Where we build
Prestige Living builds across Melbourne's east and south-east, through the Yarra Ranges, down the Mornington Peninsula and out into regional Victoria. We're based in Kilsyth South, and wherever your block is, the build works the same way — our own trades, six inspected stages, and quality control monitored daily.
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Every council has its own rules about where a second dwelling can sit, how large it can be, and whether a planning permit is needed on top of a building permit. Find your area below, or send us your address and we'll tell you which pathway applies to your block before you spend anything.
Established blocks, mature trees, older titles and neighbours close enough that setbacks and overlooking rules genuinely bite.
This is where Katana has worked since 2003.
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City of Boroondara — Balwyn, Balwyn North, Camberwell, Canterbury, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Hawthorn, Kew, Kew East, Mont Albert, Surrey Hills
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City of Monash — Ashwood, Burwood, Chadstone, Clayton, Glen Waverley, Hughesdale, Huntingdale, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Notting Hill, Oakleigh, Wheelers Hill
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City of Whitehorse — Blackburn, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Burwood East, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Nunawading, Vermont
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City of Manningham — Bulleen, Doncaster, Doncaster East, Donvale, Park Orchards, Templestowe, Templestowe Lower, Warrandyte, Wonga Park
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City of Knox — Bayswater, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Knoxfield, Lysterfield, Rowville, Scoresby, The Basin, Wantirna, Wantirna South
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City of Maroondah — Croydon, Croydon Hills, Heathmont, Kilsyth, Ringwood, Ringwood East, Ringwood North, Warranwood
The Yarra Ranges
Sloping blocks, reactive soils and bushfire overlays are normal here rather than exceptional.
Our footing design handles ground that stops a conventional slab-on-ground build.
Shire of Yarra Ranges — Belgrave, Chirnside Park, Healesville, Kilsyth South, Lilydale, Montrose, Mooroolbark, Mount Evelyn, Olinda, Sassafras, Seville, Tecoma, Upwey, Wandin North, Yarra Glen
Melbourne's south-east
Newer, more regular blocks and a simpler planning pathway — but covenants and estate design guidelines are common, and they're often stricter about a second dwelling than council is.
City of Casey — Berwick, Clyde, Clyde North, Cranbourne, Doveton, Endeavour Hills, Hallam, Hampton Park, Lynbrook, Lyndhurst, Narre Warren
Shire of Cardinia — Beaconsfield, Bunyip, Cockatoo, Emerald, Garfield, Gembrook, Koo Wee Rup, Officer, Pakenham
City of Frankston — Carrum Downs, Frankston, Frankston South, Langwarrin, Sandhurst, Seaford, Skye
Bushfire and significant landscape overlays, land capability assessments and patchy sewer coverage shape what can be built and what it costs. Several of our designs carry Peninsula names because that's where they were built.
Mornington Peninsula Shire — Balnarring, Bittern, Blairgowrie, Capel Sound, Crib Point, Dromana, Flinders, Hastings, McCrae, Merricks, Mornington, Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Point Leo, Portsea, Red Hill, Rosebud, Rye, Safety Beach, Shoreham, Somers, Somerville, Sorrento, St Andrews Beach, Tootgarook, Tyabb
Regional Victoria
We build beyond Melbourne, and the model doesn't change when we do — our own trades, the same six inspected stages, the same daily quality control. Travel is priced into the proposal up front rather than appearing later.
Central Victoria — Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Kyneton, Daylesford, Woodend
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Goulburn Valley and the North — Shepparton, Echuca, Seymour, Kilmore, Benalla, Wangaratta
Gippsland — Warragul, Drouin, Traralgon, Morwell, Moe, Sale, Bairnsdale, Leongatha, Wonthaggi, Inverloch, Venus Bay
Surf Coast and Geelong — Geelong, Torquay, Anglesea, Lorne, Winchelsea
Not sure if we build in your area?
Ask. If your property sits outside the areas listed here, it's worth a conversation rather than an assumption — particularly in regional Victoria, where the answer depends on the project as much as the postcode.
Send us your address and we'll run a desktop check: title, overlays, easements and which permit pathway your council will want. It costs nothing, there's no obligation, and you'll get a straight answer about what your block can take.