseeing your project from pre-construction through to handover.

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Local knowledge

Why Lane Cove rewards a builder who prices the ground honestly.

Strava Group is a custom home builder working across Lane Cove and the surrounding suburbs. Lane Cove’s housing is largely mid-century on leafy, often sloping blocks that run down towards the bushland gullies, and the suburb’s village feel has kept demand strong for decades.

The rebuild case here is about the position: the village, the river, the bush and the quick run to the city. The building case is about the ground, because slope, rock and trees decide the budget as much as the floor plan does, and we price all of it honestly at the start. Custom builds we take on in Lane Cove include:

Knockdown rebuilds on established blocks
Single and two storey custom designs
Sloping and tighter sites done properly
Duplexes and dual occupancy where zoning allows
Homes designed for light, outlook and the yard
New homes on vacant or subdivided land

Not sure whether your Lane Cove house wants a rebuild or a renovation? We build both, so the advice is honest. Sometimes the right answer is a home extension or a second storey, and we will tell you which one your block and budget actually want.

Lane Cove’s best blocks are rarely its flattest. The suburbs’s gullies and slopes are exactly why the outlooks exist, and they reward a builder who treats the ground as part of the design.

Kitchen with a waterfall marble-look island, grey woodgrain cabinetry and linear pendant light

A note from Stav

We built our name on extensions and second storeys. A custom home is different, and I treat it differently.

On every custom home you deal with me directly. I know the job in detail, I answer the phone, and I will still be standing behind the house years after handover. If that is the kind of builder you want on your new home, we should talk.

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Stav TobiaDirector, Strava Group · NSW Builder’s Licence 487370C

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Tell us about your Lane Cove block and your brief.

No sales pitch, no obligation. Here is exactly what happens when you enquire:

One at a time, takes about two minutes, so the first conversation is about your project rather than the basics.

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Knockdown rebuilds

Knockdown rebuild in Lane Cove.

Same street, same neighbours, same school catchment, new house. Here is what a Lane Cove knockdown rebuild actually involves.

When rebuilding beats renovating

Where the existing structure is sound and suits the design, renovating or adding a storey can make better financial sense. Where the structure, layout or site constraints work against the brief, a knockdown rebuild may provide better value. We look at your house and tell you which one it actually wants.

Trees, slope and the gullies

Lane Cove Council requires consent before protected trees are pruned or removed, and blocks running towards the bushland can carry slope, rock and bushfire considerations that shape both footprint and cost. We assess all of it at feasibility, not at contract.

The approval pathway

Many Lane Cove blocks suit a Complying Development Certificate through a registered certifier where the property and design meet the relevant standards. Sloping, bushfire affected or constrained sites may need a DA with Lane Cove Council. Demolition has its own approval. We identify the likely pathway early.

One contract, start to finish

Demolition, services disconnection and reconnection, and the new build run under one contract with one builder responsible, so nothing falls between contractors. You will need to move out from demolition to handover, and we raise that cost in the first conversation, not after you are committed.

A knockdown rebuild is still a custom home, and it gets the full Strava standard. Years of opening up older Sydney homes has shown us exactly how houses fail, and we build new ones to outlast those failures: footings engineered from your geotech report, frames built straight with proper bracing and clean load paths, waterproofing run as a documented hold point with a membrane system backed by a 15 year manufacturer warranty instead of the standard 7, and everything recorded before it is covered, including a 3D virtual model of the house captured before the gyprock goes on and handed to you at completion. What gets covered at construction still matters ten years later.

Honest numbers

How a Lane Cove custom home is priced.

Custom homes are quoted per project, because the design, the site and the specification drive the cost. What we promise is how the number is built.

Item	Typical range
Your build proposal	Itemised line by line
Inclusions and exclusions	Listed openly
Preliminaries	Shown separately
Allowances	Clearly identified

Two identical floor plans can cost very different amounts on different Lane Cove blocks: slope, soil, access, trees, demolition on a knockdown rebuild, and the specification you choose all move the number. Anyone who quotes a custom home off a phone call is guessing, and the guess always grows.

So we do it the slow, honest way: we walk your block, we talk through the brief and the budget, and the proposal you receive is itemised line by line: what is included, what is excluded, and what the preliminaries are. No buried allowances. Where an item cannot reasonably be finalised before contract, it is identified clearly rather than hidden inside the total.

We use a fixed price (lump sum) building contract, agreed before signing.

Good to know

Lane Cove custom home questions.

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Where we build

Custom homes across Sydney.

Suburb by suburb, with local knowledge on the housing stock, the council and what your street realistically allows.

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Tell us about your land or your knockdown rebuild and what you want to build. We respond within 24 to 48 business hours with honest feasibility and real numbers, no cost, no obligation.

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