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OUR VISION
Healthy homes, healthy people.
- Melbourne based EnerPHit builder
- Certified Passive House Tradesperson
- Home Additions & Alterations
OUR MISSION
Alwyn’s mission is to restore Melbourne’s existing houses into eco-friendly, stunning homes. We achieve this by using industry professionals, building science, the highest skilled craftspeople and sustainable material selection so that our clients can enjoy a healthy life and home that will benefit them and nature for many years to come.
OUR VISION
Healthy homes, healthy people.
- Melbourne based EnerPHit builder
- Certified Passive House Tradesperson
- Home Additions & Alterations
OUR MISSION
Alwyn’s mission is to restore Melbourne’s existing houses into eco-friendly, stunning homes. We achieve this by using industry professionals, building science, the highest skilled craftspeople and sustainable material selection so that our clients can enjoy a healthy life and home that will benefit them and nature for many years to come.
OUR PROCESS
OUR PROCESS
A collaborative approach between builder and client.
Site and Goal Assessment
We will complete a project assessment and begin to understand your ideal dream home and space and get to know each other!
Ideas, design targets and project brief
We will incorporate your dreams and ideas into a brief and design target that will help plan out the transformation of your existing house
Plans, contracts and permits
Now it’s time to focus in on your home’s layouts, finishes and materials selection alongside one of our appointed architects and designers as we begin to document your dream home and space.
On-site works
It’s time now to start turning your existing house into a stunning and eco-friendly home. You’ll be guided through the build process and receive regular updates directly from Dylan, your Builder.
Handover
The breathtaking moment you’ve been waiting for, a time to move in, celebrate, enjoy and be able to rest assured your home is now a healthier space for you, your family and the environment.
Alwyn life
Once your home is completed and you’re all settled in, our Alwyn life division will check in and keep your home maintained for years to come.
PASSIVE HOUSE
Passive house is a better way to design and build or renovate. In fact, this is the only way we should be permitted to build or renovate.
PASSIVE HOUSE
Passive house is a better way to design and build or renovate. In fact, this is the only way we should be permitted to build or renovate.
COMFORTABLE
High performance doors and windows, sufficient insulation in the walls, roof and floor (building envelope) thus providing thermal comfort. Nothing like a conventional home, no drafts or temperature changes. Added bonus: Its going to be super quiet and peaceful.
There’s no high tech, it is just smart thought-out thermal bridge free design, with the help of sun the home largely heats, cool and ventilates itself. The indoor air temperature will always stay the same.
The airtight construction guarantees you’ll only breath fresh filtered outdoor air constantly distributed into the home from a heat recovery ventilation system (HRV) and not via stale, musty gaps in the building envelope.
The filtered air also eliminates pollen and dust, resulting in less cleaning and less allergies.
Your home will use 90% less energy to heat and cool that a conventional build, with a small solar PV system your home can easily archive net zero carbon Added bonus: no more energy bills.
A low maintenance house that is designed and built to last for many generations.
OUR STORY
Alwyn Projects was established by Dylan Farquhar in 2020.
Growing up Dylan was obsessed with building. Dylan’s Opa was a builder who migrated from Germany and created a building company in Australia in the 1950’s where Dylan’s father and uncles would later come to work.
“I remember working with timber in my Opa’s shed in awe of how the spoke shaves and hand planes worked. It was at my Opa’s farm where I would soak up all the knowledge I could, forcing my way into any building project around at the time.”
Dylan’s passion for building saw him complete an apprenticeship in custom home building and renovation industry enabling him to work with various builders across the industry carrying out contemporary builds, extensions and renovations of period style homes.
“Being exposed to different styles of homes has furthered my passion for building. Being able to give an existing home a new life rather than rebuild from new is what I find most rewarding.”
After 7 years working as a carpenter, Dylan took a role as a site manager working within the medium density building industry which fostered a deeper understanding of building codes, standards, efficient processes and large scale collaboration, all of which culminated in Dylan receiving a certificate IV in building and construction.
In time this work fell short of Dylan’s hunger for craftsmanship and the reward of being able to give an existing home a new life, leading to the establishment of Alwyn Projects and the insatiable pursuit of restoring Melbourne’s existing houses into eco-friendly, sustainably crafted and stunningly finished homes.
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