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from the best features of your surroundings and tackle the most challenging elements and incorporate all of this into the home design. Our homes are often very unassuming from the street but hold many elegant surprises to those who spend time in them.” Ian is a qualified carpenter and joiner with more than 28 years’ industry experience. Originally from Jersey in the Channel Islands, he found his passion for building as a young boy as he watched his father (a local architect) transform sketches into real buildings. Ian started his apprenticeship at the age of 16 and has been in the industry ever since, having expanded his knowledge and gained experience over a number of years before owning his first building company in Jersey (where the business was governed by highly developed environmental building codes). For more than a decade, Ian, together with his business partner Sharon, has provided a range of quality services to Margaret River and the South West region. Vanguard Construction is part of their vision to provide cost effective energy efficient homes to clients on all budgets. Vanguard Construction creates these cost-effective, energy efficient homes using modern lightweight construction methods and solar passive design. The company also delivers cutting edge architectural
design. Vanguard tailors its service so that it benefits clients during every stage of their building project - from the initial consultation and plan design, to all preliminary and statutory requirements, commencement of construction through to completion and handover. The company provides a free concept plan service where the client is presented with a design sketch created with the client’s lifestyle ‘‘wish list’’ in mind whilst optimising their location and considering the all-important orientation of their building block which is crucial for solar passive energy orientation - an embedded element of all of Vanguard’s designs. All concept plans are created understanding and acknowledging the client’s building budget so the proposal is an accurate reflection of what is achievable for them. Vanguard has five projects under construction. These range from a modest holiday home nestled in classic Margaret River bushland and a funky 7.5 Star (HERS) angled home to maximise the northern sun trajectory, to a beautiful beachside home on a challenging slope where the company needed to create a new innovation in sub-floor systems. Another 9 Star (HERS) home for a very modest budget is nearing completion. BC Vanguard Construction: (08) 9758 8317, www.vanguardconstruction.com.au
Ph: 9351 3400
MARGARET RIVER HOME TIMBER & HARDWARE 22 Station Road Margaret River WA 6285 P 08 9757 2455 F 08 9757 3034 E mrth@shepgroup.com.au
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