LHPL

How we work

For clients and architects considering LHPL Contracting for a new home, or alterations and additions, in Hobart or southern Tasmania.

Priced from documentation

We estimate from architectural documentation. Send us the drawings you have, preliminary or complete, and we will tell you whether the project is a fit and what happens next. We do not carry out site visits or provide pricing before documentation exists. If you are at the start of the process and the project is a fit for us, we can introduce you to the architects and designers we build for.

Custom builds starting from $5,000 per square metre

A guide for early budgeting at our level of finish. The figure for your project comes from a line-by-line estimate of your drawings.

Indicative only and subject to site, design, specification, market conditions and final documentation. Not an offer, quotation or estimate. Pricing is confirmed only by written estimate and the executed building contract.

The process

01
EnquiryTell us the location, the scope, where the documentation is at and your budget range. We respond with a straight answer on fit and timing.
02
EstimateA detailed, trade-by-trade estimate prepared from your documentation, with allowances and exclusions clearly stated so you and your architect can see exactly what is priced.
03
ContractA Master Builders Tasmania or ABIC standard form contract, whichever suits the project and the way it is being administered. Fixed price or cost plus. Scope, pricing basis, program, insurances and warranties agreed in writing before work starts.
04
ConstructionJeff runs the site as construction manager and working foreman: programming, subcontractor coordination, quality, safety and site meetings. Tim runs the contract: variations priced before they happen, progress claims, compliance, and recorded minutes of every client and site meeting.
05
CompletionDefects walked with you and your architect, certificates and warranties handed over, and the statutory defects period honoured.

Working with architects

Three of the four projects currently on our site were designed by 1+2 Architecture. We are used to architect-administered contracts, RFIs, site instructions and the level of documentation review that detailed work demands. The finished building matches the drawings because the drawings have been read.

Capacity

We take on a limited number of projects at a time so that each has a brother on it. If we cannot start within your timeframe we will say so at enquiry stage.

Where we work

The Eastern Shore, Hobart, Kingston and the Channel, the Coal River Valley and Richmond, and across southern Tasmania by arrangement.

Common questions

How much does a custom home cost to build in Hobart?

Custom builds with LHPL Contracting start from around $5,000 per square metre, depending on site, design, specification and documentation. The figure for your project comes from a detailed estimate of your architectural drawings.

Do you visit the site before we have plans?

No. We price from architectural documentation. If you are at the start of the process and the project is a fit, we can introduce you to the architects and designers we build for.

Do you work with architects?

Yes. Most of our work is architect-designed and architect-administered, including recent projects with 1+2 Architecture and Dynamic Design.

Fixed price or cost plus?

Either, depending on the project. We use Master Builders Tasmania or ABIC standard form contracts with the scope, pricing basis and program agreed in writing before work starts.

Where do you build?

The Eastern Shore, Hobart, Kingston and the Channel, the Coal River Valley and Richmond, and across southern Tasmania by arrangement.

Send us your documentation