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The Finishing Touch: Choosing the Right Tapware for Your New Home
Building a home that reflects your family and your personal style comes with a host of design decisions. While it may seem like one of the smaller elements of a house, tapware is important for both design and function. The right tapware can help shape the style of your space and influence other design choices as your build progresses. In fact, tapware is often the finishing touch that truly ties a room together. We’ve teamed up with Alder Tapware for some tips on selecting the perfect tapware and accessories for your new build. Plan early The first step is ...
Choosing the right finishes for your design
Interior design is central to making your home feel like it’s truly yours, whether you’re building a rustic farmhouse retreat or leaning into a more modern look. Tapware is often considered a smaller design choice, but it can be just as important as tiles or benchtops. In fact, ...
Healthy homes start with pure water
At The Rural Building Co., we believe a home should enrich the lives of the people who live there. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Complete Home Filtration, Australia’s most awarded whole-of-home water filtration company. Together, we’re making it easier for our clients to experience ...
A home at one with its surroundings
Taking its name from the picturesque town it sits in, The Darlington Display is the quintessential Australian farmhouse, reimagined for today’s modern family. This is a home that somehow manages to sit effortlessly in its picturesque surroundings; The Darlington Display looks as though it has grown and blossomed, rather ...
Rural reimagined
Tingle View, a project by The Rural Building Company in Western Australia, is as timelessly elegant as it is inviting. Housing takes a deep dive into 2024’s winning HIA Australian Project Home. In the township of Gidgegannup, 40km northeast of Perth, the local scenery is a mix of unspoilt native ...
We understand waterwise homes
Embracing sustainable building at The Rural Building Co. Out of respect for the local environment, we understand and embrace sustainable building. You can trust our expert team to design and build you a home that is completely at one with its natural environment, with as little impact as possible. We ...
Gelorup Retreat Takes Gold at Housing Awards
Modern country retreat The Rural Building Co.’s Gelorup Retreat Display took out two prestigious accolades at this year’s HIA-CSR South-West Housing Awards. Our modern country retreat – which blends rustic charm with modern elegance – won Best Display Home Over $700,000, and the Golden Key Award for South West Display Home ...
Welcome to The Gelorup Retreat
Blending rustic charm with modern elegance The Gelorup Retreat is our inspiring new display home in the South West. Designed to suit a rural or semi-rural setting, the unique elevation showcases exposed timber rafters, timber panelling, sharp render, and a contemporary profiled roof. The Gelorup Retreat’s welcoming façade ...
Design discoveries await the curious mind
For The Rural Building Company Principal Designer Robert Kirkovski, his love of architecture stemmed from daily childhood adventures – strolling the streets of Mount Lawley on the way home from school. “Instead of taking the same route, I’d mix it up, exploring different streets around the inner city and admiring ...
The Rural Building Company Triumphs at 2024 Australian Housing Awards
Distinctive Rural home designs The Rural Building Company has been awarded the prestigious title of Australian Project Home at the 2024 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards for their remarkable custom home project in Gidgegannup, Western Australia. This accolade highlights the company's commitment to excellence in residential construction and innovative design tailored to ...
Modern Country House Design: Blending Classic Rural with Contemporary Elements.
Comfortable elegance and natural elements Demonstrating The Rural Building Company’s nous for holistic homebuilding, this custom country house design and build encapsulates the ethos of the client’s lifestyle aspirations. The Rural Building Company Principal Designer Robert Kirkovski said the brief was to create an escapist retreat to embrace ...
Add a splash of colour and a cup of originality
Enhance the importance of a room At the heart of the home lies the bustling kitchen, where meals, moments and memories are created. What better way to reflect the vibrancy of a dinner party or games night than by injecting bold and happy colours into the space? The Rural Building ...
Building smarter to keep property and surrounds fire safe
Be prepared for bushfire season December marks the start of bushfire season in Western Australia, a time when property owners need to be extra vigilant to the risks associated with hot, dry and windy conditions. To lessen the risks in bushfire prone areas, WA builders are employing clever designs to ...
Video Library
Looking for home design inspiration? Our display home videos make choosing your new home even easier. Take a virtual walk through our range of display homes from the comfort of your home at a time convenient to you.
We have included a comprehensive range of videos that will delight your new home aspirations. You’ll find the latest design trends and styles suited to rural locations across Western Australia. From rustic rural retreats to classic country hideaways, you’ll be spoilt for choice.
We understand that for many of our clients, living in the country means you simply can’t get to a display home. What are you waiting for? View our video display home tours below and get your new home building journey underway.
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A study in contrast and texture. The Gelorup Retreat ensuite showcases bold tiling, full height for maximum impact, softened by the sculptural form of a freestanding bath. It`s a balance of statement design and serene living.
📍4 Olearia Court, Gelorup
🕙Wednesday 2pm-5pm, and Saturday, & Sunday 12pm-5pm
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In idyllic Pink Lake, you`ll find this pared-back farmhouse making a bold architectural statement on an expansive rural block.
It`s easy to see why this striking home was a finalist in the 2025 HIA Great Southern Housing Awards, in the category of Project Home Over $450,000.
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Dream landscapes and endless skies in Lower Chittering - we love building here.
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Here`s to a long weekend packed with family, sunshine, and very few plans. Enjoy ☀️
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No one knows our Darlington display quite like design manager Rob Kirkovski. Let him show you around this very special home, nestled in the Perth hills. Then, why not come and visit over the long weekend?
📍 81 Darlington Road, Darlington, WA 6070
🕙 Public holiday Monday, 12pm-5pm, Wednesday 2pm-5pm, and Saturday & Sunday 12pm-5pm
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Spring in the Avon Valley makes you pause and take it all in. The paddocks are green, wildflowers are out, and the days feel a little longer. It’s a great reminder of why so many people choose to build and live here: space, fresh air and a real sense of community.
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In Oldbury, this farmhouse is built to embrace life in the Australian countryside.
With generous space both indoors and out, the family has ample room to gather and entertain throughout the year, while enjoying the scenic outlook.
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With its soaring ceilings and expansive windows, The Gelorup Retreat has an intrinsic connection to the surrounding landscape. Views are invited in, and living areas effortlessly open to the outside.
This beautiful home is open this weekend; we`d love to show you around.
📍 4 Olearia Court, Gelorup
🕙 Wednesday 2pm-5pm, and Saturday, & Sunday 12pm-5pm
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