We build a small number of custom homes each year across Melbourne — measured, engineered, and finished without noise. Restraint is the luxury.
A builder that works like a drawing office: every joint detailed, every cost itemised, nothing left to the site to invent.
Stratum was founded to close the gap between the architect's intent and what actually gets built. We run a single, senior team — no rotating subcontractor cast — and we read drawings the way the designer drew them.
The result is quiet: square reveals, flush thresholds, honest materials left to speak for themselves. We take on a deliberately small number of homes a year so each one gets the attention a custom build deserves.
Ground-up homes from architect's drawings, delivered as a single fixed-price contract with no surprises mid-build.
Additions that read as one continuous idea with the original house — matched lines, matched tolerances.
Reworking older Melbourne homes back to a clean, considered plan without losing what made them worth keeping.
Constructability review, detailed estimating and a build programme produced before a single trade is booked.
In-house detailing of cabinetry, stairs and stone so the finishing carpentry holds the same tolerances as the frame.
For clients with their own architect, we build to the documents and protect the design through to handover.
