Answers, ideas and the occasional strong opinion.
Permits, pricing, design and the thinking behind the 3.2m difference — straight from the team who builds them.
Do you need a permit to live in a MicroHome?
It's the first question almost everyone asks. The honest answer: it depends on your council and how you plan to use it — here's how it actually works.
The step-by-step process of creating your MicroHome
What actually happens between your first phone call and the day your MicroHome is craned into place — including the two steps most people don't see coming.
How much does a MicroHome cost in Australia?
A straight answer on pricing — what's included, what changes the number, and where the range starts.
Why we built a 3.2m-wide 'tiny home'
Standard tiny houses are 2.4m wide. We went to 3.2m — and that 800mm changes what the space can be.
What is a MicroHome?
Not a caravan. Not a tiny house. Here's what actually makes a MicroHome different — and who they're for.
How does installation work?
From factory to your backyard — how a finished MicroHome actually gets delivered and set up on your block.
Using MicroHomes as granny flats or rental investments
A backyard MicroHome can house family or earn an income — and it takes 12 weeks to build once your build starts, not a year.
3 ways a MicroHome will transform your life
You don't need to move to a bigger house. Sometimes you just need to use the land you already have.
MicroHomes vs tiny homes as a granny flat or investment
They look similar and cost similarly. The differences that matter are width, safety, insurance and fire rating.
How much is a granny flat in Melbourne, Victoria?
Traditional granny flats run $140k–$190k and take the better part of a year. Here's how a MicroHome compares.
The flaws of tiny-home design
MicroHomes director Hayden Le Page spoke with 3AW about the safety problems hiding in an unregulated tiny-home market.
House extension ideas: why a modular extension is best
Modular extensions go up in a fraction of the time, for up to a third less — here's why the numbers work.
More articles coming — the full archive will be migrated from the current site in the client build.