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New home construction

Ground-up on your lot, from the survey and the plan set through to the certificate of occupancy. Everything the renovations teach us about how a house is actually used, applied from the first line.

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Before the finishes

What people actually
come to us about.

Nobody goes looking for a contractor in the abstract. These are the three things we hear first, and what we do about each of them.

Survey and soils first

Topography, soils, the water table and where the rock is. What comes out of the ground decides the foundation, and the foundation decides a great deal of the budget.

By-right, before design

Zoning, setbacks, height, coverage and any overlay. We establish the envelope you are allowed to build inside before anybody draws a house that will not fit in it.

Services to the street

Water, sewer or septic, power and gas: what is at the kerb, how far it has to run and who owns the easement it crosses.

The finish level is chosen, not discovered

Essential, Signature or Estate, agreed before pricing. Two houses the same size can differ enormously and the difference is almost entirely selections.

Allowances become selections

An allowance is a placeholder for a decision nobody has made. We turn them into named products with real prices before the slab is poured.

Change orders are a document, not a conversation

Priced, signed and dated before the work happens. You never learn what something cost after it is built.

One firm, one contract

The drawings and the building are the same company. There is no seam for a problem to fall into.

A schedule you can see

Updated weekly, with what is happening next and what would move it.

One number to call

Not a call centre, and not a different name every time you ring.

From the first line

Ground-up, on your lot.

Everything the renovations teach us about how a house is used, applied from the first line of the plan. The photograph is a reference for a treatment rather than one of our own projects — bring us the one you keep coming back to.

01Modern, warm and litRendered volumes over a stone base, vertical timber slats, a glass balcony and a full-glass garage door — and the whole elevation lit for the evening. A new build designed as a composition, not a floor plan with a roof.See the ideas →

Our process

How a new build actually runs.

Six stages, in order, with what you get at the end of each one. Nothing here starts until the stage before it is finished and signed off — which is the whole reason the schedule holds.

01

The lot

Survey, topography, soils, utilities, easements and zoning. What can be built here, where on the plot it can sit, and what it will cost to get services to it.

What you get

A by-right study and a site plan.

02

Programme and concept

How you live, written down before it is drawn: how many bedrooms really, where you eat, whether you entertain, what you own. Then massing and orientation against the sun and the view.

What you get

A brief you have signed off, and concept plans.

03

Design development

The plan resolved room by room, elevations developed, and the structural idea settled. Specification level is set here, because it is what a builder's price actually depends on.

What you get

Developed drawings and an outline specification.

04

Engineering and permit

Structural, and whatever else the jurisdiction requires. Full construction set, stamped, submitted, and carried through review.

What you get

A permitted, stamped construction set.

05

Build to weathertight

Site work, foundation, framing, roof and envelope. Selections continue in parallel on a schedule, so nothing on site waits on a decision.

What you get

A weathertight milestone, tracked weekly.

06

Fit out and certificate

First fix, insulation, plaster, second fix, joinery, finishes, external works. Then commissioning, final inspections and the certificate of occupancy.

What you get

Warranties, manuals, as-builts and a closed snag list.

What’s included

In every new build we build.

  • Survey, zoning and by-right study before design
  • A full stamped set, engineered and permitted
  • Selections scheduled so nothing holds the site up
  • One team from the footing to the final walk-through

Need inspiration?

Our design team
will guide you.

Bring us the pictures you keep coming back to and our designers take it from there — working from the exterior style of the house, its proportions, its era and its materials, so every room reads as part of the same building rather than a set of separate good ideas.

One vision, carried through, inside and out. The image here is a reference for a treatment, not a photograph of one of our own projects.

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See 20 new build ideas → Named, explained and costed in plain language
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What it takes

Three levels of new build work.

Every job is priced from its own drawings, so what follows is scope rather than a menu: what falls inside each level, in the order the decisions actually get made. The same three names run through our finish levels below, because the two questions — how much work, and to what standard — are answered together.

Essentialessential scope · new build

Priced at design

  • Survey, soils and a by-right study before design
  • A complete stamped and permitted plan set
  • Foundation, framing, roof and a tight envelope
  • Builder-grade finishes throughout
  • Standard ceiling heights
  • Services brought from the street
  • One team from footing to certificate of occupancy
Most chosen Signaturesignature scope · new build

Priced at design

  • Everything in Essential, plus:
  • Upgraded materials and brands throughout
  • Ceiling height varied by room
  • Primary suite on the ground floor
  • Scullery behind the kitchen, real mudroom off the garage
  • Covered outdoor room with a fireplace
  • Conditioned attic or crawl space
  • Every closet built out from day one
Estateestate scope · new build

Priced at design

  • Everything in Signature, plus:
  • A full custom finish package and designer detailing
  • Standing-seam roof and mixed cladding
  • Vaulted great room and a stair placed to be seen
  • Windows placed for the view rather than the elevation
  • Deep eaves and overhangs
  • Rough-ins for whatever comes later
  • Landscape, drive and drainage drawn with the house

Same Queen Boss craftsmanship at every level. Scope and finish are what move the number, never quality of workmanship — and you get an exact figure for your own project after the walk-through and the drawings, not before.

Define the finish

Selection & finish levels.

Two rooms of exactly the same size can cost dramatically different amounts, and the difference is selections. Cabinetry, countertops, tile, fixtures, lighting, appliances, doors, trim and hardware all move the number. These three tiers give us a shared language, so when you say “a $50,000 kitchen” we can talk immediately about what that realistically includes.

Essential~$135–$165 / SFFinishes only · excludes land, site work & structural

A clean, well-built home using quality builder-grade materials — the right choice when maximising budget toward square footage and structure matters most.

Most popularSignature~$165–$210 / SFFinishes only · excludes land, site work & structural

Upgraded materials and brands throughout that elevate everyday livability and long-term durability — without moving into full custom pricing.

Estate~$210–$275+ / SFFinishes only · excludes land, site work & structural

A full custom finish package with premium brands, natural materials, and designer detailing — built for clients who want the home to be a showpiece.

Per square foot, finishes only — excludes land, site work and structural. Same Queen Boss craftsmanship at every tier: the difference is customisation and material investment, never quality of workmanship.

Pre-construction investment

Three stages before a shovel goes in.

Pre-construction stageScopeInvestment
1 — Design & ArchitecturalComplete plan set: layouts, selections, construction drawings & renderings$2,000 – $4,000
2 — Structural EngineeringSite evaluation, calculations & engineer’s stamp (if required)$2,000 – $4,000
3 — City PermitPlan submission & city stamp · permit fees billed at costAt cost
Total pre-constructionFinal range confirmed once scope & areas are set$2,000 – $8,000+

Design, engineering and permit are priced separately from the build, so you can stop at any stage with a set of drawings you own outright.

Financing

Borrow against the house
it is going to be.

A renovation is usually worth more than the house was before it. RenoFi is built on that: their lending partners underwrite against your home’s after-renovation value rather than what it is worth today, which is why the number they can reach is so often larger than a standard home-equity offer.

Explore RenoFi → Opens RenoFi · a separate company
Up to 90%of after-renovation value, per RenoFi
$25k – $750krenovation home equity loans and HELOCs
Up to $75kpersonal loans, on credit and income
11×more on average than standard equity, per RenoFi

RenoFi is not a lender; it works with lending partners who make the loans. Queen Boss Construction is not a lender or a broker, does not arrange credit and takes no part in the application or the decision — we point you at them because clients keep asking who to talk to. All terms, rates and eligibility are between you and the lender.

What moves the number

Where the cost actually goes.

We do not publish prices, because a price quoted before the drawings exist is a number that changes. These are the four things that decide it, so you know what you are choosing between.

The lot itself

Slope, rock, trees, soil and how far the services have to come. Two identical houses on two lots are not two identical prices.

Size and shape

Square footage matters; so does the number of corners. Complexity costs more per foot than area does.

Specification

The single largest controllable variable, and the one worth the most conversation before design is finished.

Site access

Whether machinery and deliveries can reach the building position affects nearly every trade.

In their words

Read our client reviews.

Robert is a great communicator and we love working with him and his team.

Adam Peter S.

They are always professional and strive to provide exemplary customer service.

Shannon L.

Common questions

About new build work.

Do I need my own architect?

Not with us — design and drafting are in-house, which is what design–build means. If you would rather bring your own architect, we will build from their set and say so honestly if we think something in it will not work.

How do you price a new build?

From a developed set and a written specification, not from a square-foot rate. A rate quoted before the drawings exist is a number that will change, and everyone knows it.

What about the lot — can you help find one?

We can tell you what a lot you are considering will actually cost to build on, which is usually the more useful question. Slope, access and services are the things that turn a cheap lot into an expensive house.

Also from us

The rest of what we build.

Additions & expansions Garage & living quarters Accessory dwelling units Whole-home renovation Basement finishing Kitchens Bathrooms Commercial construction Outdoor living

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Tell us about
your new build.

A conversation and a walk through the rooms you are thinking about — no charge, and no obligation at the end of it.

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