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Custom homes · Sutherland Shire
Custom Home Builders in the Sutherland Shire
A new home designed for your block and the way you live, checked in 3D before it is built and priced in a detailed fixed-price tender before you sign.
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30 seconds to fill in. The builder, Keiron Moore, assesses every site himself.
- 2026 MBA NSW award winner (Wombarra Clifftops, a knockdown rebuild)
- NSW Contractor Licence 258735C (CKS Projects)
- Fixed-price tender before you sign, no provisional sums
Pictured: Railway Austinmer in Austinmer, NSW, a new home built by CKS Projects.
Custom, explained
Custom Homes, the Short Version
A custom home is drawn for one block and one household. In the Shire that often means designing for a fall to the water, a bushland edge or a narrow rail-line lot, instead of levelling the site for a standard plan.
It can go on vacant land, or replace the house you have as a knockdown rebuild.
| Builder | CKS Projects, trading as Builders Sutherland Shire. NSW Contractor Licence 258735C |
|---|---|
| Design | Your architect or designer, or a CKS Projects design partner |
| See it first | 3D renderings and a virtual walk-through |
| Selections | Kitchen designers, colour consultants and flooring specialists |
| During the build | Site meetings and an online client portal with the schedule and site photos |
| Contract | A detailed fixed-price tender before any contract is signed |
Custom or project home?
Side by Side
Both end with a new house. The route there is different.
| Project home | Custom home | |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | From a range, adjusted at the edges | Designed for your household and block |
| Site | Prepared to suit the plan | The plan follows the slope, light and views |
| Contact | Sales consultant, then supervisor | The builder, from the first site visit |
| Price | Base price plus site costs and upgrades | Whole scope in a fixed-price tender |
The process
From Brief to Handover
Six steps, one team, one contract.
Site visit
Keiron Moore inspects the lot: fall, access, soil, orientation, services, and the overlays on the planning certificate that decide whether it goes to Sutherland Shire Council or a certifier.
Design
Plans developed for the site and your household, with 3D renderings and a virtual walk-through to check the layout before anything is built.
Price
Working drawings, engineering and BASIX as one package, then a detailed fixed-price tender before a contract is signed.
Approval
A complying development certificate from a certifier or council where the lot qualifies, or a development application to Sutherland Shire Council, managed to determination.
Build
The CKS Projects team and its trades build it, with regular site meetings and an online client portal showing the schedule and the latest site photos.
Have land, or a house you'd replace? Talk it through with the builder.
CKS Projects new homes
Each One Designed for Its Block
Three new homes on three very different sites.
Railway Austinmer
Thermal mass and solar passive design, large double-glazed windows, skylights, and solar with battery storage.
See Railway Austinmer on cksprojects.com.au
Sandhurst Bulli
A white three-level home around a palm-filled courtyard, with timber ceilings and polished concrete.
See Sandhurst Bulli on cksprojects.com.au
The Barn Woonona
A barn-style home of three cantilevered levels on a very steep escarpment block, built to BAL-40.
See The Barn Woonona on cksprojects.com.auWhere these homes are. Every project on this site was built by CKS Projects in the Illawarra or on the South Coast, and each photo is labelled with its real location. The nearest to the Shire are Wombarra and Coledale, in northern Wollongong. We don't claim Shire projects we haven't published.
Who builds your home
Who Is Behind Builders Sutherland Shire
Builders Sutherland Shire is a business name of CKS Projects, a boutique residential builder based in Unanderra, Wollongong. CKS Projects isn't a volume builder and has no display homes: each house it builds is designed for its own block.
Its Managing Director, Keiron Moore, has more than 25 years in residential building and assesses every site himself. You deal with the builder from the first visit, and one team carries design, approval and construction under one fixed-price contract.
Read more about Builders Sutherland Shire and Keiron Moore, or check the licence on the NSW licence register.
| Business | Builders Sutherland Shire, a registered business name of CKS Projects Aust Pty Ltd |
|---|---|
| Builder | CKS Projects. Managing Director Keiron Moore, 25+ years in residential building. NSW Qualified Supervisor Certificate 69005S |
| NSW Contractor Licence | 258735C (Builder) |
| Award | Winner, Contract Homes $1.9M–$2M, 2026 MBA NSW Southern Regions Excellence in Building Awards (Wombarra Clifftops) |
| Memberships | Master Builders Association of NSW · Association of Professional Builders |
| Office | Unit 45/7 Waynote Place, Unanderra NSW 2526 Mon–Fri 8:00am–4:30pm, by appointment |
| Service area | Sutherland Shire: 34 suburbs from Kurnell and Cronulla to Menai, Engadine and Heathcote |
| Phone | 02 4271 5132 |
Where we build
Custom Homes Across the Shire
Builders Sutherland Shire works across the Sutherland Shire local government area, from Kurnell and Cronulla to Menai, Engadine and Heathcote. We are a Wollongong builder with no Shire office: Keiron Moore comes to your block for the site assessment. See how the councils and conditions change from suburb to suburb on the service areas page.
Sutherland Shire Council
- Cronulla
- Woolooware
- Kurnell
- Caringbah
- Taren Point
- Caringbah South
- Burraneer
- Dolans Bay
- Lilli Pilli
- Yowie Bay
- Gymea Bay
- Miranda
- Gymea
- Kirrawee
- Sutherland
- Jannali
- Kareela
- Loftus
- Como
- Oyster Bay
- Bonnet Bay
- Sylvania
- Sylvania Waters
- Illawong
- Menai
- Alfords Point
- Bangor
- Barden Ridge
- Woronora
- Woronora Heights
- Engadine
- Heathcote
- Yarrawarrah
- Grays Point
Common questions
Custom Home Questions
What do I get with a custom home that I don't with a project home?
A plan drawn for your household and your block, rather than one picked from a range and adjusted. It responds to the slope, orientation, views and light of the site, and you deal with the builder, not a sales consultant.
Do you have display homes?
No display village and no catalogue. CKS Projects is a boutique builder, and Keiron Moore assesses each site himself before design starts.
Can I see it before it's built?
Yes: 3D renderings and a virtual walk-through, so layout, room sizes and details are checked first. Kitchen designers, colour consultants and flooring specialists help with selections.
Can I use my own architect?
Yes. CKS Projects builds from a client's architect or designer, or introduces its own design partners, and gets involved early so the design can be built for the budget.
What does a custom home cost?
We don't quote square-metre rates; the land and the brief set the number, from slope and soil to storeys, glazing and finish. You get a detailed fixed-price tender before any contract is signed.
Ready to design?
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Tell us about the land, the brief and the budget. You'll get a straight view of what the site can take and how design and pricing work.
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