Pre-Costed: To ensure we meet budget
Pre-Designed: To save time and money
Passive House Performance: To ensure health & comfort
Net-Zero Energy: For you and the planet
Low tox interiors: For a healthy home
Pre-Costed: To ensure we meet budget
Responsible & Sustainable Residential Design
It’s pretty damn simple.
Feasibility & Concept
AlterecO2 conducts an investigation your site, understanding home design opportunities, constraints, plus site, planning and regulatory limitations.
If you chose a pre-designed home, we’ll assess its feasibility and make any design modifications that may be required in your brief or to suit your site.
If you require a custom building design, we’ll conceptualise your home and walk you through our streamlined design process to choose your fitout components.
We will provide detailed architectural drawings to illustrate the final constructed project. These drawings will specifically define the site plan, floor plans and exterior elevations for a responsible & sustainable residential design.
Design & Documentation
Exterior
You will have an opportunity to review external colours and materials including roof, cladding and windows.
Interior
Alterec02 has curated a series of Interior Packages and pre designed homes for you to choose from to suit your personal style whilst staying within the boundaries of the Construction Cost Estimate. We’ve aligned ourselves with like-minded brands that ensure we consider cradle-to-grave sourcing, longevity, durability, and toxicity for our selections.
Performance & environment
We will prepare a final performance assessment of the design to ensure construction detailing addresses the performance requirements of Passive House. This is also our opportunity to outline the ESD principles for your project, and the pathway to Net-Zero energy.
Price Check and Builder Intro
Our AlterecO2 homes have already been fully estimated by a Passive House Certified builder, your design team in conjunction with your builder, can guide you along the journey to ensure that what is proposed will avoid construction cost blowouts and will meet your budget.
Details
We will prepare a comprehensive set of drawings to enable compliance and construction of your home. We will detail all elements to ensure performance and quality measures are met.
Specification
Our specification will outline all building products and materials required, plus the standards and tolerances to which we expect. The Specification and drawings will be incorporated into the builder's contract and the building permit.
Approvals & Contracts
Planning Approval (if required)
Report & Consent (if required)
Contracts
Once we’ve completed the design process, liaised with the relevant consultants and prepared our contract documentation, it is time for your builder to prepare a detailed cost summary and a fixed price contract. We will continue to liaise with your builder throughout this process.
Building Permit
We will work with your builder and building surveyor to obtain a building permit.
Construction
Quite often builders have questions and want to problem-solve issues throughout the build, which we are more than happy to accommodate and assist with.
We can also make ourselves available to help resolve any disputes or disagreements that may arise with the builder. For example, if you have any queries regarding progress claims or variations we can provide guidance and liaise with the builder on your behalf.
So, sit back, relax and watch it grow!
Got a unique site or brief?
Custom Designed Layout
Your brief or site may not be suitable for one of our Pre Designed home. That’s OK. We can design you a custom layout and facade that respond to your site and meet your brief. We’ll also use the pre-costed designs as our guide to ensure we establish and meet your budget too!
Pre-designed Interiors
The pre-designed interiors haven’t been pre-costed, however, rest assured that realistic budgets can be quickly and easily established. This range allows for flexibility for unique sites and will suit most design briefs. Choosing from pre-designed interior packages offers efficiency and reduces decision fatigue, while still benefiting from Altereco building methodologies and details.
Interior Design
We have a keen eye for detail and a passion for design, which is why we've developed a range of Interior Packages tailored to match your personal style. We've partnered with like-minded brands that prioritise sustainable sourcing, longevity, durability, and low toxicity in all our selections.
During our Workshops, we'll present you with carefully selected samples and work with you to create a cohesive and inspiring colour scheme for your home. Our four design consultations are designed to offer you flexibility, allowing you to personalise the design while keeping within the constraints of your budget and reducing decision fatigue that comes with a custom designed process.
A deliberate play on light and dark, the Alpine scheme celebrates the natural beauty of the river valleys and snowy peaks of the Alpine high country in Victoria. A calming base of soft greys, Australian oak timber and off-whites contrast with moody charcoals and saturated navy. Enriched by tactile subtly throughout each space, this monochromatic palette consists of careful layering that plays on proportions.
Karijini draws its inspiration from the unforgettable West Australian outback. Colours ranging from tonal blues to sandy pinks and soft neutrals. A collaboration of subtle softness which leaves each space feeling intentionally warm and familiar. Variegated tiles create textural richness echoing the organic nature of the outdoors. This gentle combination leaves you with a sense of escape and tranquillity.
Riverland scheme is a modest palette influenced by the invigorating serenity that the Riverland in Tasmania has to offer. Layered greens and whites are enhanced with rich timbers and textured accents. Each design element mirrors the natural environment creating a sense of undeniable warmth and harmony. Tactile experiences are carried through from space to space evoking the playful nature of discovery.