Individual Houses

Where

Sustainable house designs and construct throughout:

• Brisbane
• Gold Coast
• Sunshine Coast
• Southern Downs QLD
• Toowoomba
• North Coast NSW

Your site

We build Individual houses on different site types:

• Remote/difficult sites of all sizes/shapes and contours
• Flat or steep slopes (we do both slab on ground and houses raised up on steel posts)
• Urban development projects
• Small Lots, Large Lots or Acreage
• Locations were trades people are scarce
• Projects with budget limitations
• Projects with time pressures
• Site where access to amenities is limited.

Sustainability

Living Sustainable saves you money!

Our superb sustainable house designs incorporate principles of sustainability within our designs to address both your current and future needs. We focus on lifetime solutions and look at the 25 year life cycle of your house and savings to guarantee the certainty of your lifestyle and the certainty of a realistic fixed budget. This means dollars back in your pocket long term!

Our homes are sustainable and energy efficient because they all take into account our proven Sustainability Principles for over 30 years of:

• Passive design
• Energy efficiency
• Solar orientation
• Passive ventilation
• Site management
• Water and storm water management
• Integrated Landscaping Design
• Built form issues
• Views & vistas
• Challenges versus commercial outcomes and opportunities.
• Life Cycle Assessment of building, product and material choices to manage your Ongoing Resource Management & Costs after your home is constructed.

Process

Setting us apart from our competitors is the fact that SUSTAINABLE offers a unique ‘design-construct’ process for sustainable housing.

We have a hand selected design, construction and landscaping team that allows us to deliver better outcomes for our valued clients.

Our total design and construction process involves:

1. You meet with us to discuss your design objectives, lifestyle requirements and agree on your requirements.
2. Your designs are created that suit your lifestyle and will help significantly minimise your future running costs, whilst also minimising the impact the build will have on the environment.
3. Your house is constructed utilising exceptional, environmentally-favourable designs.

Your sustainable house design will not only meet your immediate and future needs, but will also benefit the environment. The end result is a seamless project, which achieves your specific outcome and ensures a reliable team is available to you for years to come should you require additional support.

Stages

There are various design stages for each project. We discuss these Design Stages with you to make sure we tailor a package that suits your requirements.

Our design stages for individual houses:

• Design Stage 1:  Needs & Site Analysis
• Design Stage 2:  Concept Design
• Design Stage 3:  Schematic Design
• Design Stage 4:  Working Drawings

Award winning

Sustainable have been in the design and construction industry for over 30 years both locally and internationally. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) which is Australia‘s largest residential building organisation and the voice of Australia‘s home building industry has awarded Sustainable with over 60 Australian housing awards.

Our individual houses have been highly award winning. Some of our awards for our individual houses include the following:

• HIA Housing Industry Association Awards (Queensland & Australia wide)
  • 2011 – HIA Silver National Greensmart Home of the Year (Moreton Island House)
  • 2006 – HIA Excellence in Building for Queensland Climate (Samsonvale House)
  • 2005 – HIA Queensland Greensmart Energy Efficient Home of The Year (Gap House)
  • 2003 – HIA Winner Australian Greensmart Building of The Year – (Brookwater House)
  • 2003 – HIA Runners Up – Australian Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
  • 2003 – HIA Runners Up – Australian Greensmart Professional of the Year (Brookwater House)
  • 2002 – HIA Winner South East Queensland Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
  • 2002 – HIA Winner Queensland Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
• HIA Housing Industry Association Awards (Brisbane/Toowoomba/Gold Coast)
  • 2007 – HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Greensmart Energy Efficient Home of The Year (Samsonvale House)
  • 2006 – HIA Best Individual Home Valued $550,000 to $850,000 (Samsonvale House)
  • 2005 – HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Greensmart Energy Efficient Home of The Year (Gap House)
  • 2005 – HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Silver Award for Custom Built Home Valued $250,000 to $300,000 (North Stradbroke Island House)
  • 2005 – HIA Brisbane/Gold Coast Region Silver Award for Custom Built Luxury Home Values over $750,000 (Gap House)
  • 2004 – HIA Best Individual Home Valued $450,000- $550,000
  • 2004 – HIA Winner Brisbane/Gold Coast Custom Built Home valued $350,000 to $500,000 (Toowong House)
  • 2004 – HIA Winner Brisbane/Gold Coast Most Innovation Use of Steel (Toowong House)
  • 2004 – HIA Best Design for the Queensland Climate
  • 2004 – HIA Best Display Home over $380,000
  • 2002 – HIA Winner Display Homes Valued over $200,000 (Brookwater House)
  • 2002 – HIA Winner Display Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
  • 2002 – HIA Winner Energy Efficient Home of the Year (Brookwater House)
  • 2001 – HIA Runners Up – Display Home

• Queensland Master Builders’ Association Awards
  • 2005 – QMBA Best Individual Home $400,000-$600,000 – (Mt Crosby House)
  • 2005 – QMBA Best Individual Home $600,000-$850,000 – (Gap House)
  • 2004 – QMBA Excellence in Design for Queensland Climate (West Moreton)
  • 2004 – QMBA Display Home over $380,000 (West Moreton)
  • 2004 – QMBA Individual Home Valued $450,000 – $550,000 (Toowong House)
  • 2002 – QMBA Individual Home Valued $300,000 – $400,000
  • 2002 – QMBA Most Innovative Use of Steel Roofing
  • 2002 – QMBA Housing for Sloping Site over $250,000
  • 2001 – QMBA Housing for Sloping Site up to $250,000
  • 2001 – QMBA Individual Home between $300,000 – $400,000
  • 2001 – QMBA Most Innovative Use of Steel Roofing
  • 1998 – QMBA Best Contemporary House
  • 1998 – QMBA Most Innovative Use of Lightweight Composite Construction
  • 1998 – QMBA Timber Housing
  • 1998 – QMBA Most Innovative Use of Glass
  • 1998 – QMBA Most Innovative Use of Colorbond Steel Roofing
  • 1997 – QMBA Contract House
  • 1997 – QMBA Contract House
  • 1996 – QMBA Contract House
  • 1996 – QMBA House for Sloping Site –
  • 1996 – QMBA Best Use of Colorbond Steel Roofing
  • 1996 – QMBA Best Use of Site and Outdoor Living
  • 1996 – QMBA House for Sloping Site
  • 1995 – QMBA Best Use of Timber
  • 1995 – QMBA Best Kitchen

For a full list of our awards, please see our awards page

Project Management

One of the benefits of selecting sustainable is that we project manage the entire design and build process, including liaising with and obtaining all other information from external consultants.

The main consultants/services you need are:

• Surveyor for a survey and contours plan of your site
• Soils Test
• Structural Engineer
• Building Certifier for building approval

Other consultants and services that you may also need, that we project manage for you are:

• City Councils i.e Brisbane, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Southern Downs City Councils etc.
• Town Planners for Development Approvals
• Acoustic Engineer
• Environmental Engineer
• Arborist
• Bushfire Consultant

Time

An individual bespoke house design is customised to your lifestyle and requirements. We will be able to advise on design and construction timing once we know more about your individual requirements. As an example for an individual House between 300-400m2 = 6-8 months

Other consultants will be required throughout the design process. Below is in indicative outline of timings:

• Structural Engineer: approximately 3-4 weeks
• Building Certifier: approximately 3-4 weeks
• Development Approval: (only if your site requires a Development Application to be lodged through City Councils) – minimum 3 months

Please note that all timeframes are subject to design, construction, materials, site constraints, site location, soil type, client input and level of finish required.

Costs

Each bespoke house is customised to each client to suit their lifestyle and requirements and you will only ever find one of these houses in the world. Below is an approximate indication of costs for different types of our bespoke individual houses:

• 2 bedroom + study = between $350k – $500k
• 3 bedroom + study = between $500k – $650k
• 4 bedroom + study = between $650k – $900k – upwards