Custom new home by JKC Building

Built around your block.

Fully custom homes designed around your site and your brief — never off-the-plan. Steel framing where it makes sense, built to handle what North Queensland throws at it.

Where
North & Western QLD
Typical duration
6–12 months typical
Typical range
From ~$450k
Overview

Custom doesn’t have to mean blowing the budget.

Every home we build is a one-off — designed around your block and how you live, not pulled off a plan. We’ve never built the same house twice, and we’d rather show you a sketch on paper than sell you someone else’s design.

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Designed around your site

Patrick's line is that he's never built the same house twice. Every home starts with the block — slope, outlook, exposure, soil — and the drafting and engineering come out of that: the soil test goes to the frame engineers, the footings and piers are designed for what's actually under the house, and the plans come back in 3D before anything is priced.

See the homes

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Steel-frame where it suits

Where steel is the right call, the frame is designed and manufactured with NQ Frames — modular steel framing in BlueScope TrueCore®, cyclone-rated, termite-proof and engineered for the site — and erected by our crew. It's the work JKC's Master Builders awards were won on.

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Built for NQ conditions

Cyclone-rated framing, flood levels and the heat are a given up here — the house is engineered for North Queensland rather than adapted to it. And "here" runs a long way west: JKC has delivered two homes and two cabins on a remote western block where everything, including the crew, had to be brought in.

Custom new home by JKC Building
Custom home interior
Custom home exterior
What We Handle

Your block, your brief, built properly.

  1. Fully custom design — no off-the-plan

  2. Engineered steel framing where it suits the build

  3. Designed and built for NQ climate and conditions

  4. Fixed scope once plans are finished

  5. Full project management — owner-led, foreman on site

  6. Quality finishes, end to end

How it works

From a sketch to a finished home.

  1. Brief & concept

    Your block, your needs — even a sketch on paper is a start.

  2. Design & drafting

    Plans drawn around the site, with you across every call.

  3. Engineering

    Steel framing and footings engineered for your soil & site.

  4. Detailed quote

    Fixed scope on finished plans — what you see is what you get.

  5. Build & handover

    Built fast and right, handed over certified.

Priced under a regulated contract
  • QBCCLicence No. 1069118 — statutory warranties on every job
  • MBAMaster Builders Queensland member
  • OwnerPatrick manages every project — the person who quoted it is responsible for it
What It Costs

Straight guidance, before you commit.

“Custom” scares people into thinking big money — it doesn’t have to. Here’s where most of our new homes start, and what moves it.

Most custom new homes we build start around $450k and move with size and finish.

We can’t give you a fixed price without finished plans — and any builder who would, shouldn’t. The figure above is honest guidance to help you work out if it’s worth a conversation.

What shapes your number

Size and number of storeys, your site and soil class, steel-frame versus alternatives, siteworks and services, and your finishes level. Because the framing is engineered and drawn precisely, what you’re quoted is what you get.

How a quote comes together

Builds from Townsville across North and Western Queensland — about 650 kilometres by road along the route shown.

Where we build

Townsville is home. The west is where we grew up.

TownsvilleHome base · est. 1972
via Charters Towers
Hughenden≈ 380 km
Richmond≈ 495 km
Julia Creek≈ 650 km

Distance changes the logistics. Not the standard.

Townsville is home base, but the job has always taken us further — and we've been building out west long enough to know what bites you if you get it wrong. Distances shown are approximate road kilometres from Townsville.

Where we've built

Common questions

Custom homes, answered plainly.

  • No — that's deliberate. Every home is designed around its site and its owners. If off-the-plan suits you, we're not the right builder.

  • Whichever the site and the design ask for. We build both; steel earns its place on a lot of NQ sites.

  • The owner, directly — from first sketch to keys.

Is this your project?

A custom build is the right call when…

The right fit

  • The site has real character — slope, outlook, exposure — worth designing for
  • Nothing off-the-plan fits how you actually live
  • You want the structure engineered for North Queensland, not adapted to it
  • You want the builder in the room from the first sketch

Not the right fit

  • Off-the-plan or catalogue builds
  • Volume-builder timelines and allowances

What we'll be honest about: Custom takes longer than off-the-plan, and it should. If speed matters more than the site, a volume builder will serve you better — genuinely.

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Got a block and an idea?

Tell us about the site and what you’re picturing — even a sketch. We’ll let you know quickly whether it’s a fit.

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