Sunstate Design & Construct

Patios on the Brisbane southside

Designed to your roofline, engineered to your span and approved before we start. Insulated roofs from $12,500.

White louvred roof patio over an outdoor lounge setting

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2–6 weeks approvalWe lodge it and chase it

[6 & 15-year] warrantiesStructural and material

What is different about building here

A location page that is the service page with a suburb name pasted into it tells you nothing. These are the things that actually change from one part of Brisbane to another.

  • Queenslanders and the two-storey attachment

    A patio meeting a high-set Queenslander is a different job to one meeting a low-set brick home — the connection is higher, the posts are longer and the engineering changes. It is where a structure chosen from a catalogue most often ends up compromised.

  • Character overlays

    The older southside suburbs carry character overlays on many streets, and they affect what a roof can do at the front of a house more than at the back. We check the address before we quote.

  • Bayside breeze and salt

    Wynnum, Manly and the Redlands get the breeze, which is the whole point of an outdoor room there — and the salt, which decides the specification.

Suburbs we cover

  • Carindale
  • Mount Gravatt
  • Holland Park
  • Wynnum
  • Manly
  • Capalaba
  • Cleveland
  • Springwood
  • Shailer Park
  • Daisy Hill

Not on the list? Call and ask — the boundary is not as neat as a list of names suggests.

Recent work in this area

  • Completed double gable carport beside a brick home

    Carindale

    Structure
    Double carport, gable roof
    Size
    6.0m × 6.0m
    Timeline
    7 weeks start to handover
    Cost band
    $15k–$19k
  • Insulated flyover patio roof raised above an existing roofline

    Wynnum

    Structure
    Insulated flyover patio
    Size
    8.0m × 4.2m
    Timeline
    10 weeks start to handover
    Cost band
    $18k–$22k
  • White louvred roof patio over an outdoor lounge setting

    Carindale

    Structure
    Louvred opening roof
    Size
    5.4m × 4.0m
    Timeline
    9 weeks start to handover
    Cost band
    $22k–$28k

Project details are illustrative pending confirmed case studies.

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Your council, and what it wants

More than one council covers this area: Brisbane City Council, Logan City Council, Redland City Council. The three things that decide approval are the same across all of South East Queensland — mean height, boundary setback, and any overlay sitting over your property.

You can build to within 500mm of a boundary with your neighbour's written agreement, and approval usually runs 2–6 weeks.

We prepare the drawings, lodge the application and deal with the council, whichever one it is.

How council approval works
BoundaryExisting houseNew structure500mm
With your neighbour's written agreement, the setback can come down to 500mm.

Tell us about your place

Send us your address, a photo of the space and a rough idea of what you want covered. We'll come out, measure it and give you a fixed price.

Prefer to talk? 07 3276 8899

  • QBCC Licence [00000] — licensed Queensland builder
  • A fixed price before anything starts
  • Council application prepared and lodged by us
  • [6 & 15-year] structural and material warranties

We'll get back to you with a time to come out and measure.