Nick began his carpentry apprenticeship in 1988, during this time he gained a wide range of aspects of carpentry, including commercial shop fit outs to domestic builds. Nick was lucky to have good role models and teachers during this time helping to form the knowledgeable & authentic person he is today.

At age 26 Nick completed further studies to gain his Domestic Unlimited & Commercial Builders registration.

Nick has a high integrity for the industry and all that he does. He has been involved with the HIA Housing Industry Association Awards since 2009 and enjoys the part he takes in this role. Nick is very passionate about high quality workmanship and is very proud of all of the homes we have created for our clients.

Outside of work, Nick loves family life, camping particularly in the Outback, 4 wheel driving, drinking coffee and his Harley being his pride & joy and doesn’t shy away from an episode or two of Outback Truckers.

Nick is a kind and compassionate person, who is genuinely interested in everyone he meets, he is very well respected by his peers in the industry and is always striving for more and to be better within himself and business.

Sam commenced is apprenticeship with us in 2015 as a quiet and shy Ford loving young man. Sam is now a qualified carpenter and is still growing and learning as he begins to take on some leadership roles and running projects.

Sam loves cars, cars and cars and motorsport and everything about them, oh and did I say Sam loves cars. He has recently constructed the Taj Mahal of kennels for his new pup Keiko. Keiko is one spoilt pup with a fully insulated kennel large enough for a person to get into.

Renee has been working in the building industry for over 20 years, to her credit Renee has won the Housing Industry Association award for Business Partner of the Year, she also has a flair with design & colours which is quite helpful for our clients, especially turning a renovation or new custom build in to the next level of living.

Renee is a big part of the day to day of operations with running the office duties, communicating with sub-contractors & clients.

Bill joined the NPR team in 2018 as a 2nd year apprentice, Bill is certainly the quietest of the bunch, Bill is quiet in his nature and very placid and easy going along with being a very punctual and conscientious.

Bill enjoys footy, basketball and going to the movies and is looking to buy his first house, so very exciting times ahead.

Jase has been with NPR Building Concepts since he began his apprenticeship in 2004, he is now one of our site supervisors and a quality carpenter.

We have loved watch Jase grow from a young quiet ‘Hot Chocolate’ drinking boy into a competent qualified carpenter, running projects and training up and coming apprentices. Jase is hard working & passionate about his job and is a huge part of the NPR team.

Jase loves sport, footy in particular, both playing for local clubs himself and a passionate Hawthorn supporter. He has a beautiful lady in his life and 2 gorgeous young boys who often pop into our office for a visit and a bikkie.

Charlie is our newest member to join our team he began his apprenticeship with us in 2019. Charlie is a passionate Carlton supporter and prides himself on his strong physique, piercing eye’s and good sense of humour.

Charlie certainly has some spunk about him with his cheeky nature but gets on well with all of the boys and is having no troubles adapting to the tradie life.

Lewi joined our team in 2015, shortly after completing his apprenticeship. Lewi is one of our site supervisors and is very passionate about the industry and puts his heart & soul into everything he does. Lewi can’t resist having all the newest tools and gadgets to assist him performing his daily tasks. Coming from Steiner education Lewi is always thinking outside the square.

Lewi enjoys spending time hiking and exploring with the loves of his life, Roo his WY Marana, closely followed by his beautiful wife Jayne and his Ford Ranger.

You have committed to doing your building project, improving your lifestyle for you and your family, so the next question is how much does it cost?

NPR Building Concepts works with you firstly to ascertain your scope of works & budget.

So that your building project is stays within your budget we use our unique 4 stage pricing process to make sure nothing is missed, and the price is accurate. Then we adhere to our word with a fixed price contract (no nasty surprises).  Variations that you want through the project will be priced & sent to you for your approval before any works will begin so you remain in total control of your budget.

Every project is scheduled with time lines to minimize any delay, we also keep you up to date with the progress in our weekly reports so that you are informed at every step of the project, we also have a dedicated site foreman on each project that makes sure the scheduling is adhered too.

Having someone’s trust in any circumstance is important, it is even more important when we are working in your home, as this will be one of the largest single investments you will make in your life, we understand this and recognize the importance of your trust, we are just like you, that is why the people we have working in your home, we have work in ours.

Over the years Nick has produced a 22 point checklist to ensure that our standards are maintained at all times, this is not only for the workman ship but also includes site tidiness & material quality, you can be assured that you are getting the best quality products in the market, every 6 months we review our suppliers quality & service.

This is the key to the entire project, not only communication between you, Nick & the team, but between everybody involved in your project. Over the years we have learnt that the more communication we have the better the outcome, this is one of the reasons why you will receive weekly reports of the progress of the works, also if the site foreman can not answer a question he will follow it up with Nick and get back to you or Nick himself will attend to your query.

We are always striving to give our clients the best building experience possible. Throughout the past several years we have been pushing ourselves & our tradesman to improve, this includes product knowledge, trends, ideas, designs, new materials and all that goes with it within the building industry, Nick believes that this type of thinking will always make for a better building experience.

NPR Building Concepts is committed to looking after the health & safety of not just our team, but also you & your family, site safety is a big priority in the building industry.

When we are working in your home while you are still living there we will take appropriate measures to keep your family safe. If you are not living in your home while the works are been carried out we do ask that you give us a quick bell before coming to site. If the site foreman deems it unsafe for you to enter he will not let you, he may ask you to wait an hour or so whilst they make it safe for you to enter, alternatively he may arrange another time for you to visit.