Four Designer by Metricon homes you can walk through right now
Visiting display homes is still one of the most reliable ways to test whether a floorplan actually works for your household, floor area on paper rarely tells you how a space feels to move through, how natural light distributes across the day, or whether a covered outdoor room is genuinely usable or just a checkbox on a spec sheet.
The challenge is knowing which displays are worth the drive. Volume builders run large ranges across dozens of display villages, and not every design has a home you can walk through.
Rather than sitting at the entry level of Metricon's offering, Designer by Metricon focuses on larger-scale homes with flexible floorplans and a higher baseline of inclusions, positioned between affordability and fully customised builds.
With 15 designs available to build across Victoria, narrowing your shortlist before visiting a display is time well spent.
Below is a curated list of Designer by Metricon homes currently on display across Victoria, each offering a different read on layout efficiency, scale, and buyer suitability.
Qualia 39
4 bed | 2 bath | 3 living | 2 car
An award-winning single-storey design centred on internal zoning and a more private master retreat.
Qualia 39 is structured around a central open-plan living zone, where the kitchen, dining, and family areas extend directly to a covered outdoor room. Supporting spaces, including a theatre and leisure room, sit around this core, allowing for multiple activity zones without interrupting flow.
Harper facade on the Qualia 39
A key point of difference is the main bedroom suite, positioned at the rear and paired with a private courtyard, an inclusion not commonly seen in standard single-storey layouts. The design also allows for flexibility, with options to convert secondary living areas into additional bedrooms or expand storage and outdoor spaces.
Buyer lens: Suits buyers prioritising single-level living with clearly separated zones, and those looking for a more private master suite without moving to a double-storey design.
Visit Qualia 39 at Kialla (Seven Creeks) and Traralgon (Franklin Place)
Hampshire 46
5 bed | 4.5 bath | 3 living | 2 car
Hampshire 46 is a five-bedroom, double-storey design built for households that need both space to gather and room to separate. A gallery-style entry and designer kitchen with butler's pantry set up the ground floor for entertaining, with a covered outdoor room extending that further year-round.
The main suite shifts upstairs, away from the activity below, a large walk-in robe and ensuite give it a genuinely private feel. All bedrooms are positioned upstairs, with the option to include ensuites across multiple rooms, shifting the design toward a more guest-ready or multigenerational layout.
Stamford facade on the Hampshire 46
Optional configurations, including a sixth bedroom or expanded outdoor room, highlight its adaptability. The Hampshire fits a 14m-wide block, which makes it viable across a wide range of growth corridor lots in Melbourne's south-east.
Buyer lens: Appeals to buyers planning for multigenerational living or frequent guests, where bedroom count and separation matter.
Visit Hampshire 46 at 169 Honour Avenue, Clyde North (Berwick Waters)
Highlander 66
5 bed | 3 bath | 4 living | 1 study | 2 car
The Highlander is less about suburban efficiency and more about scale. Purpose-built for larger or acreage lots, it's a two-storey design with a footprint that requires a minimum block width of 41 metres.
Double-height voids in the entry and living areas open the home up, bringing in light and, on the right block, extending views beyond the immediate site.
The layout is built for flexibility, with five bedrooms, a theatre, leisure room, workshop, and butler’s pantry allowing different parts of the household to operate at once. The main bedroom sits privately at the rear of the ground floor, separate from the upstairs rooms.
Pindari facade on the Highlander 66
Facade options and design variations are geared towards acreage and semi-rural settings, where outlook and how the home sits on the land matter more than streetscape presence.
Buyer lens: Targets buyers moving out of metro density into lifestyle blocks, where internal volume and outlook are prioritised.
Visit Highlander 66 at 13 Willowbank Road, Gisborne (Willow), Macedon Ranges
Vantage 48
4 bed | 2.5 bath | 3 living | 1 study | 2 car
Vantage is one of the more adaptable designs in this list, appearing across multiple estates.
An expanded version of the Vantage design, Vantage 48 builds on the core layout of the smaller designs, increasing internal space and introducing a broader range of structural options.
The ground floor retains a central kitchen and living zone with a walk-in or butler’s pantry, alongside a study and multiple living areas, with the option to incorporate features such as a wine room or guest suite.
Las Palmas facade as displayed on the Vantage
Upstairs, the design allows for further variation, including additional ensuites, reconfigured leisure spaces, and alternative main bedroom positions. The inclusion of options like balconies and expanded outdoor areas reflects a design intended to be adaptable.
Buyer lens: Targets buyers with slightly wider blocks who want the Vantage layout with added scale and the ability to tailor key zones, particularly for entertaining or multi-use living.
Visit Vantage 48 at Rowville (Bankside), Werribee (Harpley), and Clyde North (Berwick Waters), and Mount Duneed (Armstrong)
Why visit these homes
The Designer range prioritises layering lifestyle inclusions, butler's pantries, multiple living zones, covered outdoor rooms, into standard builds across both single and double-storey options.
For buyers, walking through these homes shows how the designs translate in practice, particularly ceiling heights, natural light, and flow, and provides a clearer sense of how much space, separation, and flexibility today’s budgets can realistically deliver across Victoria’s evolving new home market.
Home designs by Designer by Metricon in Victoria
Joel Robinson
Joel Robinson is the Editor in Chief at iBuildNew, where he leads the editorial team and oversees the country's most comprehensive news coverage dedicated to the new home building industry. With more than a decade of experience in residential real estate journalism, Joel brings deep insight into Australia's evolving home building and construction landscape.
