Sustainable Build Checklist — grab your free copy
Dreaming of building or renovating your own light-filled, planet-friendly and genuinely affordable home? You need this checklist first! Get our tried-and-tested steps to creating a sustainable home that’s in tune with nature AND within budget.
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12 steps to an affordable, sustainable home
Let's face it: building or renovating is tough. But a bit of key knowledge can help you avoid (or at least minimise…) the tears, tantrums and budget blow-outs.
This checklist covers:
The importance of orientation — because you want free heat, abundant natural light and comfort all year round, yeah?
Tips for appropriate shading, including the biggest mistake we see people make when designing their homes.
How to minimise your footprint, because the larger your home, the more difficult, costly, and resource-intensive it will be to heat, cool, and maintain.
Thermal mass and cross-ventilation must-knows — these are only useful if put in the right spot!
Guidelines for staying within budget so you feel comfortable and happy in your new home, rather than anxious and financially strained.
Determining your own non-negotiables to ensure you end up with the home of your dreams rather than falling prey to building and design industry pitfalls.
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"I can’t believe you’re not selling this bible!"
This is such valuable information that NO builder ever provides. Love your home, but this… WOW — it’s the bible. Thank you so much for sharing.
— Renae, King River, Western Australia
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"We used your checklist to tweak our design and have come out with a great result."
I’m so excited and just wanted to say thanks so much. I never thought sustainable was possible unless it was a tiny house or $1 million + architectural design.
— Katelyn, Goulburn Valley, Victoria
Our 'non-negotiables' checklist
Based on real-life learnings from our own off-grid, owner-built home.
This is the exact checklist we created to guide the build of Booken House — our family’s dream sustainable home, which we designed ourselves and then managed through every step of the build, from end to end.
Back then, we just couldn’t find good, simple, practical and independent info for designing and building eco-friendly homes that don’t leave you up to your eyeballs in debt. It was all so complicated and also felt kind of elitist.
So we spent years upskilling ourselves… and now we’re on a mission to help everyday folks like you build affordable, sustainable homes that are a joy to live in. Together, let’s make purposeful, budget-friendly and climate-resilient homes mainstream.