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Custom homes · Nowra and the Shoalhaven
Custom Home Builders in Nowra
A home designed for your block and your household, not a catalogue plan, with 3D renderings before it is built and a detailed fixed price before you sign.
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Takes 30 seconds. Keiron Moore, the builder, does the site assessment himself.
- Built in Huskisson: the CKS Projects duplex on Jervis Bay
- NSW Contractor Licence 258735C (CKS Projects)
- 2026 MBA NSW award winner (Wombarra Clifftops)
Pictured: the rear of the Huskisson Duplex, Huskisson NSW, built by CKS Projects.
Custom, not catalogue
Custom Homes in the Shoalhaven, in Brief
A custom home is drawn for one site and one household. On Shoalhaven land that usually means designing around bushland, sea breezes, a river view or a slope, rather than clearing the site to fit a standard plan.
It can go on a vacant lot or replace the house you have as a knockdown rebuild.
| Builder | CKS Projects, trading as Nowra Builders. NSW Contractor Licence 258735C |
|---|---|
| Design | Your designer, or a CKS Projects design partner, working from a detailed brief |
| See it first | 3D renderings and a virtual walk-through before building |
| Selections | Kitchen designers, colour consultants and flooring specialists |
| During the build | Site meetings, plus an online client portal with the schedule and site photos |
| Contract | A detailed fixed-price tender before any contract is signed |
Custom or catalogue?
Where the Two Part Ways
Both finish with a new house. The difference is where the design comes from and who you deal with.
| Catalogue home | Custom home | |
|---|---|---|
| The plan | Chosen from a range, adjusted at the edges | Designed for your household and site |
| The land | The site is prepared to suit the plan | The plan follows slope, aspect, bush and views |
| Who you deal with | A sales consultant, then a supervisor | The builder: Keiron Moore does the site assessment |
| Price | Base price plus site costs and upgrades | The whole scope in a fixed-price tender |
How it runs
From Brief to Keys
Six steps, one team and one contract.
Keiron walks the block
Slope, access, soil, aspect, existing services, and the overlays on the lot, from bushfire and flood mapping to coastal controls, all of which shape the approval pathway with Shoalhaven City Council.
Design
A design for your land and the way you live, with 3D renderings and a virtual walk-through so the layout is checked before anything is built.
Documents and fixed price
Working drawings, engineering, BASIX and any bushfire report prepared together, then a detailed fixed-price tender before a contract is signed.
Approval
A complying development certificate from a certifier or council where the site qualifies, or a development application to Shoalhaven City Council, managed through to determination.
Build and handover
Built by the CKS Projects team and its trades, with regular site meetings and an online client portal showing the schedule and the latest site photos.
Got land, or a house you'd replace? Talk the ideas through with the builder.
Homes by our team
Designed for Their Sites
Three CKS Projects homes, each shaped by a very different block.
Huskisson Duplex
Monochrome interiors with polished concrete, a suspended black fireplace and glazing to the pool and bush.
See Huskisson Duplex on cksprojects.com.au
Railway Austinmer
A two-storey home designed on thermal mass and solar passive principles, with double glazing, skylights, and solar with battery storage.
See Railway Austinmer on cksprojects.com.au
Sandhurst Bulli
A three-level home around a palm-filled courtyard, with timber ceilings and polished concrete through the living areas.
See Sandhurst Bulli on cksprojects.com.auWhere these homes are. The Huskisson Duplex is on Jervis Bay, in the Shoalhaven. The other homes shown here were built by CKS Projects in the Illawarra, and every photo keeps its real location. We only show work CKS Projects has published.
Who builds your home
The Builder Behind Nowra Builders
Nowra Builders is the business name CKS Projects uses for its work in the Shoalhaven. CKS Projects is a boutique residential builder from Unanderra, Wollongong, and it built the Huskisson Duplex on Jervis Bay. It doesn't sell catalogue plans: each home is designed for its block.
Managing Director Keiron Moore has more than 25 years in residential building and does the site assessments himself, so the person who looks at your block is the person accountable for the build. Design, approval and construction sit under one fixed-price contract.
Read more about Nowra Builders and Keiron Moore, or check the licence on the NSW licence register.
| Business | Nowra Builders, 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 | Nowra-Bomaderry and the northern Shoalhaven, from Berry to Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin |
| Phone | 02 4271 5132 |
Where we build
Custom Homes Across the Shoalhaven
Nowra Builders takes on work across the northern Shoalhaven, from Berry and Shoalhaven Heads through Nowra-Bomaderry to Jervis Bay and St Georges Basin. Our office is CKS Projects' office in Unanderra, and 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.
Shoalhaven City Council
- Nowra
- North Nowra
- South Nowra
- West Nowra
- Worrigee
- Bomaderry
- Cambewarra
- Berry
- Shoalhaven Heads
- Culburra Beach
- Greenwell Point
- Callala Bay
- Callala Beach
- Huskisson
- Vincentia
- Woollamia
- Sanctuary Point
- St Georges Basin
- Basin View
- Erowal Bay
Common questions
Custom Home FAQs
What makes a home custom?
It is designed for one household and one block, rather than picked from a catalogue and adjusted. The plan starts from your land, its slope, aspect, bushland and views, and from how you live.
Do you have display homes or set designs?
No. CKS Projects is a boutique builder with no catalogue and no display village. Keiron Moore does the site assessments, and every design is drawn for its site, which matters most on sloping, coastal and bushfire prone land.
Can I see the design before it is built?
Yes. You see it as 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 bring my own designer?
Yes. The Huskisson Duplex was designed by Duplex Building Design and built by CKS Projects, a good example of designer and builder working together. CKS Projects can also introduce its design partners.
How do I follow the build?
Through regular site meetings and an online client portal showing the schedule and the latest site photos.
What does a custom home cost?
We don't publish square-metre rates, because the land and the brief set the number: slope and soil, access, bushfire rating, storeys, roof form, glazing and finish. You receive a detailed fixed-price tender before any contract is signed.
Ready to design?
Start With a Free Discovery Call
Tell us about the land, the brief and the budget. You'll get an honest view of what the site can take and how design and the fixed-price tender work.
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