Canberra’s Building Designer
for Busy Families
Award-winning custom home design and extensions across Canberra ACT — designed around the way your family lives
hackett gardens | turner
What we do
Custom Family Home Design in Canberra
Creating personalized residential building designs tailored to clients' needs, lifestyles, and budgets.
Extensions & Additions Built for Growing Families
Providing personalised interaction and guidance for each client, supported by adam's book "nail it!" and other educational resources that help homeowners navigate the building process with confidence.
We Handle the Process — You Enjoy the Result
Offering practical guidance to help homeowners make informed decisions, control costs, and achieve better outcomes when building or renovating.
Why work with us?
You're busy. You've got work, kids, commitments — and now you're trying to figure out how to build or extend a home in Canberra without it taking over your life.
That's exactly where we come in.
At Adam Hobill Design, we've spent over 25 years helping Canberra families create homes that genuinely work — beautiful spaces designed around the way you live, not just the way things look in a magazine. We handle the complexity so you don't have to: the planning, the approvals, the builder coordination, the thousand decisions that come up along the way.
What you get is a designer who listens carefully, keeps things clear and straightforward, and makes sure the end result reflects your family's real life — with room to grow, spaces that make the school run easier, and a home you'll love coming back to every single day.
No surprises. No overwhelm. Just a home designed for your family, by people who genuinely care.
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5 stars, would highly recommend! Working with Adam and his team made the design and build of our new home an easy and enjoyable experience. From our first meeting with Adam until we had moved in, he listened and worked closely with us, often having to navigate our differing opinions. Throughout the process he made improvements as required and managed to get everything into the home that we had asked for. He worked with the builder during the build which helped everything run smoothly, addressing any issues that arose smoothly and without fuss. We are now living in a home we love and enjoy every day. Working with Adam and his team was a pleasure and we would highly rec-ommend them.
Michael + Simone
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Adam and his team understood our brief perfectly and designed a home that has exceeded our expectations in every way. Our new home is perfectly orientated, has no wasted space and is better than we could have imagined. Having Adam involved throughout the whole design and build process, and relying on his substantial knowledge was a huge comfort. Building a home is a challenging process. However, to enjoy the end result, it is also very rewarding and well worth it.
Jane + Joel
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Huge thanks to Adam, Sarah, Lana & Daniel at AHD for making my 2023 a dream year. A magnificent new home with beautiful interior design which has surpassed all of my expectations. I trust you will have great success in future endeavours. Thank you so much.
Dale
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We worked with Adam and his team on the design of two new houses...at the same time. Each house has its own character and both are filled with beautiful spaces that pay homage to their out-look to Red Hill Reserve. Adam was a joy to work with - he is creative, calm and innovative and he invests himself in your project. We couldn't be happier with the results and I would recommend Adam and his team to anyone considering their own project.
Victoria + Lorin
helpful articles
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‘North Facing’ Properties: What Every Canberra Homeowner Should Know
After designing hundreds of homes across the Canberra region, I can tell you that orientation is the very first thing I assess when looking at a block for clients. Why? Because Canberra cops both climate extremes – scorching summers and bitterly cold winters – and getting the orientation right can make or break your home's comfort and energy efficiency.
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Future-Proofing Your New Home: Why Sustainability Features Pay Off
Energy efficiency isn't an upgrade; it's essential future-proofing for your home. With improving financing conditions making sustainability features more accessible, there's never been a better time to build a home that pays you back through reduced operating costs and increased comfort.
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Smart Design and Material Choices That Cut Building Costs Without Cutting Quality
Building your dream home doesn't have to break the bank. The key to maximising value lies in understanding where to invest your money and where you can make strategic savings without compromising on quality or long-term satisfaction.
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How Interest Rate Cuts Will Make Your Dream Home Build More Affordable
With interest rates likely to be further cut, a new horizon of homebuilding opportunities emerges for homeowners with dreams of building.
