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Hill House Design and Construct

Thoughtful homes for modern Australian living. Based in Toowoomba.

Character renovations, custom homes and considered spaces designed with warmth, longevity and craftsmanship in mind.

29/10/2026

The small details are what finish a house properly.

At Gentle Street, it's the last few days that mattered most. Hardware tightened and lined up straight. Paint touched up in the corners nobody thinks to check. Silicone lines run clean. None of it is dramatic, and none of it will ever be the reason someone falls in love with a photo of this home, but it's the reason the home will still feel right in five years, not just on handover day.

Finishing touches aren't an afterthought here. They're the last chance to get something right, and we don't let that chance go to waste.

Imagery by Morgan Journal

22/10/2026

There’s a difference between a carpenter who’s just getting the job done and one who takes pride in the join nobody else will ever see.

We look for the second kind.

Someone who cares whether a stud is plumb even when no one’s checking. Someone who’ll take the extra ten minutes to get a detail right rather than deciding close enough is good enough.

That pride comes from the person. But we also believe it’s our job to create a site where good trades can do their best work.

Clear plans. Good communication. A site that’s organised. Enough thought put in beforehand that the people doing the work aren’t constantly battling avoidable problems.

Because good workmanship deserves good management behind it.

That’s the kind of standard we want across every Hill House build.

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15/10/2026

There's an old rule of decorating: buy what you love to look at, and what you love to live with. The same rule applies to renovating.

It's easy to chase what's trending, the finish everyone's using this year, the layout you saw in someone else's home. But a renovation is not a moodboard, it's your everyday life. The things you choose need to earn their place twice, once for how they look, and again for how they hold up to the way your family actually lives.

A benchtop that photographs beautifully but marks the first week you use it isn't a win. Neither is a layout that looks clever on paper but never quite works at seven o'clock on a school night.

Love it at first glance, then make sure you'll still love it in ten years of ordinary days. That's the version worth building.

08/10/2026

A tradie can usually tell within five minutes what kind of day it’s going to be.

Is the area ready? Is the scope clear? Has anything changed? And if a question comes up, can they get an answer without losing half the day?

We believe a well-run site is part of a well-run build.

Trades should be able to turn up, understand what’s expected, and get on with doing their job properly. That takes planning, clear communication and someone actually thinking a few steps ahead.

Because when a site is organised, everyone works better. The trades do better work, the build runs more smoothly, and the client gets a better result.

That’s the standard we expect from our sites.

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01/10/2026

Another one done. Our Gentle Street renovation is complete, and the keys are back with the family who will actually live there.

There’s always a noticeable shift when a project is finally finished. The noise of the build is gone, the plans finally match the reality standing in front of you, and a house becomes a home again. It’s easy to forget, in the middle of decisions and deadlines, that what we’re really building is the backdrop to someone’s ordinary life: school mornings, Sunday dinners, and the years that haven’t happened yet.

Every renovation carries a bit of trust with it. A family hands over a home that already means something to them and asks us to make it work better without losing what made it theirs in the first place. That trust matters to us, and it’s a big part of why this work still means so much, project after project.

We’re grateful to have been trusted with this one. Congratulations to the family stepping back in, and we hope this home holds just as much for you in the next chapter as it has in the last.

Stunning imagery by Morgan Journal

24/09/2026

There's a moment in every renovation where the original character of a home is most at risk, right when construction actually begins.

It's easy to talk about respecting a home's style. It's harder to hold onto that respect once walls are open, materials are ordered, and a schedule is running. That's where the care actually shows, in the decisions nobody photographs. Matching a profile on a piece of trim so it reads as one continuous line. Salvaging an original fireplace surround instead of replacing it because it was quicker. Choosing a paint colour that sits with the era of the home, not just what's trending.

We treat the original style of a home as part of the brief, not an obstacle to build around. Grounded, enduring, and still designed for the way you actually live now.

That's the standard we hold ourselves to on every job, whether it's a full restoration or a single room.

17/09/2026

Let's talk about what actually matters when you're planning your home or build.

How it looks matters. The style you're drawn to, the finishes, the mood you want to walk into every day, all worth taking seriously. But before any of that, we ask a simpler question: how do you actually want to live?

Where does the family end up gathering at five o'clock? Do you want a kitchen you can talk in while you're cooking, or one you can shut the door on at the end of the day? Is the goal quiet mornings on the verandah, or a home that can handle Saturday sport gear and a mud room that actually works?

Style can change with a coat of paint. The way a home supports your everyday life is the part that has to be right from the start.

Get that right, and everything else follows.

10/09/2026

Restoring an old Queenslander and building something new both take skill. They just don't take the same skill.

A new build gives you straight lines, standard measurements, materials that behave the way the manual says they will. A restoration gives you none of that. Nothing is square, nothing is standard, and every wall has its own opinion about what it's going to do once you open it up.

Reading an old home properly, knowing what to keep, what to quietly replace, and how to make the two work together, takes years to learn and longer to get right. It's a different kind of finesse to a new build, not a lesser one.

We've spent our trade learning both, because our clients need both done properly, not just done.

03/09/2026

Let's talk texture.

It's easy to focus on colour when you're planning a renovation, but texture is what actually makes a room feel considered. The grain in raw timber. A honed stone benchtop next to a glossy tile. Linen curtains against a painted VJ wall. None of it needs to match perfectly, it just needs to feel like it belongs together.

We think about texture as much as we think about layout. It's often the difference between a space that looks nice in photos and one that actually feels good to live in.

28/08/2026

There's a lot invested in building or renovating a home long before you ever get to enjoy the finished rooms. Money, of course. But also months of decisions, conversations, waiting, and probably more chats about tapware and paint colours than you ever expected to have. For a while, the project becomes your whole personality.

Then, eventually, you get to this bit. The decisions are made, the waiting is over, and the home you've spent so long imagining is finally yours to just live in.

We're completely invested in that process too. We live alongside these projects with our clients, and by the time we reach the end, we're usually just as attached as you are. Honestly, this is the kind of house we'd want to come home to ourselves, which probably says a lot about how hard it is to hand one back once you've poured this much into it.

Walking through it one last time before it's someone else's to live in, that never gets old. And it never gets easier either.

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Toowoomba, QLD

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://hillhousedesignandconstruct.com.au/

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