Your build, start to finish.
Models, prices, what is in them, what your land adds, how the money is staged and what happens on delivery day. One page, every number, nothing withheld.
- Class 1a. Every model. Lends and insures like a house.
- Inc GST. Every dwelling price here, ex factory.
- Built at Laceys Creek. Delivered Australia-wide.
Nine sections. Read the two you need.
- 01What Outhaus buildsClass 1a, architect-designed, factory built
- 02The range and the pricesSix models, every rung, inc GST
- 03Five ways inPlans, kit, lock-up, complete, installed
- 04What is in the priceLine by line, and what is not
- 05Decks and bushfirePriced on top of the home price
- 06Site costsQuoted separately, and why
- 07Delivery and installTransport, crane, footings
- 08How it worksEight steps and the payment schedule
- 09QuestionsApprovals, finance, value, timing
Built properly. Delivered complete.
Outhaus designs and builds Class 1a modular dwellings in South East Queensland. Class 1a is the same building classification as any house on any street.
Every model is architect-designed by Palm Hill Architects (BOAQ 5577) and built under roof at Laceys Creek, then craned onto engineered footings on your land. The build happens in a workshop with the same crew every week, so the weather never gets a vote and the quality does not move between jobs.
We sell kits as well as finished homes. A kit is a real product on our price list, and it is built to residential standard rather than delivered as a shed in a crate. If you want to put it up yourself, that is a rung on the ladder, not a compromise.
- Architect-designed. Every model, by Palm Hill Architects. Not templated plans.
- Class 1a residential. Certified, Form 15, 7-star NatHERS rated.
- Factory-built under roof. No weather delays, consistent quality control.
- Craned into position. Complete, on prepared footings. Days on site, not months.
- Modular by design. Join and expand up to 86sqm as life asks for it.
- Two ranges. Six modular models on footings, four Roadhaus models on wheels.
The whole board. Nothing withheld.
Six models, 16.3sqm to 54.0sqm, and what each one costs at every stage of finish. The green row is the website price.
 Compact 4.84.8m × 3.4m |
 Studio 6.06.0m × 3.4m |
 Standard 8.48.4m × 3.4m |
 Wide 8.48.4m × 4.0m |
 Flex 10.810.8m × 4.0m |
 Family 13.513.5m × 4.0m |
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| The module | ||||||
| Floor area | 16.3sqm | 20.4sqm | 28.6sqm | 33.6sqm | 43.2sqm | 54.0sqm |
| Bedrooms | Open studio | Studio, or 1 | 1 | 1 | 1–2 | 2 |
| Kitchen | Kitchenette | Kitchenette | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Bathroom | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Pilot vehicleOn delivery | Not required | Not required | Not required | Required | Required | Required |
| Five ways in, inc GST | ||||||
| PlansDrawings and Form 15 | $2,900 | $2,900 | $3,900 | $3,900 | $4,900 | $4,900 |
| KitFlat packed, you build | $39,900 | $44,900 | $59,900 | $62,900 | $71,900 | $93,900 |
| Lock-upWeathertight, ex factory | $47,900 | $55,900 | $75,900 | $80,900 | $94,900 | $121,900 |
| CompleteThe finished home, ex factory | $99,900 | $109,900 | $139,900 | $144,900 | $169,900 | $199,900 |
| InstalledOn your land | $168,900 to $218,900 | $181,900 to $231,900 | $216,900 to $266,900 | $224,900 to $274,900 | $254,900 to $304,900 | $291,900 to $341,900 |
| Priced on top, inc GST | ||||||
| DeckFull length × 3.0m | $17,900 | $18,900 | $21,900 | $21,900 | $23,900 | $26,900 |
| Covered DeckDeck plus the roof | $24,800 | $26,800 | $30,800 | $30,800 | $33,800 | $37,800 |
| Trailer baseIn place of the skid | $13,900 | $15,900 | $17,900 | $18,900 | $20,900 | $24,900 |
| What the floor costs | ||||||
| Per sqmAt the home price | $6,129 | $5,387 | $4,892 | $4,313 | $3,933 | $3,702 |
Installed is the home price plus your site work: approvals, footings, transport, crane and connections. The range above is a guide. Your land sets the real number, so we fix it to your address as a Binding Estimate within 7 days of the free Site Check. Fixed means fixed. Delivery is quoted by postcode and every 4.0m-wide module needs a pilot vehicle.
You choose where we stop.
The same module at five stages of finish. Take the drawings and build it yourself, or hand us the whole job and take the keys. Prices shown are the Standard 8.4.
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00Plans The full drawing set plus Form 15. You build all of it, with your own builder. $2,900 to $4,900
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02Kit Frame, weathertight skin, windows and doors. Flat packed and delivered. You put it up. $39,900 to $93,900
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03Lock-up Built weathertight at Laceys Creek, lockable, ready for your trades to fit out. $47,900 to $121,900
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04Complete A finished Class 1a dwelling, ex factory. Kitchen, bathroom, wired and plumbed. $99,900 to $199,900
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05Installed Delivered, craned, connected and approved. We hand you the keys. Complete plus your site
Kit or lock-up: what changes
Who does the assembly, and nothing else. The Kit arrives flat packed and you stand it up. Lock-up leaves the factory already built: weathertight, lockable, ready for your trades. On the Standard 8.4 the gap is $16,000, and it buys every hour of framing, cladding and glazing done under our roof instead of in your weather.
Both come with engineered drawings and a written scope. Neither is a shed in a crate: it is the same module, built to the same residential standard, stopped at a different point.
What Installed adds
The Complete price plus everything your land needs: building approval and certification, engineered footings, transport under permit, the crane, and power, water and waste connected. On a straightforward SEQ site that runs $69,000 to $92,000 with the model, on top of the home price. A harder site can add up to $50,000.
That band is a guide, not a quote. Your land sets the number, so we fix it to your address as a Binding Estimate within 7 days of the free Site Check.
Why there are two of us
Outhaus builds the home. Under roof at Laceys Creek, in 12–16 weeks. Class 1a, 7 star, certified and finished before it leaves the yard.
A licensed builder installs and certifies it. Footings, delivery, crane, plumbing, power and the building approval, on his licence.
Putting a building on land needs a builder licensed for that site, and that is a different job from building the box. So we build yours and he does the ground. You get one number covering both, and one person to ring while the job is on.
Your builder's side, in five lines
Worked on the Standard 8.4. This is what sits inside the install band, so you can hold it against the next quote you get.
- Certification and approvals, $35,000. The same number whatever model you pick. A licensed builder carries it.
- Footings, $800 to $1,200 a pier. The soil sets the rate and the engineer sets the count.
- Delivery and crane, $8,000 to $38,000. Reach sets the crane. Fixed once he has stood on your block.
- Plumbing, about $16,000. It doubles where there is no sewer and the site needs treatment.
- Electrical, $5,000 to $9,000. A mains upgrade or a long sub-main run moves it.
What the whole job costs
Worked on the Standard 8.4, with the covered deck in the number, because Australians live on the deck. We build and hold the first two lines. Your builder quotes the third off your site.
- The home, $139,900. Complete and certified, ex factory.
- Covered deck, $30,800. Full length by 3.0m, Merbau on steel, lined roof.
- Placed and certified, $77,000 to $127,000. Piers, delivery, crane, plumbing, power and approval.
- All in, $247,700 to $297,700. A Class 1a home, finished, on your land.
The same sum across the six, from: Compact 4.8 $193,700, Studio 6.0 $208,700, Standard 8.4 $247,700, Wide 8.4 $255,700, Flex 10.8 $288,700, Family 13.5 $329,700. Inc GST.
Who installs it
Outhaus installs under our own licence, and we take a limited number of on-site builds a year. These are the builders we recommend for the rest. Your builder, your call: use one of these, or your own.
- James Reti, RTMD Constructions. Brisbane, Gold Coast, Scenic Rim, Darling Downs and northern NSW, up to Caboolture. 0483 982 997. Our preferred installer in South East Queensland.
- Chris Horvath, Modular Building Brokers. Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast, north to Bundaberg.
- Sam Perrett, Keil Approvals. Northern NSW, Tweed Heads to Coffs Harbour.
- Milo Quabba, Hinged Constructions. North Queensland, Townsville to Cairns.
Finished, and finished properly.
The build, line by line.
The building
- Class 1a certified, Form 15, 7-star NatHERS rated
- Light gauge steel frame or SIP panel walls
- Corrugated Colorbond cladding and roof, 5° skillion
- Raked ceilings throughout, bathroom included
- Structural ply F11 19mm floor deck
- Bradnams aluminium windows, single glazed, keyed alike, with fibreglass screens
- Glazed entry door
- Powder-coated steel skid base, or a trailer base in its place
Fitted out
- Kitchen: custom joinery, laminate benchtop, sink and mixer, 4-burner gas cooktop, fridge space
- Bathroom: shower, vanity and WC, floor and shower tiled to 2100, fully waterproofed
- ABI Elysian tapware and shower set, ABI toilet suite with in-wall cistern, ABI concrete basin
- Bathroom accessories: roll holder, robe hooks, shower caddy, soap holder
- Reverse-cycle air conditioning, 2.5kW split system
- Vinyl plank flooring, VJ lining, painted throughout
- Skirting, architraves, internal doors and frames
- Full electrical fit-out: lighting, GPOs, switchboard
- Hot water supplied and fitted, wired and plumbed ready to connect
Not in the dwelling price
- Transport, crane and permits
- Footings, soil test and survey
- Connection to power, water and sewer or septic
- Council fees and certifier fees
- Site clearing, levelling and access
- Landscaping, fencing, driveways and paths
- Window awnings
- Bushfire, flood or retaining work the site requires
Add it if you want it
- Deck, full module length by 3.0m, from $17,900
- Covered Deck, the deck and the roof, from $24,800
- Trailer base in place of the steel skid, from $13,900
- Solar and a rainwater tank, quoted per job
- Skylight, queen bed plinth with storage
- A second module, joined or stacked, up to 86sqm
Priced on top, never baked in.
Decks, wheels, solar and tanks are decisions about your land, not about the module. Baking them into the home price would inflate it for everyone who does not want them.
The Deck and the Covered Deck
Full module length by 3.0m deep. Merbau boards on a galvanised steel subframe with one stair set, craned on with the house. The roof over it is galvanised steel posts and an insulated Bondor panel, so it is a lined ceiling, not a tin lid.
Bushfire is a site requirement
You do not choose a BAL rating. The bushfire map does. Both sit outside the home price and apply on top of it.
- BAL-29 covers the glazing and screens.
- BAL-40 is a non-combustible envelope: upgraded windows, stainless screens, fibre cement floor, steel mesh gutter guard, and gaps sealed to 3mm.
Your land sets its own number.
Every dwelling price in this guide is the module only. Site costs move so much between one address and the next that folding them into a single headline number would make that number a fiction.
So we quote them separately, itemised, after we have looked at your land. You see where each dollar goes, and the number we put in front of you is one we can hold.
What it lands at
| Budget, all-in | What that buys |
|---|---|
| Under $150,000 | Compact 4.8 or Studio 6.0 on a straightforward suburban site |
| $150,000 to $200,000 | Standard 8.4 or Wide 8.4 on most South East Queensland sites |
| $200,000 to $250,000 | Flex 10.8 or Family 13.5 on a straightforward site |
| $250,000 and up | Any model on a hard site: steep, remote, or high BAL |
Most projects land between $120,000 for a Compact 4.8 on an easy suburban site and $280,000 for a Family 13.5 on a difficult one, dwelling plus site.
Two worked examples
Real site conditions, real ranges. Neither is a quote.
| Studio 6.0, flat suburban site | Low | High |
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| Moreton Bay or Logan. Flat, good access, standard soil, no bushfire overlay, 50km out. | ||
| Studio 6.0 | $109,900 | $109,900 |
| Transport and crane | $1,925 | $3,900 |
| Footings, screw piles | $4,000 | $6,500 |
| Service connections | $5,000 | $12,000 |
| Council and infrastructure | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| Building certifier | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| Soil test and survey | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| Indicative all-in | $127,325 | $144,800 |
| Standard 8.4, acreage | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| 5 acres near Maleny. Moderate slope, mixed soils, good vehicle access, 100km out. | ||
| Standard 8.4 | $139,900 | $139,900 |
| Transport and crane | $2,150 | $4,500 |
| Footings, moderate slope | $5,500 | $8,500 |
| Service connections | $8,000 | $15,000 |
| Council and infrastructure | $3,500 | $7,000 |
| Building certifier | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| Soil test, survey and BAL | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| Access preparation | $1,000 | $3,000 |
| Indicative all-in | $165,050 | $186,900 |
These are indicative ranges, not quotes. They are built on typical South East Queensland conditions and real costs can fall outside them. Each site item is billed by the provider who does that work, on their own terms, so confirm the GST treatment of every line in your Binding Estimate. The dwelling price is inc GST in both examples.
Craned in. Days, not months.
We deliver Australia-wide. Across South East Queensland we handle the install ourselves. Beyond it, we supply the module and support your local builder.
South East Queensland
Full Outhaus install: transport, crane, footings, connections and approval managed end to end, with a QBCC-licensed builder of record. Or supply-only if you would rather use your own builder.
Regional QLD and interstate
Supply-only. You engage a local licensed builder for site work and placement. We provide the full documentation set, the engineering, and support through the build.
Estimated delivery cost
Indicative all-in ranges covering truck, pilot vehicle on the 4.0m series, crane and permits. Confirmed after we assess your site.
| Destination | Distance | 3.4m series | 4.0m series |
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| South East Queensland | |||
| Local SEQ | ~50km | $1,925 to $3,900 | $2,025 to $4,075 |
| Sunshine Coast | ~100km | $2,150 to $4,500 | $2,450 to $5,350 |
| Gold Coast | ~120km | $2,540 to $3,960 | $2,580 to $5,580 |
| Ipswich and Scenic Rim | ~80km | $2,360 to $3,640 | $3,490 to $3,770 |
| Toowoomba | ~200km | $3,400 to $4,600 | $4,570 to $5,270 |
| Regional Queensland, supply-only | |||
| Bundaberg | ~370km | $5,500 to $7,000 | $6,500 to $8,500 |
| Rockhampton | ~640km | $7,500 to $9,500 | $8,500 to $11,000 |
| Mackay | ~970km | $10,000 to $13,000 | $11,500 to $15,000 |
| Townsville | ~1,350km | $13,000 to $16,000 | $14,500 to $18,000 |
| Cairns | ~1,700km | $15,000 to $19,000 | $17,000 to $22,000 |
Footings
Screw piles are what we recommend on most sites. They go in inside a day or two, there is no concrete curing time, and they bolt straight to the steel skid.
| Module | Typical piles | Estimated installed |
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| Compact 4.8, Studio 6.0 | 6 to 8 | $4,000 to $6,500 |
| Standard 8.4, Wide 8.4 | 10 | $5,500 to $8,500 |
| Flex 10.8, Family 13.5 | 12 to 14 | $7,000 to $11,000 |
Figures include supply, installation and basic site mobilisation. A soil test and geotechnical report are needed before the footings can be designed, and they are the line item you see in the worked examples above.
From one address to the keys.
Eight steps. You know the fixed price before you sign, and the site work happens while the module is being built.
- Site CheckSend us your address. We look at soil, slope, access, services, your council area and the overlays on your land, and come back on what fits and roughly what it costs.Free · about 2 minutes to start
- Pre-Planning ReportA certifier-led look at zoning, overlays and setbacks, so you know your land is viable before you spend anything real. Credited to the build if you go ahead.$750 + GST · back in 7 to 10 business days
- Pick the model, the rung and the finishWhich module, how far you want us to take it, and which of the three finish series.
- Design and Binding EstimateThe module sited to the findings, with a fixed price tied to your land. Itemised: dwelling, then every site line separately.Within 7 days of the Site Check
- Contract and approvalsLock a production slot with a deposit if you want one, or go straight to contract. Either way you sign against a fixed dwelling price and itemised site costs, and we take building approval and certification from there.
- Factory buildYour module is built under roof at Laceys Creek. Site preparation, footings and service connections happen in parallel, so there is almost no dead time.12–16 weeks from contract to delivery
- Delivery and placementThe finished module arrives on a truck and a crane lifts it onto your footings. In South East Queensland we run the install. Outside it, your builder does.One day on site
- Connection and handoverServices connected, final inspections done, keys handed over.
The payment schedule
Two stages on the dwelling. We finish the job before we take the last dollar.
| When | How much | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Planning Report | $750 + GST | Certifier-led check that your land works. Credited to the build if you proceed. |
| Deposit | Optional | Locks a production slot before you sign. Credited to Stage 1. |
| Stage 1 | 50% | On signing the sale agreement, less anything already credited. |
| Stage 2 | 50% | At practical completion, after your pre-delivery inspection. |
Two ways through it. Take a production slot with a deposit while you finish your approvals, or go straight to contract and Stage 1 is your first payment. The deposit is set per job, so ask for yours. The schedule applies to the dwelling price: site costs are billed by the providers who do that work, on their own terms.
It lends like a house, because it is one.
Class 1a is the whole argument. It is what lets a bank lend against the build, a valuer assess it as a dwelling, and an insurer cover it.
| Pathway | How it works | Complexity |
|---|---|---|
| Equity release | Refinance, or draw on an existing offset or redraw. The most common route. | Low |
| Split funding | Part equity, part savings. What most people end up doing. | Low to medium |
| Savings | Pay from savings across the two stages. | Lowest |
Does it stack up?
A Studio 6.0 let long-term, using the all-in figure from the worked example above.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Studio 6.0, ex factory | $109,900 |
| Borrowed, all-in with site costs | $141,000 |
| Interest rate, indicative | 6.5% p.a. |
| Monthly repayment, P&I over 30 years | about $890 |
| Long-term rent, South East Queensland | $350 to $500 / week |
| Monthly rental income | $1,520 to $2,170 |
| Net monthly position | $630 to $1,280 positive |
An illustration, not financial advice. Rates, rents and lending criteria move, and yours will not be these. Talk to a qualified broker before you count on any of it. We can point you at one who understands modular lending.
Straight answers. No hedging.
Do I need council approval?
How long does it take?
Can my parents live in it?
Can I change the layout?
Do you build outside South East Queensland?
What is the warranty?
The short version.
- ClassificationClass 1a residential dwelling
- CertificationForm 15, 7-star NatHERS
- ConstructionLight gauge steel frame or SIP panel
- RoofColorbond, 5° skillion, raked ceilings
- Widths3.4m and 4.0m series
- Lead time12–16 weeks from contract
- DeliveryCraned onto prepared footings
- Warranty10 years structural, 12 months fit-out
- Service areaFull install SEQ, delivered Australia-wide
Start with the site. Not the floor plan.
Access, setbacks and overlays decide what is possible before any drawing does. The Site Check is free and it takes about two minutes.
Check your site
Send your address. We come back on what fits and what it is likely to cost.
Start the site checkBook a call
Your land, your shortlist, and how far you want to take it yourself. No pitch.
Book a timeVisit the ranch
Walk through finished modules, 5 minutes from Dayboro.
Book a visitSite Check
Will an Outhaus fit your block?
Enter your address to see what your planning rules allow, takes about 60 seconds.