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Explore cost-effective solutions for your dream passive house. Demystify pricing, budgeting, and financial incentives, ensuring your eco-friendly home is also economically viable.
Our Passive house builds range from $2800 to $3800 per sqm with top-level inclusions, finishes, CDC approval fees and custom design costs. Read more…
Initial quotes can be vague, so we offer feasibility proposals instead. The project's success starts at the early stages, so this approach protects your time and investment from the beginning.
Our Passive house builds range from $2800 to $3800 per sqm with top-level inclusions, finishes, CDC approval fees and custom design costs. Read more…
There are 3 types of variations: client variations, construction variations and approvals variations. Read more…
A Passive house is a set of principles in building more energy, heathy and sustainable homes. These principles are based on specific equations, materials and construction details. Doing just enough, to what the budget allows, will cause more risk to your project final outcome than good. In our experience, it’s best to reduce the house footprint and build it right from the first time. Read more…
In theory it sounds like a fair and reasonable approach. From our experience it creates room for disputes and more critical room for design complications, when high performance house are built, there has to be modelling carried out to ensure the property is we ventilated for the occupants. Therefore, we suggest reducing the design or looking at our online designs, they start from $650K.
Dive into the world of innovative and efficient passive house designs. Learn how aesthetic appeal merges with functionality in our sustainable architectural concepts.
Yes, we can build on sloping sites.
Of course. If you would appreciate better financial control over your build costs, we recommend starting with one of our pre-designed passive house models. These designs have been pre-costed, ready to be personalised to your needs.
Yes, we are a custom home builder. We work with architect supplied plans. Marvel Homes Passive House Designs can also be modified to meet client site requirements.
A thermal bridge occurs when steel members act as an energy bridge between the interior and the exterior of a building. This can be minimised at the design stage either by reducing the steel through a clever design solution or by using special insulation material to break the energy bridge.
Sydney can experience high humidity. To manage the humidity, we carry out a detailed PHPP report (Passive House Planning Package). Based on our findings, we install the best equipment suitable for your home.We typically use a centralised HRV/ERV, ducted air-conditioning and a ducted dehumidifier.
We have a feasibility proposal guide. It’s a step-by-step process to carefully navigate the early stages of a custom build.
We currently work with Stiebel Eltron, Dantherm or MAICO.
We use uPVC double-glazed windows made locally in Sydney. This gives you better service during and after the build if windows need maintenance in the future.
Yes, we have experience with heritage-impacted sites.
Yes, we can work on flood-impacted sites and modify our designs to suit your site conditions.
We offer provisions for battery storage so that you can connect your preferred option. We can also offer advice on battery storage selection for your home.
Yes, we modify our designs and can work on small, tight sites. Check out our pre-certified Passive House Designs.
Understand the environmental impact of passive housing. We discuss sustainable materials, energy efficiency, and the ecological footprint of building a greener future.
We prefer to achieve certification, which gives our clients peace of mind. Healthier living today and future value when the property is required to be sold along with a certificate.
We need to review the plans and assess the quality and detail of the drawings. Contact us for a discussion.
Passive Solar is different from Passive House and NatHERS principles. Similarly, they all talk about the same science of energy efficiency. The difference is Passive house is tested and measured on the field and holds the builder accountable.
Get insights into Marvel Homes, Sydney's leading passive house builder. Find answers to your queries about our processes, expertise, and commitment to building sustainable, high-quality homes.
Marvel Homes brand was established in 2018. Our director and site manager come from engineering backgrounds with serious technical experience. Read our story.
Yes, reach out and we can discuss current and finished project, and share our learnings with you.
Yes, all our Passive House builds are certifiable. This gives peace of mind to our clients with the added benefit of future-proofing the asset with the certificate for future sale.
Passive House super exceeds green homes certifications. The green home certification is more targeted at large-scale project homes, which follow the same principle to a degree as that of Passive House, but it’s mainly a scheme to help the big operators adopt and change.
As Sydney's environment is humid and changing, we believe family homes need to be sustainable and climate resilient. Choosing a passive home build is an investment in your health and your future.
