Builder Curves A Signature in Steel

Steel curves have become a signature in homes by a multi award winning Sunshine Coast builder whose designs are increasingly being sought after by young home buyers.

Style-Line Building has received the Queensland Housing Industry Association's Most Innovative Use of Steel award for its latest home where curves are again the dominant features.

Style-Line principal Graeme Walters said the use of COLORBOND® steel for Roofing and the ability to create curved roofscapes and walls had become a signature in all his homes.

"Young people definitely prefer this contemporary look over conventional brick and tile," said Mr Walters.

"The curved look is also repeated internally with eye catching lines inside the home to the walls and ceilings - there is hardly a straight wall in this home.

"One of our hallmarks is the 'tank look' near the entrance to the home - a curved wall finished externally in ZINCALUME® steel for Walling."

The home at Buderim on Queensland's Sunshine Coast features opposing curves on the two main roofs, with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and cantilevered external decks which are tied back to the main structure with steel rods.

Attention to detailing includes specially fabricated steel flashings to finish the wall cladding in ZINCALUME® steel and the roof cladding in COLORBOND® steel.

The HIA judges complimented partner Ros Walters' use of colour and curved steel in the design, which they said signified and magnified the character of the home.

Graeme Walters said that since the Sydney hailstorm in 1999 he had decided to use only steel roofing on all his new homes.

"I have never had one leak in a roof made from COLORBOND® steel - and as a builder I can never give a better recommendation for a roof than that," he said.

"Younger home buyers are absolutely sick to death of the traditional project homes.

"However, by using steel we can achieve a contemporary style of home at the same price."

For Further Information Please Contact:
Graeme & Ros Walters
Style-Line Building
18 Whitehaven Drive, Buderim, Qld 4556.
Ph: 07 5479 1701