Open-book cost-plus
Every dollar, every invoice, every decision — before it is spent.
North West Sydney
North West Sydney · Custom homes
Built on Transparency.
Engineered for Value.
A cost-plus custom builder for knockdown-rebuilds and premium land estates. Every dollar visible. Every decision before it spends.
Mustang AveKnockdown-rebuild
Henson WayOpen-book sample
Newmarket PkyPremium land estate
Shetland StreetCustom interiors
The address of true value
Where transparency builds trust
Craftsmanship with an open book. You see every invoice and every decision — before it is spent, not after.
Proactive, not reactive
The budget is managed decision by decision, not padded as a lump sum.
Direct overseas sourcing
Stone, tiles, joinery, fixtures — better quality, without a distributor’s markup.
Work ethic you can see
On site, on schedule, on the phone. Not a revolving cast.
Financial engineering
Budget, finance and cash flow moving in sync.
From first note to keys
How a Truft house feels
01 · Enquire
Tonight
Form, phone, WhatsApp, or Ask Truft. A follow-up can open within a minute.
02 · Visit
Norwest
Friday at 303/4 Columbia Ct. Real numbers on the table.
03 · See
A sample house
Photos, spend, a pause in the open — before you sign anything.
04 · Build
You watch
Photos the day they are taken. Extra spend waits for you.
05 · Live
The file stays
Decisions, photos, the book. Yours.
Start here
Leave a name. We’ll follow up as Truft.
Email, mobile, or WhatsApp. If you leave a number, Truft can open a thread within a minute. This mock is not wired.
WhatsApp Sharang
Scan on a phone, or open on this computer. Same conversation as Ask Truft — not a second brain.
About Truft
The home of open-book building
We redefine homebuilding around one principle: transparency. Cost-plus custom, knockdown-rebuilds and premium land estates across North West Sydney.
Partnering with architects and interior designers. Value engineering at design stage. Payments structured to your finance. Direct with overseas manufacturers for stone, tiles, joinery and fixtures.
Services
Where craftsmanship and trust shape the house
Open-book cost-plus
You see every dollar — before it is spent, not after.
Proactive, not reactive
We manage the budget decision by decision.
Direct overseas sourcing
Better quality, without a distributor’s markup.
Work ethic you can see
On site, on schedule, on the phone when you need us.
Financial engineering
Your budget, finance and cash flow, moving in sync.
Open book, as a picture
Quoted. Actual. Pause.
Quoted
$2,180
Brass tapware, as selected.
Actual
$2,640
Finish changed on site. Signed as variation 12.
Pause
$4,200
Island stone repair. Unsigned, so it has not spent.
You
Allow or hold
On the house, or on WhatsApp after six.
Walk it
Sample house
See this live on Henson Way before you sign.
Our projects
Mustang Ave
Knockdown-rebuild. Street elevation. Tap a photograph to step inside.
Mustang Ave10 photographs
Henson WayWalk this house
Newmarket Pky10 photographs
Shetland Street10 photographs
From vision to home. Together.
Twenty-eight steps. You can see every one.
The wall poster, standing up. Tap a stage, then a step. Extra spend waits for you.
Contact
Ready to build on transparency?
Knockdown-rebuild or a premium land estate — talk through how the open book works for you.
303/4 Columbia Ct, Norwest NSW 2153
02 7235 0833 · sharang@truft.com.au
Sharang Sareen · +61 413 760 111
A sample house · no account needed
This is your house while we build it.
Week 38 — illustrative. Photos the day they were taken. Extra spend waiting in the open. After you build with us, you sign in, and you can say yes.
TRUFT
Sign in to your house. One job. Your book. Your pause.
Google and Microsoft first. Apple and Facebook are optional — drop them if the review is too much.
or email
Illustrative. This file does not talk to a server. Homeowners never need Facebook to see their house.
38Week on site
1Pause · $4,200
2Being fixed
Thu 10:00Waterproofing
Waterproofing booked Thursday 10:00. Tiling waits for cure. Photos land here after the flood test.
MonAllied materials on site
Thu 10:00Waterproofing
FriFlood-test photos
NextTiling after cure
Allied materials on site. Wet-area set-out confirmed.
Hairline noted on the island. Repair quoted — waiting on a yes.
Waterproofing 10:00. Flood-test photos Friday.
Quoted vs actualOn the table
Builders marginAgreed %
Contingency$41,600
| Date | Supplier | Line | Quoted | Actual | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Norwest Stone | Island benchtop remainder | 18,400 | 18,400 | On quote |
| 4 Sep | Brodware | Tapware upgrade · variation 12 | 2,180 | 2,640 | Explained — finish they signed |
| 11 Sep | Norwest Stone | Island hairline repair | 4,200 | — | Paused — needs a yes |
- Hairline on the island stone · photo attachedBeing fixed — that is the unsigned $4,200 on Spend.
- Door hardware alignment · joineryOn the punch list. No extra spend.
A-12
Island overhang
Trade asked: can the stone move 40mm without a steel change? Waiting on the engineer.
Visitor conversation · cannot see a live job
TruftThis is a sample house — Henson Way, week 38. I will not invent a rate, and I will not spend.
Same house, on WhatsApp
Not a fake chat in the browser. Opens the real app on a phone, or WhatsApp Desktop / Web on a Mac or PC. After sign-in you could allow the $4,200 here too.
A request on this house · lands in the Truft office
- Extra photo of the island hairlineAsked Wed 10 Sep · photo attached to Spend
- Hold the fitout inspection after 6pmStanding preference · WhatsApp after six
Sharang · this morningWaterproofing is booked Thursday 10:00 with Allied. Tiling waits for cure.
Truft office · not on the public nav
The house, running
Leads, customers, the homepage, social, and the day. Homeowners never see this room.
09:00
Running · waits on you
Weekly letter · Henson Way
0.78 · held below send bar. Sibling of the 11:00 pause.
11:00
Needs you
Allow $4,200 island stone repair?
Unsigned. Spend cannot be recalled.
Just this time
From now on
13:20
Sheet A-12 · island overhang
Engineer note waiting. Owners see this under Questions.
16:00
Instagram reply · Henson Way reel
Score 0.92 · may send.
Post to the house
Friday’s letter
Kitchen progress is on track. Variation 12 — brass tapware — signed 4 September. Quoted $2,180. Actual $2,640 because the finish changed on site.
0.78 · Held
Below send bar (0.90). Tone drifted. Switching the writer does not bypass this.
On site today
- Wet-area seal · photo attached
- Door hardware alignment
- Sheet A-12 overhang
Next inspection
Henson Way · week 38 · internal fitout review. Owners prefer WhatsApp after 6pm.
Fri 12:00 · held · 303/4 Columbia Ct
Memory that behaves
Remembers variation 12. Forgets “island stone is included” when you mark it false. Tonight’s Instagram rises above an old brochure. Overnight it pulls a date that is not in the programme. The score is the gate — not a second voice.
Henson Way · this house only. Pause rules stay. Owners never see another job.
Every door writes here. Follow-up is offered, not invented.
| When | Door | Who | Thinking of | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:41pm | @homeinbaulkhamhills | Knockdown-rebuild | Public reply sent · Friday 12:00 offered privately | |
| 6:14pm | New mobile | Cost-plus? | Answered · variation 12 as the example | |
| Yesterday | Phone | 0412 ··· ··· | Land estate | Call logged · 4m · prefers a Norwest Friday |
People who are building. Each login is one house.
| House | Owners | Week | Reach | Portal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henson Way | Priya & Amit | 38 · lock-up done | WhatsApp after 6 | Signed in today |
| Mustang Ave | Owners on file | 12 · structure | Phone first | Invited · not yet signed in |
Invite to the house login
Google and Microsoft first. Facebook and Apple are optional — drop them if the review is too much for a 10-job builder. Homeowners must not need Facebook to see their house.
What the street sees. Replace a photograph or add a line from a homeowner — it lands on Home and Our Work.
Lines on the homepage
- “Every invoice before it spent — not after.”Illustrative · add a real line when a homeowner offers one
A comment on a house post can get a reply without living in your face. Official comment doors only — not private-message scraping. Instagram handle is unconfirmed.
Whenever a step runs, or someone talks on WhatsApp or the phone, a time is written. That is the timesheet.
Thu 10:00
Waterproofing · AlliedSkill ran · 4 min · Henson Way
Thu 11:02
Score the weekly letterSkill ran · 3 min · held at 0.78
Thu 18:14
WhatsApp · brass taps6 min · variation 12 answered
Fri 12:00
Norwest visit · held303/4 Columbia Ct
How this would be built — two pages, after the product. Open the note