Swell Homes

Rachel and Ant at Swell helped us come up with a design for our renovation that met all our needs, makes great use of the space and fits within our budget. So far the build is shaping up to be fabulous.

Swell Homes designed a significant renovation to our family home. They came up with a fantastic initial design based on our needs and our brief. Because of the area where we live the council knocked the initial design back and we were forced too go back to the drawing board. Swell Homes listened and adapted producing a second brilliant design which cleverly incorporated all our requirements while satisfying the planning regulations. They have listened to us the whole way through and patiently worked with us to achieve a really fantastic and original design. A clever design that stayed within budget and accommodated everything we required. A genuine pleasure to work with Swell.

Firstly, I must start out by declaring our little to no experience with both construction and design!! With a relatively complex block to work with and a strict brief we are extremely happy with the eco friendly design Rach created for us. The design process was smooth and Swell enabled us to change our minds right up until the last minute which many other companies do not allow for. Rach and Ant were both laid back but very professional making the build a much more enjoyable experience. We are forever grateful and satisfied with Swell homes and are incredibly happy with the overall product!

We have had our design for our modern, sustainable, energy efficient design with Swell Homes and in conjunction with David Robinson from More Architecture and the experience has been fantastic. The initial consultation was very good with the team listening to the way our family lives and creating a design that was within budget and had great suggestions. We start our build next week (on schedule) and very much looking forward to the next phase.

If I could give Swell Homes 10 stars, I would. Ant quite literally changed the course of our lives. We were in a dire situation going on years with no end in sight. We had a builder disappear on us and we were just stuck with a partially built home. Numerous builders declined but Ant and Swell Homes came to the rescue and helped us every step of the way to complete a beautiful home for us both in the end, ahead of schedule. He was very tailored in his approach to the unique situation and worked with us diligently to address every need. To top it off, he's a practical and easy going guy which made it even better. A special mention should also go out to Mike the supervisor for his efficiency and attention to detail. He communicated every single detail with me throughout the process and I was always at ease knowing any issues would be handled. I absolutely recommend Swell Homes to anyone.

Very impressed with Anthony and his team. They did a fantastic job in a really compressed timeframe. Thorough and professional, we were not sure about how to implement some of the changes, Ant and Wayne put forward a proposal which has given us exactly what we wanted.

I contacted Ant after being wowed by their design of the houses. Ant is super responsive and very patient to all my questions. We are thinking of either demolishing the whole house or partial of the house and renovate. Ant is prepared to provide free consultation and site inspection. The price quoted for their design and quality is well deserved. It is really up to the customers to decide which way to go. Ant is not pushy, but responds with all attention and understanding to our queries. We haven't decided which way to go, as we have a rather big lot and rebuilding the whole house using an architectural design may be well-above our budget, renovation may not meet our expectation for the space we wanted. I didn't want to waste more time for Ant, but he is happy to offer all the necessary advice even if this may lead to a dead end. I would not hesitate to recommend him to anyone who wants a state-of-the art design and live in an energy efficient, sustainable house for decades to come.

Prior to engaging Swell Homes, our initial experiences with building and renovating had been frustrating and costly to say the least. We had spent over $150k and 2yrs on various house plans only to have builders either refuse to quote due to complexity, or if they did the cost was simply beyond our ability to fund. Luckily Swell had built a home on a block we had previously owned. Due to this, we had kept track of the build. What we saw was a clean worksite, an interesting build and one that seemed to happen very quickly. Due to this we got in touch with Ant and discussed what we wanted. Both Ant and Rachel were a pleasure to work with, understood our needs and provided many solutions along the planning and design phase. They are slanted towards 'green' building methods which fitted well with the way we wanted to build. We are now very close to finishing our project and I have to say it has been an exciting and rewarding experience. Our site manager is Andy who has been awesome and has dealt with our questions and changes with patience and great suggestions. Everyone who has come through our site has been amazed by how clean and tidy it is always kept, which is a testament to Andy and the pride he takes in his work (treating it like his own). We have been given many compliments by people we know already which is a credit to Swell's design and construction. I would not hesitate to recommend the team at Swell. They are transparent with costings and timelines, move the job along in a timely fashion and are just honest, nice people who are great to work with. Ben and Gess

Ant and Rach of Swell Homes were brilliant in providing us with a professional and yet friendly service. I had been recommended to them when I was completing my drafting course at TAFE by one of my lecturers. We are building in South Fremantle and wanted a local builder that is focused on quality of design, quality of build and solar passive principles. No question was too hard to answer and they were always on hand to answer any queries we may have had. Swell Homes are quite the local name around Fremantle, and for good reason. They are in tune with and sensitive to the needs of people wanting to build around this area. A "project builder" was never going to be an option for us. One of many reasons is that we didn't want a double brick and tile house, and we wanted the freedom to choose our own fixtures and fittings. With that in mind, Swell Homes were able to provide a quote that was favourably comparable to the mass production builder. I had a sudden death in family which has certainly knocked our plans for a new build on the head for a while, but Ant has been extremely compassionate and is always checking up on me to make sure I am ok. He has also sent me plans from time to time to cheer me up and keep me focused. I would not hesitate for one second in recommending Ant and Rach of Swell Homes. They are a couple that really care about the local area, their clients, and quality, sustainable building. Thank you, Ant and Rach.

Swell Homes were flexible and great to work with. They did a great job and our house was built on time & on budget.

Ant and the team at Swell did a fantastic job transforming our Fremantle terrace cottage. They were not phased by anything that troubled other builders; heritage property, narrow street, almost no access to rear of block, all no problem. Our site supervisor Jimmy was on top of every detail and the group of suppliers and contractors that Swell use provide a high end quality finish to all the fittings. We really enjoyed working with Ant, Jimmy and the rest of the Swell team and are delighted with the result.

I would definitely recommend Swell Homes. We found the initial process a little bit complicated and it did get frustrating for a while. I think a lot of that was really because we were not that experienced in what we were doing. The complications were really communications issues. To be honest once building started I cannot think of anything that I would criticize. The supervisor was honestly amazing, incredibly hard-working, flexible and with a great eye for detail. They were on site most mornings by 7am! . I was 100% happy with all the work - you expect a few little things that you are not really happy with but there were none. It was a fixed price contract and overall I felt that they were reasonable with costs and changes. Overall as I say I'd certainly recommend Swell Homes - be a bit patient at the beginning if you need to be. I would absolutely use them again.