Keiron Moore Builder · CKS Projects

Builder · Founder, CKS Projects · Illawarra & South Coast

The view sells the block. The ground decides the house.

I'm Keiron Moore. I build custom homes and knockdown rebuilds on the Illawarra's hardest land: sloping, coastal, clifftop. I tell you what your block will carry before you pay for a single plan, and I'm the person you deal with from the site visit to handover.

Book a 45-minute site assessment See the Wombarra Clifftops build

Winner, MBA NSW 2026 Southern Regions Awards NSW Qualified Supervisor 69005S

Keiron Moore, Owner and Managing Director of CKS Projects

Independently reported. Independently judged.

  • Featured inIllawarra Mercury
  • Guest onProfessional Builders Secrets
  • Awarded byMaster Builders NSW
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The approach

Most coastal builds go wrong before anyone picks up a tool.

Plans before facts

You fall in love with the outlook and pay for a design. Then the geotech, stormwater and slope come back, and the house has to move, shrink or be redrawn.

A quote that isn't the price

Provisional sums win the job. Variations recover the margin. The number you signed isn't the number you pay.

Sold by one person, built by another

You meet a sales rep. Months later a supervisor who wasn't in the room is on site, working from notes.

“People fall in love with the outlook and assume the design comes first. On a block like that it doesn't. You work out what the ground will carry and where the water goes, and the house follows.”

Keiron Moore, on Wombarra Clifftops

How I work

Ground. Design. Price. Build.

Four steps, in that order, on every job.

  1. Ground

    I walk your block for 45 minutes: slope, frontage, access, zoning, water. You leave knowing whether your plan holds up, and what it will take if it does.

  2. Design

    Bring your own architect or use the CKS design-and-build team. I read plans the way a carpenter does, so buildability problems get fixed on paper, where they cost nothing. DA and CDC approvals are handled.

  3. Price

    One fixed number. No provisional sums used to win the job and clawed back later. The contract number is the number.

  4. Build

    Demolition to handover under one contract, one team and one phone number. CKS takes a limited number of builds at a time so I stay close to each one.

Featured build

Wombarra Clifftops

A knockdown rebuild on an escarpment block most builders would walk away from.

Wombarra Clifftops, a split-level home on the Wombarra cliffs above the Pacific Ocean

What the block asked for

The site sat in an escarpment slip zone, with water running beneath it and a main road close to the boundary. The structural engineering and stormwater strategy had to be resolved before the house could go where the owners wanted it.

The result is a split-level home set into the natural fall of the block. Downstairs: polished concrete, a recycled brick feature wall and timber stairs. Upstairs: polished timber floors and timber ceilings, arranged around the ocean and the escarpment.

Project type
Knockdown rebuild, custom home
Build time
15 months
Recognition
Winner, Contract Homes $1.9M–$2M, MBA NSW 2026 Southern Regions Excellence in Building Awards
Builder
CKS Projects, led by Keiron Moore
See the Wombarra Clifftops gallery and owners' interview
Upper-level living area at Wombarra Clifftops with timber ceilings and ocean views Recycled brick feature wall and timber stair at Wombarra Clifftops

Photography: Ben Greaves, Architecture Film & Photo.

Keiron Moore on site, reviewing details with homeowners

About Keiron

A carpenter who learned to run the business.

Where I started

I came up through construction and carpentry, and spent years on large-scale commercial projects before moving into residential building. My first NSW contractor licence predates 2005. I knew how to build. Running a building company turned out to be a different trade.

What changed

“I always considered myself a bit of a numbers guy, but I soon learnt that I wasn't across my numbers as much as I should have been.”

So I rebuilt how the company runs: proper costings, fixed-price contracts, and a cap on how many builds CKS takes at once.

Why I do it this way

Every home we finish carries my name. That's why I still do every site assessment myself, and why the workload stays small enough for me to stay close to each build. “We build homes we're proud to put our name on.”

  • 25+years in residential building
  • 2013CKS Projects Aust Pty Ltd licensed
  • 2026MBA NSW award winner
  • 15months, Wombarra Clifftops

Credentials

Check every claim on the public record.

Licences are issued by NSW Fair Trading. The award is listed by Master Builders NSW.

  1. Until Apr 2005NSW contractor licence 113280C
  2. Until May 2013NSW contractor licence 218729C, surrendered when CKS Projects was licensed
  3. May 2013CKS Projects Aust Pty Ltd licensed (258735C). Keiron Moore director and nominated supervisor
  4. Jun 2013NSW Qualified Supervisor Certificate 69005S (Builder)
  5. Apr 2023Guest, Professional Builders Secrets podcast, Episode 78
  6. Jul 2026CKS Projects wins Contract Homes $1.9M–$2M, MBA NSW Southern Regions

Press & interviews

In the media

Illawarra Mercury · 27 August 2026

Wombarra: Luxury clifftop home conquers challenging escarpment site

Property reporter Brendan Crabb on the MBA NSW award-winning build. “The block is the interesting part.”

Read the Illawarra Mercury story

Professional Builders Secrets · Episode 78 · April 2023

Transforming A Building Company Overnight

The Association of Professional Builders podcast on getting across the numbers, building structure into the business, and rethinking branding and sales.

Listen to Episode 78
The CKS Projects team at the Master Builders NSW 2026 Southern Regions Excellence in Building Awards
Master Builders NSW Southern Regions Excellence in Building Awards, University of Wollongong, 25 July 2026.

Clients

What owners say once they're living in it.

A builder who made the architect's job easier.

“Keiron worked with us and the architect with positivity and practical solutions throughout the design process.”

Geoff McIntosh, CKS Projects client

Top-shelf work, start to finish.

“Keiron and his team were professional, great to work with and the quality of their work top shelf. Very happy with the result.”

Homeowners, The Palms, Thirroul

Kept informed, every week of the build.

“We were delighted with the constant updates and transparency… The site was always clean and tidy which is a testament to their drive toward perfection.”

John and Renee, The Barn, Woonona

Find out what your block will carry.

45 minutes on your site with me. No fee, no obligation, and a straight answer, even if it's “don't build that here.”

I do every assessment myself, so there are only so many each month. Rather talk now? Call 0416 978 669, Mon–Fri 8.00am–4.30pm.