Home Renovations Sunshine Coast
Renovate your Sunshine Coast home with a builder who plans for what sits behind the walls and stays across the job personally.
How we approach a renovation
Renovating is harder than building new. You are working with what is already there, and a share of the decisions come down to what the builder finds once the walls are open. That is why the builder matters more on a renovation than on almost any other project.
Tom Robilliard manages every project with regular site meetings and clear progress updates. At handover, you’ll receive a detailed walkthrough and a customised home manual, followed by 12 months of maintenance support to ensure everything performs as it should.
Our wider team are carpenters as well as builders, which shows in the parts of a renovation people notice most: how new joinery, trims and junctions meet the original fabric of the house.
Sunshine Coast homes built in the 70s and 80s hide things. Rot behind cladding, walls that turn out to be load bearing, wiring that has to come out, asbestos. We investigate as much as we can before quoting and allow properly for what we cannot see. What we will not do is quote low, start work, then hand you a variation every fortnight.
Before construction starts you get concept plans and an early cost estimate, then finalised plans, a detailed quote and a construction schedule with milestones. If you have an architect or designer, send their plans through before our initial meeting and we will review them properly. If you have not appointed anyone, we can introduce you to the design team we work with.
Through construction you get weekly site meetings on your own job, weekly reports covering work completed and what is coming next, and 24/7 Wunderbuild access to progress photos that are updated daily, expenses and the selections you need to make.
We take on whole home and major structural renovations rather than single room updates. If you are planning one bathroom or a cosmetic refresh, we will tell you early rather than waste your time.
From the first site walk through to handover, under one contract.
- Site walk and existing condition assessment
- Review of your architect or designer's plans
- Concept plans and an early cost estimate
- Detailed quote with a construction schedule
- Asbestos, structural and services coordination
- Hand selected trades and specialist finishers
- Projects overseen by founder
About T Casa
T Casa Projects renovates, extends and builds homes across Noosa and the surrounding Sunshine Coast. Founder Tom Robilliard has 16 years in construction and has lived in the Noosa area for more than 20 years.
Our restoration of the heritage listed Halse Lodge was featured in Vogue Living in January 2025. We work from Noosa Heads through Sunshine Beach, Marcus Beach, Peregian Beach, Coolum Beach, Marcoola, Eumundi, Cooroy, Pomona and Doonan.
Master Builders Association member.
QBCC licence 15455661. ABN 71 675 028 181.
How a renovation runs
A short conversation about your home, what you want to change and where you are up to.
We walk the house together, go through your ideas and the existing condition, then sign a preliminary agreement so pre-construction work can begin.
Concepts take shape and you receive a cost estimate while we work with the design team on project schedules.
Plans are finalised and you receive a detailed quote plus a construction schedule with milestones and timeframes.
The Master Builders contract and fee schedule are signed.
Tom manages the site with regular meetings and progress reports, then a final walkthrough and a customised manual at handover.
Halse Lodge
What to Expect
Three objections that stop people enquiring, named plainly, with how we handle each one.
1. What the builder finds once the walls come off
We investigate as far as we can before quoting and allow for the likely unknowns. If something genuinely unforeseen appears, you hear about it the same day, with the options and what each one costs. You are not handed a surprise at invoice stage.
2. Keeping your home clean, safe and secure
We plan how the site is set up before work starts, so noise, dust and mess are contained and the parts of the house not under construction stay protected. Work areas are secured at the end of each day, and we agree access and working hours with you upfront so there are no surprises once the crew is on site.
3. New work that looks bolted onto an old house
Our team are carpenters first. The result of a renovation comes down to how new joinery, trims, floor levels and ceiling junctions meet the original house. We plan those details before construction rather than resolving them on site.
FAQs
You receive a cost estimate at concept stage and a detailed quote before contract.. Cost depends on scope, the condition of the existing home and the finish level, which is why we investigate properly before quoting.
We plan the site setup before work starts so mess and disruption are contained, protect the areas not under construction, and secure the site at the end of each day.
We investigate upfront and allow for likely unknowns. Anything genuinely unforeseen is raised with you straight away, with costed options.
Yes. We managed the restoration of the heritage listed Halse Lodge in Noosa Heads, which was featured in Vogue Living in January 2025.
Only as part of a wider renovation. We focus on whole home and major structural work.
Yes. Master Builders Association member, QBCC licence 15455661, ABN 71 675 028 181, fully insured.
Service areas
Noosa Heads, Sunshine Beach, Marcus Beach, Peregian Beach, Coolum Beach, Marcoola, Eumundi, Cooroy, Pomona, Doonan.
Related Services
Home Extensions, Custom Home Builds
Let’s talk about your renovation
Tell us about your home and what you want to change, and we will walk you through what is involved.