2023 Master Builders Building Awards ‘Best Custom Home' winner

Winners of the Best Custom Home

Spinifex is the future of affordable sustainable housing with a 7.6 Star rating. Located in Cape Paterson, Spinifex is Small but mighty, just 164m2 in size, but cleverly designed so it is open, airy, and complete with ample storage. Complete with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, generous study, and open plan living. It has been fitted with a 3.7kw solar system, an electric vehicle charging point, and an impressive 10,000Ltrs of underground water storage.

The Spinifexis a low-maintenance home that combines functional spaces within a small footprint. Spinifex interacts with its environment, capturing solar gains with carefully positioned passive solar design, working to passively heat and cool the home.

This home has been designed to be as sustainable as possible within budget and location, including optimal orientation for passive solar design, air tightness, very high insulation levels, and thermal mass walls, which all contribute to the energy efficiency of this home. This means that the home will sit at a stable and comfortable temperature all year round, with minimal heating and cooling required, even when outside temperatures are extreme. We believe with the changes to regulations to a minimum 7 star rating for all Victorian homes, Spinifex is an example of the future of affordable, sustainable housing.