Expert in Construction,
Extensions and Renovations

About us

RenoHelp was founded by Nick Kourambas has a wealth of knowledge and experience, with over 30 years of direct Commercial, Project Services, Project Controls,
Business Performance and Cost Management experience. This experience has spanned a variety of organisations, organisation
types (Contractors, Client organisations and Consultancies) and locations both within Australia and overseas.

For the past decade Nick has led RenoHelp, providing building consulting, project engineering and building owner advocacy to
residential and commercial property owners, and providing technical and commercial support to legal practitioners acting in
building and insurance disputes. The diversity in Nick’s career to date has given him a very solid understanding in his chosen
field.

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What We Do

RenoHelp is an independent building consultancy founded and led by Nick, supported by a team of three professionally qualified staff. Nick remains responsible for service delivery, business development, finance and administration.

The business provides three broadly equal service lines:

Building Consulting: Design and documentation reviews, scope development, quotation evaluation, contract review and negotiation, and pre-purchase building and renovation advice.
Project Engineering: End-to-end management of building, extension and renovation projects, including statutory approvals, consultant and builder selection, contract management, site progress verification and payment oversight.
Building Owner Advocacy: Technical and commercial support in building and insurance disputes, including assistance to solicitors, statutory dispute resolution, insurance claims, external dispute resolution and representation of overseas developers.

Why Us

RenoHelp is fully independent, with no exclusive relationships with builders, designers, surveyors or other service providers. This supports objective advice and recommendations.

Independent advice: RenoHelp has no exclusive relationships with builders, designers, surveyors or other service providers, allowing recommendations to be based on the owner’s interests rather than commercial relationships.
Experienced and long-term support: RenoHelp has demonstrated its ability to support owners over extended periods, with current and recent engagements lasting up to five years and eight months on a single property.
Better decisions, not simply lower prices: The cheapest quotation is not necessarily the lowest-cost outcome. RenoHelp assesses what is included, what may have been omitted, the proposed contractual terms and the potential for costly variations and additional fees.
Design risk management: Owners naturally focus on aesthetics and functionality, but technical errors, omissions and conflicts in design documentation can lead to significant cost increases during construction. RenoHelp identifies these issues before they become expensive problems.

Builder and contract protection: RenoHelp reviews building contracts and proposed terms before owners commit, helping identify risks that may otherwise leave owners exposed to costly variations or unfavourable contractual provisions.
Independent progress verification: RenoHelp verifies physical progress on site before payments are released, helping ensure owners do not pay for work that has not been completed.
Protection against builder risk: Paying a builder in advance can expose owners to significant losses if the builder prioritises another project or becomes insolvent. RenoHelp helps ensure payments remain aligned with the value of work actually completed.
Owner advocacy: RenoHelp provides technical and commercial support in building disputes, insurance claims and dispute-resolution processes, including support to solicitors and representation of owners and developers.

Ultimately, RenoHelp helps level the playing field between building owners and experienced industry participants, giving owners the technical, commercial and contractual expertise they need to make informed decisions and minimise costly surprises.

The key to the Building process is knowing what to ask for, knowing what to look for and knowing how to process what you find. This is easier said than done for someone who has never done it before nor been shown how to do it. This is where RenoHelp comes in.

To this end, the Owner Advocacy Services that RenoHelp can provide to add significant value to owners, include the following: