“We give clients really high quality homes, and just as importantly, we give them certainty,” says Grant Downie, owner and founding director. “Clients really enjoy that. They enjoy not having to worry about their budget blowing out or when it’s going to be built.” Grant started Lifespaces Group along with fellow owner and director Simon Babb. Together, the two of them have over 40 years’ experience working in the premium building industry. Over the course of the careers, they have earned extensive experience in every facet of building, and they worked with some of Australia’s most established building groups. In those roles, they were able to recognize where the industry was not meeting the needs of the market. “We used to do a lot of high end projects where an architect would send out the design, three or four builders would tender it, and the winning bidder gets the project,” Grant recalls. “We did that for about 10 years, but we saw that there were somemajor flaws with that process. Clients would get really frustrated. The timeframes and budgets would often blow out. Five years ago, Grant and Simon started Lifespaces Group with the goal of doing things in a way that provided more certainty upfront for clients. “Our business model is we THE CONSTRUC T I ON SOURCE AUSTRAL I A “We give clients really high quality homes, and just as importantly, we give them certainty,” says Grant Downie, owner and founding director. “Clients really enjoy that. They enjoy not having to worry about how much their home is going to cost or when it’s going to be built.”
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