Replacing an old home with a brand new one has become a popular approach for families who can’t find suitable land or don’t want to renovate the old home.

Factors such as a shortage of land in the desired area or people wanting to stay in their favourite suburb, but the home is no longer suitable, are behind the knockdown rebuild popularity.

This popular approach to realising your dream home in the ideal suburb needs specialists, such as the builders at HomeWorld. They know how to meet the requirements of local councils on issues such as privacy and land to built-form ratios.

Chris Brown took the knockdown and rebuild approach to achieving his dream home. He replaced his old single story home his father built, and he grew up in, with a customised version of the Jandson Homes’ Horizon design.

The new home at Balgowlah, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, has delighted Chris – so much so he even allowed Jandson Homes to hold an open house to highlight the benefits of replacing an old home with a new one.

“I grew up in the area and loved it. Unfortunately the old family home wasn’t suitable for my needs. By knocking it down and rebuilding I was able to stay in the area I like so much, and build a new home that better suits both my current and future lifestyle needs,” said Chris.

Ideally suited to knockdown and rebuild projects, Jandson Homes innovatively designed Horizon dares to be different.

Comprising two separate, two storey living areas connected by a gallery and stairwell the home’s unique floor plan provides masses of flexibility for today’s families.

The home’s upper floor plan can be easily rotated to take advantage of prevailing views, and also offers increased flexibility in the building process as it is easily adapted to the varying conditions of building blocks.

This project is typical of many successful knockdown rebuild projects by HomeWorld builders.

The builders on display at the village have home designs well suited to the knockdown and rebuild approach, the experience with local council requirements, and site assessments.