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  Extensions & Renovations

For more than 40 years O'Mara has been completing all types of home improvements. House extensions of almost every style and design. Renovations to existing homes or heritage listed buildings. Kitchen and bathroom renovations. Removal of internal structural walls to engineer specifications. Re-roofs in colorbond or roof tiles. Single room additions and granny flats. Pergolas, decks and verandahs.
 
Most people think that extending an existing home is more expensive than building a new home. Although this may be true is some cases often it is more desirable to extend or renovate an existing property. Good quality economical land is now very hard to find and often it makes more sense to extend and renovate.

Often old homes have been built using construction methods now deemed too expensive. There are many old homes built using full brick construction, hardwood or Oregon frames and rafters. Pitched roofs in lieu of trusses. Terra-cotta roof tiles. Hardwood strip floors. High ceilings with decorative ceiling linings or cornices. Many of these older houses are structurally very stable and suit extending onto or renovating rather than just knocking down and re-building an inferior product.


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Wilberforce job
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Wilberforce job
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Budgewoi
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Home renovation at Budgewoi
on the Cenral Coast

 We do not require owners to vacate the house while completing home extensions or renovations. We are experienced and working with clients living in the home during the building process and considering their need for privacy and maintaining security of the home. We allow owners to supply building materials directly, the most popular being bathroom fittings, ceramic tiles and kitchen cooking appliances. We allow non-structural work by the owners (eg painting) or the use of nominated sub-contractors that the owners may know personally or have used previously.
 
We start any new building projects within 14 days of council approval and contract signing. Our quotes are very detailed and professionally presented. Our tradesmen onsite get a copy of the building quote (without the price) on site to ensure everyone knows exactly what is to be included in the building project.

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Mosman Prestige Home
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Mosman
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Mosman

 
Our projects include:
ₕ Single storey additions
ₕ Granny flats
ₕ Bathroom renovations
ₕ New kitchens 
ₕ Pergolas or decks
ₕ Wardrobe shelving
ₕ New fascia & guttering
ₕ Removal of internal structural walls
ₕ Replacement of windows and doors
ₕ Cement render with smooth set plaster finish
ₕ Rectify roof leaks or damp problems
ₕ Verandahs
ₕ Convert level to raked ceilings
ₕ Rectify sewer blockage problems
ₕ Strip flooring sanded and polished
ₕ Specialist joinery timber windows & doors
ₕ Attic conversions
ₕ New skylights
ₕ Re-roofs in tiles or colorbond
ₕ Fireplaces or slow comustion stoves
ₕ Retaining walls and landscaping

We complete home additions all of the Sydney Metro area, the Blue Mountains and the Central Coast. Being based at Mulgrave (near Windsor) makes us Central to all of these areas. We also have carpentry crews located from Colo, Penrith, Bateau Bay, Beecroft and Windsor making access to jobs easy.
 
We can advise on the best methods of how to extend or renovate your existing home economically to your budget. Just contact our office for more details.

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Wisemans Ferry
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Wisemans Ferry
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Carlingford job
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First floor addition in Carlingford
 

Second storey additions are now our most popular type of home extension. Please see our 2nd storey addition page for more information. This type of construction is now usually a good investment, better value for money and will dramatically change the street appearance of the home.

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Mosman job
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Mosman prestige renovation
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Glossodia job
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Glossadia job
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Our current and recent building projects are in the suburbs of McGraths Hill, Windsor, Richmond, Wiseman's Ferry, Leura, Katoomba, Mount Wilson, Epping, Carlingford, Beecroft, Turramurra, St Huberts Island, Budgewoi, Glossodia, Freemans Reach, Mosman, Cranebrook, Penrith, Glenmore Park. We travel where the work is and have numerous tradesmen that service all areas.
 
So if you are planning a home renovation contact our office for the best advice on the most suitable method of design and construction.

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Epping Job - August 2008
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First floor addition in Carlingford
 
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Mosman
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Mosman

 

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McGraths Hill
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McGraths Hill
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Richmond Before
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