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Custom homes and quality renovations, built with care

Armistead Homes is an award-winning Ocean Grove builder delivering selected custom homes, renovations and extensions across the Bellarine Peninsula, Greater Geelong and the Surf Coast. You deal directly with registered builder Russ Armistead from the first conversation through construction

Natural timber and stone

A more personal way to build

A custom home or major renovation asks a lot of the people undertaking it. It needs clear advice, planning and someone who stays close to the detail. Armistead Homes takes on selected projects so Russ can remain directly involved, communicate openly and help clients make practical decisions from early planning through to completion.

  • Registered Domestic Builder - Unlimited DB-U 30975    -    Registered Commercial Builder - CB-L 30977    -    Master Builders Victoria Member    -    HIA Greensmart Accredited    -    35+ years in construction
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Custom Homes

Individual homes shaped around the site, the people who will live there and the way they want to live. We bring practical construction thinking to design, materials, buildability, cost planning and performance.

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The aim is simple: make a complex building process feel considered, well managed and personal - and deliver a home the client is proud to live in

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Renovations & Extensions

Considered renovations and extensions that improve how an existing home works, feels and performs. We plan carefully around structure, services, staging and the hidden conditions that make renovation work different from building new.

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Why Armistead Homes

Experience you can speak to directly

Russ brings more than 35 years of building experience, an Associate Diploma of Applied Science (Building Construction), later Construction Management study and current domestic and commercial builder registrations. His career spans hands-on construction, site supervision and project management across residential, community and commercial work.
That breadth matters, but the service remains personal. There is no sales handover and no distance between the person discussing the project and the registered builder responsible for delivering it.
  • Direct, one-on-one communication with Russ
  • Selected projects rather than volume building
  • Practical input on scope, design, materials and buildability
  • Careful attention to construction quality and long-term performance
  • Clear local knowledge across the Bellarine, Geelong and Surf Coast
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Built for real life

Our work is shaped by the client, the site and the architecture rather than a standard house range. Explore selected homes that show our interest in natural materials, careful detailing, light, comfort and practical everyday living.

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Comfort, durability and healthy home thinking

Good building performance is not an optional extra. Orientation, insulation, windows, airtightness, ventilation, moisture management and material durability all influence how a home feels and how well it lasts. Russ is HIA GreenSmart accredited and qualified as a Certified Passive House Tradesperson in 2020, with Building Envelope and Building Services specialisations.

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Jacinta Crawley, Bellarine Allied Health Group

"Armistead Homes were an absolute pleasure to work with. The building process was straightforward, no question was too silly and Russ and his team were committed to getting the finished result we were after"

A clear path from first conversation to completion

  • Discuss - Tell us about the site, the home, your priorities and where the project is up to.

  • Define - Clarify the scope, documentation, consultants, likely constraints and next decisions.

  • Plan - Develop a buildable, properly documented project with realistic allowances and transparent inclusions.

  • Build - Deliver the work with direct communication, careful coordination and attention to detail.

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Planning a custom home, renovation or extension?

  • If you value direct communication, thoughtful planning and a builder who remains personally involved, we would be pleased to hear what you are considering.

If you value direct communication, thoughtful planning and a builder who remains personally involved, we would be pleased to hear what you are considering

PROJECTS

FOAM

A Master Builders award-winning custom home shaped around a sheltered courtyard, with silvertop ash cladding, burnished concrete and clean black-and-white detailing.

Entertaining
Kitchen

SHELL

A warm, flexible custom home designed for two generations, with separate living zones, extensive timber joinery and a strong connection between kitchen, dining and everyday family life.

THE OFFICE

An award-winning commercial office project combining polished concrete, exposed structure, clerestory light, crisp white joinery and warm timber detailing.

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Open plan living

FISH

A light-filled coastal home with a welcoming weatherboard frontage, a strong central entry axis and generous kitchen, dining and living spaces opening to a broad rear deck and covered verandah.

LAKE

A home that opens to its site, outlook and changing levels.

Lake House is an Armistead Homes residential project shaped around a sloping site. A restrained, low street frontage gives way to a two-level garden elevation with broad glazing, elevated outdoor living and views toward the water.

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Rural retreat

ORCHARD

A grounded home shaped by material, light and landscape.

Rural Retreat combines natural stone, recycled brick and timber to create a home that feels warm, substantial and closely connected to its setting.

LONNY

Timber, stone and daylight resolved as one calm coastal home.

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This Point Lonsdale project brings together natural stone, continuous timber lining and carefully controlled daylight. A restrained street elevation conceals a richly detailed interior organised along a long, skylit living spine and opening to a protected rear courtyard.

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