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Whole-home renovations · Value-focused

Budget-smart bungalow refresh

A 1950s bungalow brought back to life on a tight budget — plywood-look joinery, simple subway tiling, a timber dining setting and new doors to the yard.

The project

Coburg

A sensible budget can still produce a lovely house. The layout mostly stays put; the money goes where it shows — new joinery, flooring, paint and lighting — and into a new opening to the backyard that changes how the whole house is used.

What the work involves

  • Kitchen replaced within the existing footprint
  • Plywood-look joinery and subway tile splashback
  • New flooring, paint and lighting throughout
  • New glazed door opening to the yard
  • Plaster repairs and cornice replacement

Before & after

The transformation

Before — budget-smart bungalow refresh, Coburg
Before
Completed — budget-smart bungalow refresh, Coburg
After

Start to finish

Every stage of the build

The parts of a job that decide how it lasts — demolition, framing, services and waterproofing — are the parts you never see once it's finished. Here they are.

  1. Stage 1 of 3

    Before

    The existing room or site, before any work begins.

  2. Stage 2 of 3

    During construction

    Strip-out, structure and services, then fit-out — the stages most clients never see.

  3. Stage 3 of 3

    Completed

    The finished result at handover.

Representative project imagery illustrating the scope and quality Local Tasker Construction can deliver. Final design, material selections and outcomes vary by site, approvals and client requirements.

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