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Full Home Renovation & Top-Storey Addition in Whale Beach

Whale Beach sets a high bar, and this Surf Road residence now clears it. ABCD Builders fully renovated and reconfigured a multi-level home at Whale Beach, including a new top‑story addition with a Blackbutt timber pergola and an excavated wine cellar. The brief combined contemporary finishes with durable, natural materials and bespoke structural elements.

Project Scope

This renovation included:

Full house renovation and reconfiguration
Top‑story addition with Blackbutt pergola
Excavation and construction of a climate‑controlled wine cellar
Main floor finished with honed travertine tiling (feature, laid throughout main living areas)
Bathrooms finished with glass mosaic tiles
Custom cast concrete staircase connecting levels

Top-Storey Addition

Get it wrong and the new level stands out for the wrong reasons. Get it right and it blends in seamlessly. This addition was proportioned and integrated to feel like it was always there, improving views, natural light, and liveability throughout. The upper level is finished with a Blackbutt timber pergola: one of Australia’s toughest hardwoods, naturally suited to coastal salt air and high UV, with no chemical treatment required.

Excavated Wine Cellar

The most technically demanding part of the project, and the one most visitors never see. Excavating beneath an existing home requires structural precision, expert waterproofing, and careful sequencing. The result is a climate-controlled, purpose-built cellar that adds both function and serious property value. Managed entirely in-house by ABCD Builders.

Interior Finishes

To lift both durability and visual consistency throughout the home, honed travertine was selected for the main living areas, while glass mosaic tiles were introduced in the bathrooms to enhance light and add texture. A custom cast-in-place concrete staircase was also designed and constructed on site to create a more solid, refined connection between each level. This approach allowed for greater structural integrity, a more tailored finish, and a result that prefabricated elements simply could not deliver.

Building in Whale Beach and the Northern Beaches

Building on the Northern Beaches is not like building anywhere else in Sydney. Salt air, sandstone sites, steep blocks, and coastal planning controls across Whale Beach, Palm Beach, Newport, Avalon, and surrounding suburbs require genuine local knowledge. ABCD Builders works exclusively on premium residential projects in this part of Sydney, with the trade relationships, council familiarity, and site experience to deliver without delay.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a full Northern Beaches renovation take?

Projects of this scale typically run 9 to 18 months from DA approval to practical completion. We provide detailed programmes upfront. No surprises.

Do you manage the DA process?

Yes. We work alongside clients and architects to prepare submissions, liaise with Northern Beaches Council, and manage planning requirements from start to finish.

What makes ABCD Builders different?

Exclusive focus on premium Northern Beaches homes. No other region, no volume projects. Just deep local expertise applied to complex, high-quality residential work.

Why Choose ABCD Builders

The Northern Beaches has no shortage of builders. What it has a shortage of is builders with the local experience, trade relationships, and appetite for complex, high-quality work that projects like this demand. That is the gap ABCD Builders was built to fill.

Fully licensed (Lic No: 150976C) and HIA-accredited (HIA No: 860896).

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