We are hiring! Graduate & Undergraduate Positions Available
Graduate & Undergradate Roles
Work with the best, to take you from Undergraduate/Graduate to Project Manager of one of Melbourne's most iconic builders!
Easton is a privately owned Australian Construction Company. Operating across the High-End Residential, Retail and Commercial space with bespoke projects ranging in value from $1 - $30M.
With a proud history of achievement, including working on iconic projects such as Tiffany & Co, Hermes, Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani and Bondi Icebergs. Easton won the prestigious “Master Builder of the Year” title in 2021 for Residential home “Novus” in Toorak.
The aim of our graduate programme is to provide opportunities to join Easton and develop practical skills – with the view to become a high performing member of the team.
A graduate program is a formal, three-year development course. If completed successfully, the graduate becomes a Contract Administrator, a precursor to a Project Management position.
Prerequisites:
Graduates must have successfully completed a tertiary-level qualification in a construction -related discipline at a recognised Australian, government accredited university.
Graduates will be given broad experience in commercial, residential and retail construction while developing skills in:
Estimating
Quality Assurance
Safety
Document Control
Site Co-ordination
Contract Administration
The program provides graduates with practical experience and genuine responsibility through:
Hands-on experience
Feedback via performance indicators and formal quarterly reviews
In-house training programmes
External training programmes
Graduates will be allocated responsibilities within areas of the office according to business need. Learning will be based on ‘experiences’ including potential for involvement on site and other activities such as:
Project control group meetings
Programming
Architects’ instructions / Request for information
Purchase Orders
During this time the graduate will report to the relevant manager. To complete the programme successfully, the graduate must demonstrate aptitude in each of the skills identified on their register and have this validated by their Project Manager.
Work Environment
We are recruiting for a graduate position 2-3 days with majority of work completed at our office at 559 High Street Kew East and relevant building sites across Melbourne.
What we can offer you
Supportive Culture: Thrive in a nurturing team environment that values both collective and individual achievements. We are small but mighty team of 15
Prestigious Projects: Work on the most enviable projects gaining a deep understanding of how to deliver precision details and meticulous standards
Premium Work Environment: Work from our Head Office and shared state of the art Co-Working space, Easton Co Lab
Prerequisites:
Graduates must have successfully completed a tertiary-level qualification in a construction -related discipline at a recognised Australian, government accredited university. Undergraduates are still completing this same qualification. We are specifically seeking construction students from RMIT and Melbourne University due to the high calibre of these courses.
If you think you’ve got what it takes to learn from the best and become the best – please send a cover letter, CV and academic transcripts to us at: jessica@easton.co
Square Peg Office Fitout, Cremorne
Square Peg Capital are a Venture Capital Fund that “empower the exceptional” in Australia, Israel and Southeast Asia. Providing both financial backing and collaborative support and leadership to some of the world’s most exceptional talent.
Our clients wanted to be in the official heart of tech startups, Cremorne, a suburb which was named in 2020 as a center for innovation, technology, and high-skilled jobs. Already home to four of Australia’s tech “unicorns” including MYOB, REA Group, Carsales and Seek, Square Peg is right at home in this Global Innovation Precinct.
The building itself is a 380m2 warehouse on a small block just off Church Street. Previously used as a totally open warehouse shell with large roller doors and an expansive open interior with a few small private offices.
Our brief was to transform the building into a stylish creative space which is both professional and flexible, with access to excellent technology and amenities. We needed to create an open plan office environment for concentrated working, alongside more intimate spaces for meetings or phone calls and a high-tech room with AV facilities to enable our client to regularly keep in contact with their contacts all over the world.
Upon entering you are greeted by crisp white brickwork, warm timber joinery and bursts of green in the décor. An open sitting area with a custom joinery piece is central to the entrance area and the wall is adorned with an honor roll of startups that Square Peg has had a hand in growing.
Beyond the joinery lies open plan desks and floor to ceiling factory style windows which have an operable and traditional factory style roller door. A brand new kitchen draws you in with its deep green cabinetry and show-stopper island benchtop. The Da Vinci marble benchtop has a rich green vein running through it, which beautifully complements the adjacent joinery units. Due to the size of the benchtop, we required two separate slabs of stone which were hand selected and purchased. Pazzi Marble have been able to perfectly ‘book match’ both slabs to make it look like one piece of stone.
At the other end of the open space is a large timber box-like structure which houses the Conference Room. This room features sheer drapes and sliding doors to create a calm and more private space. All the furniture and colours throughout were expertly selected by designers SJB, who worked with the client using their existing art collection as inspiration for the color scheme.
A major challenge with this build was bringing in services to where we needed them but doing so in a way that was as hidden as possible due to the open plan layout. We decided to install timber cladded service trays, which enabled us to run all cabling and pipework to its desired location without having any impact on aesthetics or design intent.
The toilets were given a full refresh and a small windowless room originally dubbed the dungeon has now been given a full refurbishment with acoustic treatment to serve as a private phone booth or quiet creative space. The outdoor area doubles as a private carpark and sunny courtyard, both securely positioned behind a large architectural gate, perfect for an afternoon BBQ or staff celebration.
Easton Team: Brodie Easton, Jay Canterbury, Daniel Treloar and Murray Smith.
Design: SJB – Andrew Parr, Luke Stokes.
Delatite Winery Cellar Door and Dining Room
At the base of the Victorian High Country, ten minutes outside Mansfield, you will find a picturesque plot of land looking upwards to Mt Buller. Equally as glorious a view in both summer and winter, this land has been in the hands of the Ritchie family for three generations.
Gifted some bundles of cuttings from Jim Irvine, a legendary winemaker from South Australia in 1967, Vivenne Ritchie the matriarch of the family popped the cuttings in the vegetable patch and went on with their normal farming activities. Four years later, Vivienne made their first batch of wine, using a small press and a baby’s bath.
Robert and Vivenne Ritchie believed the wine showed promise but were aware in order to make it viable, they were going to need some help. They approached John Brown from Brown Brothers and within the following year their first batch of commercial wine was made. The Ritchie family still own and operate the winery today and are well established amongst the industry.
The client’s brief was to create a functional and beautiful space that allows wine lovers to ’drink in’ the breathtaking views and was a significant step up from the original modest 1980s cellar that the Delatite Winery had now outgrown. The space needed to be appropriate for all seasons, hold a greater capacity of customers whilst ensuring the design and build is of the highest quality and sustainable.
Lucy Clemenger Architects were appointed for their significant sustainability credentials and have done a remarkable job at bringing the brief to life. This project is a real testament to an excellent relationship between client, architects and builder which developed throughout the early project control group meetings and was bolstered by the live-in nature of our Easton project team who resided in Mansfield for the duration of the nine-month construction timeline.
It’s common for clients to have difficulty visualising the result of a project, even with the best visual planning. This can be an uncomfortable experience and something that we as builders try to assist with. Many projects are ‘once in a lifetime’ builds for our clients. It is imperative to us to create something that matches the client’s expectations. Easton were able to provide extensive access to materials and a wide range of fixtures and finish samples to allow our clients the ability to gain a more tactile understanding of how the materials would come together.
A fitting example of this is selecting the brick mortar that would be used extensively throughout the brickwork – by providing color samples and creating a small brickwork test case, the Delatite team could see how the final mortar selection would look against the bricks selected once dry, giving them confidence to make a final decision.
The bricks themselves are a highlight of the project. A product called Timbercrete had caught the eye of Project Architect Lucy Clemenger, who had heard of this product due to its excellent sustainability properties. The Easton team really enjoyed working with this product which is a hybrid blend of natural organic material combined with masonry binders. It combines the structural qualities of masonry with the resilient qualities of timber. Our team found it easy to cut and shape and the final look is unique and exceptionally beautiful - the colour is a sandy mud colour which certainly fit the brief in creating an overall look that tied in with the amazing landscape. Given the timber properties of Timbercrete, the product does require a curing time to reduce any movement. It was ordered ahead of time and sat on site for 3 months prior to use to fully acclimatise to the specific environment it will be used in.
Other sustainability features of this project include extensive solar panels allowing Delatite to be completely gas-free, with an exceedingly small power consumption footprint. Toilets are not connected to sewerage mains and instead use a clever septic system that sees everything return to the earth. The building was carefully oriented towards natural light and the Timbercrete product used for most of the building walls has excellent thermal properties meaning the requirement for heating and cooling is minimised. Every finish, down to the oil applied to all the timber (LO VOC Cutek – a low toxin oil), was carefully considered to have the least environmental impact.
Driving into the winery has a real sense of arrival as you curl through vineyards and up towards an elevated area where the structure of the building stretches out before you as a light-mud-colored brick wall with large timber door that pivots open to reveal your first view of the Victorian Alps.
As you walk through the door, you enter the first courtyard named ‘Vivienne’s courtyard’ where the amenities are accessible to the right and cellar door entrance to your left. Stepping into the cellar door you are greeted by the tasting bar; this is also fondly referred to as the ‘green room’ representing the green grapes used for white wine varieties. Sitting at the bar you can look out towards the glass windows again soaking in the Alpine view with a small wooden deck area.
The Delatite Winery Cellar Door entry
Moving further into the building you are invited in towards a large open fireplace with comfortable chairs and a boxed window seat which perfectly frames the exterior view providing another perspective. In this same area is the ‘museum wall’ a design stroke of genius from Lucy Clemenger which uses the Timbercrete bricks in a vertical pattern creating an almost sawtooth effect and perfectly highlighting some incredible workmanship from the Easton team and let us not forget the wine – which is the real hero here!
Tucked behind the museum wall is the commercial kitchen and a working office space. To the right of the museum wall is the dining room, dubbed the red room, referring to Delatite’s delicious red grapes. It is a very elegant space, made warm by the extensive use of blackbutt timber lining and Timbercrete features internally. The dining room is set back allowing for a deeper deck area which now spills out onto the rolling grass hill beneath and those ever-presenting views.
A stand-out element of this space that is not at all obvious to the eye is the acoustic properties of the space. This was raised by Construction Manager Brodie Easton early in our control group meetings. Brodie realised during construction that the materials selected could create an environment where sound bounced around and so suggested an Acoustic Report be carried out. This resulted in a complex layering of materials on the roof to create an ideal environment where noise and reverberation is kept to a minimum. By spacing out the lining boards in the ceiling (an impressive carpentry feat in itself) this allowed sound to travel through the ceiling and be caught, eliminating any noise reverberating from the tasting bar and dining room.
The layering includes:
· Roof sheet
· Roof trusses
· Insulation
· Double layer of Plasterboard
· Gap Insulation
· Acoustic fabric
· Blackbutt Slats
· Substantial Amount of Caulking
This manner of design allowed the noise to be blocked both ways – from above and below, an acknowledgment that a sense of quiet can have a significant impact on the ambiance of a venue such as this, particularly one that aims to be a serene and relaxing place to visit.
As a builder, we were also able to provide our “Easton standard” of value management. This is something we deeply pride ourselves on and reflects values of honest and relationship-based building advice. We were able to reduce costs in some areas where we value managed the finishes and then providing our clients with the option to instead spend on other high impact areas of the project. For example, we used Blackbutt timber extensively (almost exclusively – aside from Victorian Ash window frames) as this suited the overall look and provided cost savings over other timbers considered in the early stages of the project.
A special mention to our excellent Easton team who all lived in a rental property in Mansfield for the duration of construction leaving families and friends behind to completely dedicate themselves to this project. The work with timber in this project is extensive and a great testament to highly experienced carpentry. Great job to all involved!
Easton Team: Brodie Easton (Construction Manager), Jay Canterbury (Project Coordinator), Russel Tozer (Site Foreman), James White (Leading Hand), Steve Kay (Carpenter)
Architect: Lucy Clemenger and Tilde Shepherd from Lucy Clemenger Architecture
Landscaper: Tommy Gordon – Art Gardens of Australia
Engineer: O’Neil Group – Structural Engineering Services
Visiting Delatite Winery
The Ritchie family are delighted to share the landscape and vineyard experience with visitors and wine lovers alike
Located at the base of the Victorian High country, overlooking Mt Buller and just 10 minutes from Mansfield.
Locally sourced food and produce is at the centre of their seasonal menu. The food from a large new orchard and permaculture garden will be supplemented by local producers.
In summer you can spill out onto the deck, lawn and outside tables while sipping on a delicious glass of wine.
Opening hours
Delatite’s dining room is open 7 days a week, 11.30 am to 5 pm (except Good Friday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and not until noon on Anzac Day).
Delatite is a dog-friendly winery and welcomes all dogs big and small.
Red Hill Coastal Farm House
This gorgeous country shack was given a head-to-toe makeover by the Easton team in conjunction with our project partners:
Architec: InArc
Interior Design: Mim Design
Images: Shannon McGrath
Video: James Shadrich - Video Why
Australian Design Review follows the journey of our Toorak Project
Australian Design Review (ADR) has today launched a teaser trailer for upcoming series The Toorak Project.
Set to appear on the website in 2019 and 2020, The Toorak Project is a series of videos detailing the concept to completion of a remarkable SJB-designed ‘mega house’ in the Melbourne suburb of Toorak.
Commisioned by an international client living in Hong Kong, the project is a unique one for SJB, explains architect Fei Chau. “They’ve actually just handed over the building to us and said, ‘we trust you’ and I’ve never had that before,” he says.
The series will follow each stage of the journey from the design through to the specs, the build and the completed house.
Check out the trailer below.
Hawthorn mansion Avon Court to challenge Victorian record price
A SPRAWLING Hawthorn mansion described as “one of Melbourne’s finest”— with an 18-seat teppanyaki kitchen, two pools, a ballroom and a special bathroom treat for Tigers footy fans — could break the state’s house price record. Take a look.
A SPRAWLING Hawthorn mansion could break Victoria’s house price record after being put up for sale off market with an eye-watering $45-$50 million price tag.
Featuring nine bedrooms, seven kitchens, seven bathrooms and two pools, the four-storey ‘Avon Court’ at 18-20 Shakespeare Grove will challenge the $52.5 million benchmark set by Malvern’s Stonington Mansion earlier this year, according to the agent.
An 18-seat teppanyaki kitchen, Victorian ballroom, 4000-plus bottle wine cellar, 10-car garage and two rooftop terraces with city views are other jaw-dropping inclusions at the lavish trophy home.
The 4645sq m property shares a fence with ex-Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour’s own Hawthorn mansion at 21 Coppin Grove, which was listed for $40-$44 million last week.
Former Richmond Football Club president Clinton Casey sold the luxe Avon Court to Autobarn co-founder Garry Dumbrell for $20.25 million in 2009, who in turn sold it to the vendors, a local family, for $19.8 million in 2014, CoreLogic records show.
An image of Tigers legend Jack Dyer is tiled into one of the bathrooms.
The Advocates property advocate Tony Rindfleisch said Avon Court was “like nothing else.”
“Most people will have never seen a home as spectacular as this. To say that the property is resort-style is a huge understatement. There are not too many resorts as high quality or as luxurious as this,” he said.
“The home’s historic features step back in time and blend magnificently with ultra-modern finishes. It has everything that any owner could ever want — and much more.
Cashed-up local and international buyers are expected to compete for the right to enjoy an 18-seat private cinema, library, billiards room and bar, gym, sauna, “flower room” and staff quarters close to the Yarra River.
RT Edgar agent Helena Chow said the property was “one of Melbourne’s finest” and would challenge the Victorian record because of its sheer size.
“The building area is 218 squares (2025sq m) approximately — so it’s got a lot of house,” she said, adding four trees surrounding a front garden fountain were bought for $25,000 each by the previous owner, who also splashed $250,000 on an “outdoor non-glare 10ft television.”
The property is for sale by expressions of interest with no fixed closing date.
Ms Chow said the vendors were a private family who were selling because the place had become “too big for them.”
Article Credit: News.com
Palais Toorak, 86 Mathoura Rd
7 luxury residences curated for the discerning Toorak buyer.
Palais Toorak is architecturally distinguished and refined, transcending eras and blurring global boundaries; as equally at home in Mathoura Rd, Toorak as it would be on the Avenue Montaigne or Fifth Avenue. Inspired by New York's cutting edge Style Moderne and infused with enduring Parisian Art Deco undertones, the design strikes a perfect balance between historic grandeur and glamorous modern design.
Palais Toorak is a distinct return to grand design and luxury living for modern Toorak.
Lead by Craig Easton, Palais Toorak has brought together Melbourne's luminaries in residential design whose sole focus has been to bring back a sense of greatness to Melbourne's high-end living environments.
Robert Mills Architecture, SJB Interior Design and Paul Bangay Garden Design are the names behind these seven highly considered residences that use a worldly design aesthetic to reimagine contemporary apartment life.
At this coveted Mathoura Road, Toorak address, the graceful, low-rise design comprises three ground floor luxury apartments and two first floor luxury apartments, a sub penthouse and two level penthouse with private rooftop pool.
Contact our sales team for an appointment at the Palais Marketing Suite on Toorak Road.
Ross Savas 0418 322 994
Jamie Mi 0450 125 355
Andrew Sahhar 0417 363 358
Kay & Burton, South Yarra 9820 1111
Sssshhh! There is a new development on the block....
This beauty is has been taking shape behind countless design meetings, workshops, planning and a tireless pursuit of perfection. With Craig Easton's fastidious attention to detail and a world class team of Rob Mills Architecture, Andrew Parr from SJB Interiors and Paul Bangay Landscapes.
Palais Toorak heralds a distinct return to grand design for modern Toorak.
// Register your interest at: http://palaistoorak.com.au
// Developer @craigeaston.co
// Images courtesy of Gabriel Saunders
// Enquiries Ross Savas, Kay & Burton South Yarra
Wedding Bells for Banyule Homestead
Published: Heidelberg Leader June 7 2016
Story by: Laura Armitage
WEDDING bells could be on the horizon for Banyule’s most historic home, which is tipped to become Melbourne’s next premier event venue.
The owners of Banyule Homestead will put a proposal to the council to use the Buckingham Drive property for weddings and other formal events, with its website, The Voeux, advertising it as “coming soon” in January 2017.
Last year the Heidelberg 9085sq m heritage listed property sold to a young Toorak family for $5.2 million with Heidelberg Leader reporting the owners did not plan to subdivide the land.
Heidelberg Leader was alerted to the plans after some community concern that landscaping works on the property could lead to future development.
Community tensions remain high ever since a proposal in 2013 by a former owner to remove 11 trees for a three-storey and two two-storey development was knocked back by both Banyule Council and VCAT as the land was subject to heritage and environmental constraints.
But the Banyule Homestead’s venue manager Claudia Lee confirmed there were no plans to subdivide the property.
Ms Lee said the owners would be applying within the next fortnight to the council to use the homestead for events.
“We plan to have it as a wedding venue or special occasion venue,” Ms Lee said.
“We hope to get it sorted out and we hope the neighbourhood will be happy too,”
She said the landscaping works on site had been cleared by Heritage Victoria and were about maintenance, clean-up and upgrades.
Banyule mayor Craig Langdon said the council had been advised to expect an application to use the homestead as a function centre, and would consider any residents concerns.
He said officers had inspected the site and while permission was not needed for most of the landscaping works, council would consider what action to take on three trees that needed planning permission to be removed.
He said Heritage Victoria has also granted an exemption from requiring a permit to conduct the minor landscaping under the Heritage Act.
The estate is the most historically significant property in Banyule dating back to 1840s.
It is one of the few remaining pre-gold-rush mansions in Melbourne designed by architect John Gill and commissioned by English-born pioneer Joseph Hawdon in 1846.
Features include a 600-bottle wine cellar, an established olive grove and fruit orchard, a synthetic grass tennis court, pool, alfresco terraces with riverside views, formal lounge, dining and sitting rooms with six large open fireplaces in the historic end of the b
Strong sales for Manhattan Toorak - One apartment remaining!
You've Arrived... Manhattan
Manhattan apartments have rapidly become Toorak's new iconic address deriving inspiration from the greatest boutique buildings of the world. Set in one of Toorak's finest streets mere metres to the Village, the expert partnership of luxury developer Craig Easton, award-winning architect Rob Mills, and internationally famous landscape designer Paul Bangay have created a world-class lifestyle.
Sheer excellence waits within this superior single-level, ground-floor apartment, one of a few remaining available. To rival the grandest of Toorak's mansions, executive residences employ superior architectural flair and a commitment to unsurpassed luxury, complemented by vast proportions.
Apartment G04 features refined open plan living, dining and kitchen served by Miele and Leibherr appliances, while throughout are solid natural stone and marble. A double bedroom with fitted robes and en suite, and a study zone enhances the main bedroom with walk-through robes and a superb double en suite.
A wrap around garden terrace with mature trees and European-style al fresco dining frame this elegant residence. A concierge, building manager, multi-zoned heating/cooling, two car spaces, storage, 7 star energy rating, electrical generator, and state-of-the-art amenities are just the beginning of this truly elite development.