The feeling of HOME

What does being green look like today?
There's a lot of talk about sustainability and environmentally aware construction practices and hooray for that! However, when people turn their nose up at our style of construction, telling us that timber is the only way to go for benefitting the environment and health of the homeowner, we have to disagree. The majority of tradespeople coming out of their building apprenticeships have strong desires to work with timber. It's the romanticized ideal of strapping on the toolbelt, lining up some 2 x 4's, sliding their hands over the rough sawn... Read more...
Have you noticed??
Have you noticed??
They would seem to be a dying breed.Every now and then though I catch a glimpse.The one who has their face to the window of the train, soaking in the... Read more...
It's YOUR Year!
In the last 3 years in Australia, over 6,000 building companies have gone into liquidation, with another 1,000 predicted in the next 12 months. That's a huge wake up call - we need alternative and affordable housing options stat!!!Rising materials prices, labour costs, unpredictable weather events, bureaucratic strangling of small business with burdensome taxes and burying administrative paperwork.Something has to shift, and soon.We truly believe tiny homes and modular building is the way of the future. Being able to manage construction in a controlled environment, centralised trades and ease of materials... Read more...
All important air flow for your mattress
All important air flow for your mattress
Hands down, one of the greatest benefits in building with Havenwood, is the standing height lofts.  You will notice we never put our mattresses in the bedrooms on the floor,... Read more...
Key moments in (tiny) lives
Key moments in (tiny) lives
  Can you recognise a key moment in your life? Something that happens and you’re left indelibly marked? It could be a good thing (the birth of a baby, marrying... Read more...
STORM Release Week!
STORM Release Week!
In case you've missed the announcement on social media, our largest ever tiny home is about to hit the market!! We are doing things a little differently this time.  Because... Read more...
The Power of Place
The Power of Place
I’ve just come home from a wonderful trip overseas, to see a part of the globe that I have loved from afar for many, many years. The kind of small... Read more...
Cocooning
Cocooning
  Cocooning. Days are shorter, nights are cooler, air is crisp. I don't know if its intrinsic to us all, but I feel the desire to stay home, rug up,... Read more...
They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!
They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!
    How was your Easter? Slow and steady with a good book and a roaring fire? Or manic and busy with Easter egg hunts and family gatherings?? Rick was... Read more...
Time to Vacate????!!!
Time to Vacate????!!!
With Christmas almost upon us, I've been thinking a lot about vacations. The imagined scenes of relaxing on a pristine white beach, waves lapping gently at the shore, a light... Read more...
Why do other people have what you want?
Why do other people have what you want?
Rick had a phone call yesterday from one of our clients who are settling into their home, and wanted to call and say thank you so much, that they are now... Read more...
Are we planning to fail? Or failing to plan?
Henry Ford said, “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. Most of us know about New Years Resolutions. Whether we make them, then break them. Or not make them at all. In the chaos that is the lead up to Christmas, then that feeling of immense exhaustion that can crush us after the heavy workload is over for another year, we can leave thinking about the future until well into the weeks of January. Dan Miller, author of "48 days to the work you love"... Read more...