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
Custom doesn’t have to mean blowing the budget.
Every JKC custom home is a one-off, designed around your block, the site conditions and how you live. We build across Townsville, North and Western Queensland. No catalogue plans, no project-home packages.
Your block, your brief, built properly.
Fully custom design — no off-the-plan
Engineered steel framing where it suits the build
Designed and built for NQ climate and conditions
Fixed scope once plans are finished
Full project management — owner-led, foreman on site
Quality finishes, end to end
From a sketch to a finished home.
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Brief & concept
Your block, your needs — even a sketch on paper is a start.
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Design & drafting
Plans drawn around the site, with you across every call.
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Engineering
Steel framing and footings engineered for your soil & site.
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Detailed quote
Fixed scope on finished plans — what you see is what you get.
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Build & handover
Built fast and right, handed over certified.
- QBCC: Licence No. 1069118 — statutory warranties on every job
- MBA: Master Builders Queensland member
- Owner: Patrick manages every project — the person who quoted it is responsible for it
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.
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.
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.
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.
Common questions
Custom homes, answered plainly.
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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.
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Most JKC custom homes start around $450k and move with the site, size, number of storeys, services and finish level. A fixed number comes after the plans and engineering are resolved.
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Whichever the site and the design ask for. We build both; steel earns its place on a lot of NQ sites.
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Yes. A block, a brief and even a sketch are enough for the first fit conversation. JKC can then help you get the right drafting and engineering in place before pricing.
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Patrick remains accountable for the project and works alongside the onsite foreman. You have one clear point of contact from the first sketch through to handover.
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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.
More of what we build.
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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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