Building options
This page is designed to list a number of options for builders and companies that have been put forward from a number of sources- please note availability of consumer affairs advice before signing contracts:
The service offers people access to a range of house designs and one free consultation with an architect. The house designs are tailored to be able to comply with the new Australian Standard for residential buildings in bushfire prone areas. The architectural designs also provide sustainability and amenity benefits.
Home of the "Regrowth Pod", a modular home system as constructed in Kinglake
- Envirowise Modular Housing- prefab ecological and sustainable housing
- Log homes- information here
Inspiring and Sustainable Design ideas:
- Earth Building website (UTS) http://www.dab.uts.edu.au/ebrf/index.html
- Eco bookstore: http://www.eco.com.au/ecobookshop/category10_1.htm
- Other inspiring links to Alpine designs: http://atelier199.com/en.htm
- http://yourhome.gov.au/
Your Home is a suite of consumer and technical guide materials and tools developed to encourage the design, construction or renovation of homes to be comfortable, healthy and more environmentally sustainable
Click through to the buyers or renovators guides on that website, and you can order copies of the brochure online. You can also view those brochures here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14143835/yourhomecomau-Renovators-Guide http://www.scribd.com/doc/14143840/CSIRO-Buyers-Guide - Local sustainable building information- see Murrindindi Climate Network site here