When Luke Fryer boarded a plane to Texas, he wasn’t chasing BBQ or cowboy hats. The former Metricon executive and founder of Longhorn Group was chasing an idea – a radical rethink of how Australians build homes. What he found were “Barndominiums”: vast, steel-framed...
The Australian housing sector has always been shaped by innovation. From the rise of sustainable design to the surge of modular living solutions, builders have steadily embraced new methods to deliver homes faster, smarter, and with less waste. Now, a fresh wave of...
Escaping the Rush: Why Homes Are Becoming Retreats In a world where busyness has become the default setting, many Australians are rethinking what “home” really means. Increasingly, homeowners are looking for spaces that act as sanctuaries, places that slow life down,...
Everyone’s saying "healthy homes". But what are they really building? You’ve seen it on signs, brochures and social media: Healthy Home. Sustainable Build. Designed for Wellbeing. But when we spoke to builders actually doing the work, the message was clear: Healthy...
For decades, the bathroom floor grate was an afterthought, a functional necessity hidden at the edge of a photo shoot or under a shower mat. Builders, homeowners, and designers rarely gave it a second thought. Then came Lauxes Grates. What started as a simple idea,...
330,000 households, and counting. Why this growing trend is reshaping the future for builders — and how to get ahead of it. The Quiet Surge Under Our Roofs The 2021 Australian Census revealed a striking shift: 335,000 households now include three or more adult...
What if you could download architect-designed plans for your new home for just $1 – and have confidence your council would approve it within weeks? That’s the bold promise behind the New South Wales government’s new Housing Pattern Book, unveiled this week by Premier...
Summary: Australia’s luxury property market is defying the broader housing slowdown — with sales of $5 million-plus homes surging more than 55 per cent since 2020. It is a trend that signals growing demand for aspirational design and high-spec homes, and it holds a...
The home-building landscape is shifting, and TGB caught up with leading interior designer and Open Homes Australia host James Treble, to understand three clear trends that builders need to be aware of in 2025. 1. Sustainability and Material Origins Matter More Than...
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A new bill before Queensland Parliament would let the state compulsorily acquire private land to help deliver projects of state significance. Owners keep their right to compensation, but the usual avenues to contest the underlying decision on its merits would be...
A long-established Perth and Melbourne truss fabricator has secured just over $3 million in state funding to automate its Western Australian plant, and the detail behind the grant tells builders something useful about where component supply is going. A.G. Trusses, a...
Most of the housing debate in Australia comes down to a few familiar levers. Interest rates. Migration. Planning approvals. Tax settings. All of them matter. But there is a number that gets far less airtime, and it may be the most important one of all. Over the past...
Queensland names the first three proponents for the inaugural site under its Land Activation Program, locking in more than 450 homes across townhouses, aged care and affordable housing. For builders, this is the moment the program stops being policy and starts being a...