Patrick McDowell, McDowell Building and Construction

PAC Process Trained with Live Life Build

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McDowell Building & Construction is a Melbourne-based residential builder specialising in design-led renovations, extensions, and alterations.
Led by Registered Building Practitioner Patrick McDowell, we help clients transform their homes with a process built on clarity, communication, and control.

We deliver residential projects of all scales — from considered refurbishments and reconfigurations to thoughtfully planned additions — all finished to the highest standard with a strong focus on detail, collaboration, and transparency.

As a PAC Process Trained builder, we invest heavily in pre-construction planning. Before a single tool hits the site, we lock in scope, engineering, approvals, and selections so you can move forward with confidence.
This structured approach protects your budget, minimises variations, and ensures that design and cost are aligned from the start.

Throughout your project, we stay proactive, transparent, and detail-driven:

Clear communication and straight answers

Proper site protection and tidy trades

Documented quality checks at every stage

Weekly updates so you’re always informed

Our clients trust us because we combine craftsmanship, professionalism, and accountability in everything we do.
When you build with McDowell, you get a team committed to delivering quality without shortcuts — and a process designed to make the experience as seamless as the result.

McDowell Building and Construction

Licence Number:
DB-U 44509
Licence Issued Date:
9 March 2016
ABN:
38 389 587 456
Website:
https://mcdowellbuilding.com/
Business Address:
8b Burns Grove Kingsbury, Victoria, 3083
Services Provided:
Alterations & Extensions (ground-floor + second-storey), Bathrooms & laundries (as part of larger scopes), defects, Heritage/period-home upgrades, High-end kitchens, Outdoor living & alfresco extensions (decks/pergolas as part of renos), Pre-construction planning, Remedial rectification (leaks, Renovations, Structural alterations (load-bearing wall removals/reconfiguration), water-ingress)
Areas:
Brunswick, Carlton, Coburg, Fitzroy, Melbourne inner north and surrounds, Victoria

NOTE: PAC PROCESS TRAINED

Builders who are “PAC Process Trained” are free to state that they have completed the PAC Challenge Course and associated PAC PROCESS training, but do not represent that they or their business have the endorsement of Live Life Build.

If you are a homeowner or designer / architect, please ensure you do your own, thorough due diligence on any builder prior to commissioning them for the PAC Process, or any other services.

The PAC Process by Live Life Build is the exemplary model of builder-homeowner-designer partnership and collaboration. When the builder is Paid As a Consultant during the design phase to provide input on cost and buildability, it transforms the experience of building and renovating for all involved. At Live Life Build, we see it as the best and most effective way to initiate and execute projects in custom residential building businesses, where the homeowner benefits from a truly collaborative process to bring their project dreams to reality.