Every home we buildbegan as a single line.
We build architect-designed homes across Sydney's northern beaches, eastern suburbs and the Southern Highlands. One builder and one site manager, from the first survey peg to the day we hand you the keys.
Build Your Dream HomeAbout Halden Ward
We are builders, not architects. For more than twenty-five years we have taken the drawings of Australia's most careful residential architects and built them exactly as drawn, with no quiet substitutions, no value-engineering behind your back and no surprises in the final account.
Michael Halden & Sarah Ward
Directors, Licence 248913C
Selected residences
Six homes from the last four years, each shown as it was drawn and as it stands today. Hover any photograph to see the plan beneath it.
Mosman Point Residence
A-102
Bowral Stone House
A-103
Palm Beach Pavilion
A-104
Vaucluse Courtyard House
A-105
Bilgola Cliff House
A-106Every home above was built under a fixed-price contract and handed over within four weeks of the agreed date. Full project sheets, including specifications and build programmes, are shared at consultation.
Request the full portfolioHow your home is built
Stage 01 of 05
Weeks 0–6
Site and feasibility
We walk your site with your architect before any price exists. Survey, geotechnical testing, council conditions and access are resolved first, so the number we give you holds.
- You receive
- Site and access assessment
- Geotechnical and survey review
- Preliminary cost plan
Months 2–5
Fixed price and foundations
Your architect's drawings are priced line by line into a fixed-price contract. Then excavation, piering and a slab poured and surveyed to within 3 mm of level.
- You receive
- Fixed-price contract, itemised
- Engineer's footing sign-off
- Slab level survey
Months 5–10
Structure
Steel, concrete and frame go up under one site manager, who stays with your home from the first peg to the final key. You get a photo report every fortnight.
- You receive
- Fortnightly photo reports
- Monthly site walk with a director
- Frame and steel certification
Months 10–16
Envelope and services
Roof, glazing, stone and cladding close the house in. Pool shell, plumbing, electrical and automation cabling are installed and tested before a single wall is lined.
- You receive
- Pre-lining walkthrough, photographed
- Services and cabling as-built plans
- Waterproofing certificates
Months 16–22
Fit-out and handover
Joinery, stone and finishes by trades we have worked with for a decade. Then a two-day handover: every system explained, every warranty filed, and twelve months of aftercare.
- You receive
- Two-day handover with your family
- Digital home manual and warranties
- 3, 6 and 12-month maintenance visits
Built to specification, down to the fixings
The rooms that make a house feel expensive are the hardest to build. These are the ones we install ourselves, with the same trades on every home.
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Kitchen island and tall joinery, axonometric
Chosen by the architects who draw them
We don't design homes. We join your architect and interior designer early, price the drawings honestly, and catch buildability problems while they are still lines on paper.
| Practice | Discipline | Homes built together | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coble Ferris Architects | Residential architecture | 07 | 2011 |
| Studio Maren | Interior design | 09 | 2012 |
| Strand & Oake | Residential architecture | 05 | 2014 |
| Tarrant Lee Landscape | Landscape architecture | 08 | 2010 |
| Winsome Pratt Interiors | Interior design | 06 | 2015 |
| Pellow Mercer Architecture | Architecture and heritage | 04 | 2016 |
What clients and architects say
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Build Your Dream Home
Every Halden Ward home begins with a 90-minute consultation with a director, on your site or at our Mona Vale studio. Bring drawings, a sketch, or nothing at all.
- 01We call within one business day to book a time that suits you.
- 02A director walks your site with you, and your architect if you have one.
- 03Within two weeks you receive a written feasibility note covering budget range, programme and risks.