Surrey Hills renovations. The TCON home suburb.
Surrey Hills renovations
TCON has been based in Surrey Hills since the company was founded on 1 July 2015. The office is on Riversdale Road, in the middle of the suburb the company is named after, a short walk from the shops and station. The streets here carry a particular mix of Edwardian, Federation, and interwar housing, with established gardens and tight side setbacks.
For homeowners here who want an architect-designed renovation, a local builder is the natural starting point. The site team lives the catchment. The trades are within reach.
Tim Walker, registered builder, is in the office most days, and the Pre-Construction Program gives owners the same disciplined design-phase engagement that is delivered across Boroondara, Stonnington, and Bayside.
Surrey Hills is home. The catchment is the territory we know best.
Why TCON for Surrey Hills renovations
Local knowledge of Boroondara overlays. Surrey Hills sits inside the City of Boroondara, which manages heritage overlays across most of the inner east. We have spent the last decade working inside those overlays and understand how Boroondara assesses retained facades, height to street, and articulation of the new work. For Surrey Hills owners working with their architect on a heritage permit, the buildability advice from TCON is grounded in repeat experience with the same council process.
The local builder option.
Surrey Hills is a tight suburb. Streets are narrow, sites are constrained, and neighbours are close. A local builder shortens every distance that matters.
Site visits, deliveries, trades, supervision, and Tim Walker himself are all within minutes of a Surrey Hills build. Homeowners staying close during a renovation appreciate the proximity. Architects who specify regular site walkthroughs get them.
The local trades base has been built up over a decade in the catchment. It is engaged through repeat work rather than spot pricing.
Builder discipline on the small details.
Surrey Hills homes tend not to be the largest in the inner east, but they are detailed. Edwardian timber joinery, leadlight glass, ornate pressed metal ceilings, period skirtings, and decorative brickwork all require an unhurried hand.
TCON is a boutique builder by choice. TCON runs a small number of live builds at any one time, which keeps supervision tight and finishes consistent.
The Surrey Hills market is well suited to that model.
Recent projects across the Boroondara catchment
Albany is the published Surrey Hills case study: a contemporary home designed by Mékr Studio and built by TCON in the suburb, featured by The Local Project and Est Living. The wider Boroondara catchment work below extends the picture.
Hillcrest Bungalow, Kew. Heritage renovation with new basement, Mim Design.
Double Gable Home, Kew. Heritage extension, Partridge Architect.
Boulevard Bungalow, Hawthorn. Heritage renovation with basement, Byrne Architects.
Art Deco Revival, Camberwell. 1930s heritage, John Say Designs and George Marks Design.
The TCON approach in Surrey Hills
Most Surrey Hills owners start the conversation early. The house is already lived in. The architect is engaged or about to be.
The brief is partly formed and the budget is partly tested. TCON joins that conversation through the Pre-Construction Program. We sit alongside the architect during design and bring buildability advice, sequencing thinking, supplier pricing, and indicative cost.
For Surrey Hills owners this is particularly valuable. The streets are tight. The side setbacks are tighter. Small decisions about access, crane positioning, and trade staging change the cost more than the same decisions would on an open Kew block. We work through those conversations early, while the design is still flexible. The fixed price contract that follows is more reliable because the thinking was done in the right phase.
The independent inner east renovation market analysis that shaped our model identified early contractor involvement as the single largest point of differentiation. Surrey Hills owners get it without leaving the suburb.
TCON works with interior designers as often as with architects, and the interior detail is held to the same standard as the structure that carries it. Being headquartered in Surrey Hills keeps the team close to that detail through the build.
Costs and expectations for a Surrey Hills renovation
Cost depends on the scope of work and the level of finish. The What it costs page sets out the indicative per square metre bands and what they include. Demolition and GST fall inside those bands, and consultant fees and landscaping are quoted separately.
Final pricing is set after a negotiated tender or our Pre-Construction Program. We do not quote sight unseen.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The office is on Riversdale Road, Surrey Hills. The company was founded on 1 July 2015 and has been headquartered in the suburb since the start.
Yes. Surrey Hills projects that warrant architect-led delivery are a natural fit, and the brief and the design intent matter more than the project value.
Architects we have built for across the Boroondara catchment include Mim Design, Pleysier Perkins, Byrne Architects, John Say Designs, George Marks Design, Webster Architecture and Interiors, and Partridge Architect.
Yes. Most of Surrey Hills sits inside a Boroondara heritage overlay. We have a decade of experience inside those overlays and understand the council assessment process.
Yes. The office is on Riversdale Road, Surrey Hills. Call (03) 9808 5632 to arrange a time.
Send the architect brief or the early sketches with the contact form, or call the office. We will read the brief, then book a site visit and a longer conversation about the right delivery model.
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