The Clontarf project has picked up a fair bit of attention over the years, and for good reason.
We’ve pulled together all of its features in one place. A real testament to the quality of the build, the detail, and the vision behind it.
When a home continues to be recognised across the industry, it says a lot about how it was designed and how it was built.
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Progressive Building is proud to be part of the Sustainable Builders Alliance, a group of builders driving real change in our industry. 🌱
It’s made up of people who care deeply about how we build and the impact it leaves behind. For me, that matters. It’s not just about energy ratings or checklists but building homes that are healthy, durable, and sustainable for the long run.
Standing alongside others who share those values reminds me why we do what we do. This is how we move the industry forward, one project at a time.
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POV: You care how your home works, not just how it looks.
Our Undercliffe, Dee Why project brought together performance-focused design and lasting quality, earning it a spot as a 2024 HIA Finalist (Outdoor Project category). 🙌🏻
Built for real life, not just the photos.
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Roof battens are going on, and we're taking the time to properly wrap and tape the joints along the curved wall.
We're also sealing the top of the parapet walls with Adhero, locking in a completely airtight and watertight envelope.
It’s tedious detailing, but this is the building physics that keeps the structure sound and the family inside completely comfortable.
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We seal our homes tight. Very tight.
When you stop uncontrolled air from leaking through gaps in the floors and walls, you take control of the environment inside. But when a house is airtight, you have to ventilate it properly.
That’s why we use mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (HRV). It constantly extracts the stale, moist air from bathrooms and kitchens, and pumps fresh, filtered air into the bedrooms and living areas—without losing the heat.
It means the kids are breathing clean, filtered air all night.
It’s a non-negotiable for us.
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Solid push at Washington!
The roof framing is officially complete.
We’ve also got the wall wrap about 70% done.
This membrane is the critical layer that stops the outside weather from dictating the inside temperature, keeping the future home dry and comfortable.
Up top, we wrapped the box gutters and sumps in Pro Clima to make sure the water management is completely dialled in.
Inside, it’s all about setting up the trades.
We dug the drainage trenches, installed the backing blocks and noggins, and got the plumbing rough-in started.
When you prepare the site properly and support your trades, you get a much better result.
Getting the fundamentals right!
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Sustainability is another word that gets thrown around too easily. Slapping solar panels on a house that leaks air like a sieve isn't sustainable.
For us, true sustainability starts with the structure. It means building a house that requires almost zero energy to heat or cool.
More importantly, it means building it well enough that it won't rot, warp, or need to be torn down in twenty years. If you build it once and build it properly, that is the most sustainable thing you can do
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Most people don't know if their home is actually healthy or not.
They've just accepted that Australian houses are freezing in winter and boiling in summer. The signs of a sick house are usually right in front of you.
If you wake up on a cold May morning and there is condensation pooling on the inside of your bedroom windows, your house has a moisture problem.
If certain rooms always feel stuffy, or you have to wear a jacket inside during winter, the building envelope is failing you. A home shouldn't make you work this hard just to stay comfortable.
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“Healthy home” has become a bit of a buzzword lately. But it has nothing to do with aesthetics or marketing. It comes down to basic building physics.
A healthy home is simply a structure that manages air, moisture, and temperature properly.
It means the internal environment is entirely separated from the weather outside. No drafts, no wild temperature swings, and no stale air. It requires continuous insulation, an airtight envelope, and mechanical ventilation to bring fresh air in.
It’s not magic. It’s just building the way we should have been building all along.
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Project update | Washington Ave
We’re currently at the framing stage on this one, building an architectural outbuilding for separate living.
This site has involved tight access, detailed excavation through rock, and working through some complex architectural elements as we go.
That’s a normal part of builds like this. Every site brings its own conditions, and it’s about working through them properly to get the right result.
Pushing through steadily now, with a July ETA 📌
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Lest we forget.
Today, we take a moment to pause and remember those who served and sacrificed.
Grateful for their courage, then and now.
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A lot of what makes a house feel solid happens long before the finishes go on.
If you want timber to sit straight and masonry to stay crack-free years down the line, you have to sweat the millimetres on the frame.
It takes time to get the setup perfect.
But if you rush the fundamentals, you'll be fixing it later.
We prefer to build it once and build it well.
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