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Built From the Ground Up.

I've been in the building industry since 2010. Not because someone told me to — because I couldn't imagine doing anything else. From the first time I picked up a tool, I found something I didn't just love, but something I was built for.

Over sixteen years I've worked alongside some of Melbourne's most respected builders, learning a standard of architectural craftsmanship that most people never encounter on a residential project. That education was deliberate. I knew early that when I built something under my own name, it would have to be different.

I started Templ during COVID. While others waited, I was studying, registering, and quietly building a client base that believed in the same things I did — that a home built with genuine care looks and feels completely different to one that wasn't.

Templ isn't just a building company. It's my standard on every site, every day.

James on site

As Featured In

The Design Files

Our Oxford Street project — a complete rebuild of an industrial-era wool shed loft in Collingwood — was featured in The Design Files. Designed by Fluent Studio, executed by Templ. It is the kind of project that only happens when every party believes in what they're building.

How We Work

SCODA

Our values are not wall art. They are daily standards.

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Self-awareness

Embrace what you feel and why you feel it. Growth starts with awareness, not avoidance.

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Challenge the way you think

Stay curious, not defensive. Growth comes from questioning what you know.

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Optimism

Choose to find the good — even in challenge — and refuse to fall into a pessimistic mindset.

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Dedication

Committed to sharpening your skills and evolving your mindset — always striving to do better than yesterday.

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Accountability

Hold yourself and your team to the highest standard — own your actions and deliver the quality you'd expect in return.

"SCODA before you swing a hammer."

Who We Build For

Our clients don't always start out certain. They're discerning people — often business owners, often high-achievers — who have been let down by the industry before or simply know enough to be careful.

They're not looking for the cheapest quote. They're looking for someone who will understand their brief deeply enough to improve it. Someone whose judgment they can trust on site, whose communication doesn't leave them guessing, and whose finished product they'll still be proud of in twenty years.

If that sounds like you, we should talk.

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