The Permit Path is Different
These builds require planning and building permits under classifications most residential builders never touch, whether that is Class 1b for a rooming house or Class 3 for SDA. Enable Group navigates them routinely.
Enable Group Capability Statement
CO-LIVING · SDA · CHILDCARE · HIGH COMPLIANCE BUILDS
Specialists in multi-tenancy and supported housing: Class 1B, Class 3, co-living, SDA and rooming house projects, plus delivery experience in childcare and medical centre facilities.
More than
just builders.
Why the right ecosystem matters more than the lowest quote on a specialised build.
Enable Group began as a developer and residential builder, serving the needs of townhouse developers, premium home builders, and standard home clients. Over the last four years we made a deliberate decision to shift our focus entirely to specialised assets: childcare centres, SDA facilities, and co-living. That pivot was not accidental. It came from years of working alongside medical professionals, NDIS providers, childcare operators, and compliance specialists who trusted us with their most complex projects. Co-living is, by comparison, a simpler build. That is exactly the point.
Architecture and design team
6+ years designing specialised assets: childcare centres, medical centres, and SDA facilities. Co-living is a simpler build compared to what our team is used to delivering.
- 6+
- Years our architect designing co-living
- 7+
- Years our architect designing SDA
- 40+
- Years of hands-on construction experience
- 50+
- High-compliance builds delivered
including the last 4 years focused on high-compliance builds
The quote trap
Why a Quote Comparison Misleads on This Kind of Build
You are comparing builders, and you should. But it is worth being clear about what a quote comparison can and cannot tell you, because the answer changes completely depending on what is being built. A rooming house looks like a house. The permit and compliance process is nothing like one.
| Factor | General Residential Builder | Enable Group |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance experience | Licensed for standard residential. Class 1b experience is rare and often untested | 50+ high-compliance builds delivered across SDA, childcare and co-living, backed by 40+ years of construction experience |
| Compliance consultants | Called in when certification stalls, which is often too late | Engaged from design stage. Issues resolved before they reach the permit |
| Pre-construction input | Assesses your land by fitting their standard plan to it | Architect block review, rental appraisals and feasibility modelling before you commit |
| Permit and documentation | Often outsourced, so it sits in another firm's queue | Handled in-house. No external delays on permits or documentation |
| Architect and design | Standard residential architect with no co-living specialisation | 6+ years co-living design, 7+ years SDA, childcare and medical centre experience |
| Primary risk | Risk is mostly cost | Risk is mostly time, and time is the expensive part. We eliminate it. |
The part that makes a quote comparison misleading:
No builder is going to tell you they cannot build it. Everyone says yes. So the yes tells you nothing. What separates one builder from another on this kind of project is what happens after the yes: the permit application, the objections, the compliance requirements, and the certification and performance solutions at the end.
A general residential builder can absolutely get your build done. The difference shows up in the timeframe from pre-construction to build, and again at certification. That is where residential builders most often fall short, and where the delays run to months, not weeks.
On a project like yours, months are not an inconvenience. They are the single biggest cost you can incur, and they never appear on any quote.
Where builds stall
Why the Right Builder Matters More on a High-Compliance Build
Rooming houses, SDA facilities and childcare centres are not general residential builds. Design, certification, interior specification and material choices all work differently, and each one carries requirements a standard residential builder rarely encounters.
Objections and Scrutiny Are Common
Permits for rooming houses, SDA and childcare centres draw neighbour objections and closer council scrutiny. A builder who has handled them before knows how to respond. A builder who has not will delay your project while they learn.
Certification is the Final Gate
Performance solutions at certification require a builder who understands what the building surveyor needs. Getting this wrong at the end is the most expensive mistake on this kind of build.
The team behind the build
Built by a network. Trusted by professionals. Now available to you directly.
Where We Started
Enable Group started as a developer and residential builder, serving townhouse developers, premium home builders, and standard home clients.
The Deliberate Shift
In the last four years, we made a deliberate shift to specialised assets, making childcare centres, SDA facilities, and co-living our core business. That shift was shaped by the trust placed in us by industry bodies, medical professionals, childcare providers, NDIS operators, and rooming house specialists who engaged us to develop their properties in those earlier years. That network taught us more about compliance, design, and delivery than any single project could.
Who Has Trusted Us
Enable Group is, at its core, a business-to-business builder. Our typical clients are accountants, financial planners, and property developers: professionals who manage other people's money and cannot afford to get a build wrong. They chose us not because we were the cheapest quote, but because they needed a team they could trust with complex, compliance-sensitive projects. We were not advertising to the public. Our reputation grew entirely through results and referrals within professional networks.
Now Available Directly
Our experience has traditionally been built through trusted relationships with developers, accountants, financial planners and specialist operators. Today, as more individual investors and property owners explore co-living, we are pleased to make that same depth of expertise available more broadly. Every client receives the same capable team, rigorous process and high-compliance delivery standard that has defined Enable Group for years.
Our In-House Ecosystem
Architect & Interior Design
6+ years designing co-living and 7+ years in SDA. Also experienced across childcare centres and medical centres, both specialised, compliance-heavy asset classes. Co-living is the simpler end of what this team routinely delivers.
Construction Manager
Over 40 years in building. A different era of trade training, and it shows in how problems get solved on site.
Compliance Consultants
Engaged from the design stage, not called in when certification stalls. This is the single biggest time-saver on a rooming-house build.
Pre-Construction Applications
Handled in-house, so permits and documentation do not sit in another firm's queue waiting for attention.
Dual Licensing
Both commercial and residential licences, so we can build in any category without restriction.
Track Record
Four years focused on high-compliance construction, built on 40+ years of hands-on building experience. Every year since has sharpened exactly what councils expect.
The difference is not just having these people. It is having them working together from day one, on your project, rather than being introduced to each other through you. This is the same team that accountants, financial planners, and developers have trusted for years. You are now getting direct access to that expertise.
Our core
High-Compliance Builds
Our core business is high-compliance assets. We bring the discipline, coordination and specialist delivery experience required when a build must work for investors, operators, end users and regulators, rather than simply look good on handover.
Core Specialisation
High-Compliance Living
Co-Living, Rooming Houses, SDA & Group Homes.
Purpose-designed living environments for yield, compliance and long-term end-user outcomes. We manage the added design, planning, certification and delivery requirements that conventional residential builders do not routinely face.
Core Specialisation
High-Compliance Community Assets
Childcare Centres & Medical Facilities.
Purpose-built assets designed around operational, accessibility and regulatory requirements. We deliver environments where planning, service coordination, compliance and practical day-to-day use work together from the start.
Available for Select Projects
Development & Premium Residential
Townhouses, Multi-Unit Developments & Premium Homes.
A proven capability built on our long history as a developer and residential builder. We continue to deliver selected projects requiring development expertise, quality execution and a commercially minded approach.
Why us
Why Clients Choose Enable Group
Compliance-Led Discipline
Years delivering SDA, childcare and rooming-house projects have built a culture of diligence across every build, covering documentation, inspections and handover. That same diligence carries straight through to our townhouse and residential work.
Pre-Construction Input
We engage at design stage to reduce build costs, streamline the programme and flag risks before they hit your feasibility or your Section 173. You get a partner that treats your project like a business, not a transaction.
Market-Led Configuration
Direct access to active volume sales channels means live feedback on what buyers and tenants actually want. Useful intelligence before you lock plans.
A builder-led development partner for Melbourne developers, investors, landowners and specialist operators seeking structure, discipline and delivery certainty well before the first slab is poured. You work directly with an experienced in-house team, without a middleman or a generic sales process.
Selected work
Selected Projects Across Victoria
Real builds, now standing. Completed co-living properties are available to view by arrangement. We welcome a site visit to any finished co-living property.
■ Co-Living & Rooming House Projects
Herbert Street, Dandenong
Single-storey rooming house (9 bed).
Bayview Circuit, Mernda
Single-storey rooming house (6 bed).
Sue Street, Wyndham Vale
Single-storey rooming house (6 bed).
Heath Road, Hoppers Crossing
Single-storey rooming house (8 bed).
Neon Way, Wollert
Double-storey rooming house (8 bed).
Bolderwood Crescent, Reservoir
Single-storey rooming house (8 bed).
Hales Ave, Jacana
Double-storey rooming house (8 bed).
■ Commercial & SDA
Canterbury Road, Heathmont
Purpose-built commercial SDA facility & group home.
Roberts Street, Frankston
Purpose-built commercial SDA facility & group home.
Burwood Highway, Upper Ferntree Gully
Childcare centre.
Church Street, Kilmore
Childcare centre.
Newton Street, Warragul
SDA facility.
Victory Street, Keilor
SDA facility.
Hadley Street, Seaford
SDA facility.
■ Townhouse & Residential Developments
Lytton Street, Glenroy
Three double-storey townhouses.
Bond Court, Kilsyth
Three double-storey townhouses.
Swallow Street, Norlane
Four double-storey townhouses.
Rotella Avenue, Norlane
Three double-storey townhouses.
Manningham Road, Bulleen
Five triple-storey townhouses.
■ Luxury & Custom Residential
Dent Street, Glen Iris
Single-storey luxury residence with pool.
Helene Street, Bulleen
Double-storey luxury residence with pool and lift.
Parer Street, Burwood
Two double-storey luxury townhouses.
Additional custom home, SDA and co-living developments available on request.
Our past projects archive, from our early beginnings over a decade ago when townhouses, premium homes and house and land were our focus, is available at enablegroup.com.au/projects-portfolio · Completed builds are available to view by arrangement. We welcome a site visit to any finished co-living property.
The Enable Group difference
Three Commitments That Protect Your Return
We Engage Before You Commit
Architect assessments, rental appraisals, and full feasibility modelling are completed before you sign anything. You make an informed decision, not a leap of faith.
We Find the Problems First
Compliance consultants are engaged at design stage, not called in when certification stalls. Permits and documentation are handled in-house and never sit in another firm's queue. Close working relationships mean much of the groundwork happens before formal lodgement, so we know early whether a project stacks up, and we will tell you when it doesn't.
We Have Done This Before
50+ high-compliance builds delivered across SDA, childcare, and medical centres, backed by 40+ years of hands-on construction experience. Co-living is the simpler end of what this team delivers every day. The track record is real and verifiable.
Case study
104 Canterbury Road, Heathmont: SDA Facility
Purpose-built Specialist Disability Accommodation and group home, delivered for an NDIS provider. This project sits above the compliance tier your rooming house requires. Enable Group has delivered 50+ high-compliance builds across SDA, childcare, and medical centres, backed by 40+ years of hands-on construction experience. That gives us a depth of compliance experience that very few builders in Victoria can match.
Classification
NCC Class 3: shared residential, a higher compliance tier than Class 1b
Category
High Physical Support (HPS), the most complex SDA design category
Status
Complete and handed over, with House 1 fully tenanted
Fire & Safety
Sprinkler system, emergency egress lighting, full Class 3 fire compliance
Accessibility
950mm+ clear doorways, 1,600mm turning circles, hoist-ready reinforced ceilings
Services
Emergency backup power, smart-home automation, height-adjustable joinery
Class 3 sits above the Class 1b your rooming house requires. A builder who delivers Class 3 SDA, and has done so more than 50 times, delivers Class 1b comfortably. Most residential builders have never certified a Class 1b anything, and will not discover what that involves until your project is already underway.
Rooming house pipeline
Co-Living & Rooming House Track Record
| Project | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 36 Bayview Circuit, Mernda | 6-bedroom rooming house | Complete |
| 15 Sue Street, Wyndham Vale | 6-bedroom rooming house | Complete |
| Herbert Street, Dandenong | 9-bedroom rooming house | On site now |
| Hales Avenue, Jacana | 8-bedroom, double-storey | On site now |
| Neon Way, Wollert | 8-bedroom, double-storey | In planning |
| Bolderwood Crescent, Reservoir | 8-bedroom | On site now |
| Heath Road, Hoppers Crossing | 8-bedroom | On site now |
See our work in action
Project Video Tours
The best way to understand the quality and finish of our builds is to see them. Below are video tours of completed projects, including our co-living homes and the Heathmont SDA facility. These are real builds, now standing.
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Co-Living: Bayview Circuit, Mernda (5 Bed)
Handover video and walkthroughs of the completed 5-bedroom co-living home in Mernda, showing the layout, finish quality, and design approach.
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Co-Living: Sue Street, Wyndham Vale
An explanatory walkthrough of the recently handed-over co-living property at Sue Street, Wyndham Vale, covering the design intent, compliance approach, and finished result.
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104 Canterbury Road, Heathmont: SDA Facility
A walkthrough of our completed Class 3 High Physical Support SDA build, the most complex compliance category we deliver. This sits above the compliance tier a co-living rooming house requires, and it is already done.
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Childcare Centre: Ferntree Gully
Enable Group is currently building a childcare centre in Ferntree Gully, demonstrating our capability across commercial and community builds beyond residential co-living.
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Builder licences
Current Victorian builder licences
- Corporate Commercial Building Practitioner: CCB-U 100011
- Commercial builder licence: CB-U 67736
- Residential builder licence: DB-U 67735