Many years after our first thoughts and plans in 2012 to build a small sustainable house on our section in
A mid-build tour of our home by Madelief and Charlie. Showing you the inns en outs of the house.
The design of the house is still progressing slow so time to reflect on life in New Zealand. We have
Although another 1001 decisions have to be made two major ones are hovering in the air for some time: Are
After a few weeks of frustration without any progress, higher costs, additional requirements and trying to figure out what to
We have reached a point where we need to do some serious thinking about what we set out to achieve
After the first sketches some weeks back we now have the developed design drawings with nice 3D renderings. The floor
When you start thinking about building your own house you develop a picture in your head about what you want
Here are the first sketches and lay-outs of our home. After reviewing some schematic options and giving our input to
In 2010 we purchased a section at Pahi situated on the Northern side of the Kaipara Harbour in Northland, New
Welcome to the first blog on www.sustainablesmallhouses.com. On this website we plan to share the learning and knowledge we gain
