Frequently asked questions

Everything worth
asking early.

Clear answers about choosing a home, understanding your site, defining the project scope, and moving from first enquiry to installation.

01

Getting started

The first steps, suitable projects, and what we need to understand about your plans.

What is a Prefab Spaces home?

It's architect-designed, engineered, and built off-site, then transported to your land for installation and connection. The home itself and the site-specific work are handled as one coordinated project.

What types of homes do you offer?

The current range begins with Studio and One: a compact studio or one-bedroom layout, and a complete one-bedroom home. Add-ons can extend the project with spaces such as an office, gym, sauna, hot tub zone, decking, or pergola.

Where do I start?

Send an enquiry with your name, location, preferred model, rough timing, and anything you already know about the land. That's enough for us to guide the first conversation and map out the next steps.

Do I need to own land before I enquire?

No. You can speak with us while looking for land. If you already have a property, we can discuss its planning context, services, access, orientation, and other factors that may affect suitability.

Where can Prefab Spaces homes be delivered?

Delivery feasibility is assessed for each project. Your location, road route, property access, overhead obstructions, crane position, planning requirements, and site conditions all influence what is practical.

02

Design and range

How the models work, what can be selected, and how each home is resolved.

Are the homes architect-designed?

Yes. The range is developed around considered layouts, natural light, privacy, storage, material quality, and everyday liveability, with manufacturing and delivery requirements integrated into the design.

Can I customise a model?

The models begin with a resolved design so quality, cost, and manufacturing can remain coordinated. Selected finishes, fixtures, and add-ons can be discussed, while structural or planning-driven changes are reviewed for feasibility and project impact.

What's included in the interior?

Coordinated cabinetry, kitchen and bathroom elements, internal linings, selected fixtures and finishes, windows, insulation, and the complete building envelope. Your project documentation states the exact inclusions.

Can I add an office, gym, or wellness space?

Yes. The available add-ons include an office, gym, sauna, hot tub zone, decking, and pergola. The right combination depends on your model, available land, planning pathway, services, and budget.

Can the home respond to its orientation and climate?

Site orientation, glazing, shading, insulation, ventilation, and local requirements are considered during project development. The final solution must respond to the selected model, property, climate zone, and applicable regulations.

03

Site and approvals

Planning, access, foundations, services, and the work that depends on your property.

How do you know if my site is suitable?

We look at your property and planning controls, slope, soil, any bushfire or flood constraints, services, and transport and crane access — then the likely foundation approach. Some sites need further reports before a final scope is set.

Do prefab homes need planning and building approval?

Generally, a permanent home must follow the planning and building requirements that apply to its location. The exact pathway differs by state, council, zoning, overlays, use, and site conditions, so it must be assessed for the individual property.

Who handles planning and approvals?

The required consultants, documentation, responsibilities, and approval pathway are identified for the project. Some approvals or reports may be coordinated within the project scope, while others may remain the owner’s responsibility. This is documented before commitment.

What foundations are used?

The foundation solution depends on engineering, soil, slope, model, and local conditions. It is site-specific and is confirmed after the necessary investigation rather than assumed as part of a generic home price.

What site services are required?

The home will require suitable electrical, water, wastewater, stormwater, and any communications connections relevant to the project. Availability and connection distances are reviewed because they can materially affect site work and cost.

04

Pricing and contracts

How the home package, site work, selections, and final project scope are documented.

How much does a Prefab Spaces home cost?

Pricing is built around your chosen home, specification, location, site conditions, access, approvals, foundations, services, transport, and installation. Share your project details and we'll prepare an indicative range on real information.

What does the home package include?

The home package covers the architect-designed factory-built home and its documented specification. Site-specific items—such as approvals, foundations, connections, delivery, cranage, and installation—are assessed and itemised for the property.

Is the price fixed?

The agreed home package and known project scope are documented before commitment. Site-related allowances or exclusions must be based on the information available, and any conditions that could change the scope should be identified clearly in the proposal and contract.

Why are site costs separate?

Site costs cannot be accurately standardised because land, access, planning, soil, slope, services, delivery routes, and crane requirements vary. Separating them makes the proposal easier to understand and lets the project reflect real conditions.

Are add-ons priced separately?

Yes. Selected add-ons are scoped with the home and site so their design, services, approvals, manufacture, and installation requirements can be considered together.

05

Manufacture and delivery

What happens in the factory, what happens on site, and how the home reaches your land.

How long does it take?

The full programme covers design, site investigation, engineering, approvals, selections, manufacture, site prep, delivery, installation, and handover. Timing depends on your property and approval pathway, so we prepare a project-specific programme as the scope becomes clear.

What does “built in weeks, not years” mean?

It refers to the efficiency of controlled factory manufacture once design, approvals, engineering, specification, and procurement are complete. It does not remove the work required before manufacture or the site work required for installation.

How is the home transported?

The completed building modules or components are transported using a route and delivery plan developed for the project. Road access, clearances, turning space, permits, escorts, weather, and crane positioning may all need to be considered.

What happens before delivery day?

The site, foundations, service provisions, crane area, delivery route, permits, and installation sequence must be ready and checked. Factory completion and site readiness are coordinated so the home can be installed safely.

What happens after installation?

The remaining connections, finishing work, inspections, certification requirements, commissioning, and handover steps are completed according to the documented project responsibilities.

06

Quality and care

Performance, sustainability, quality control, maintenance, and support after handover.

How is quality checked?

Manufacturing in a controlled environment supports defined inspections at key stages, consistent access to tools and specialists, and review of work before elements are enclosed. Project-specific inspection and certification requirements are documented separately.

Are the homes energy efficient?

The building envelope, insulation, glazing, shading, ventilation, orientation, and selected systems are coordinated to meet applicable requirements and the project brief. Final performance depends on the home, location, specification, and assessment pathway.

Is offsite construction more sustainable?

A controlled manufacturing process can support accurate ordering, material efficiency, waste separation, and reduced disruption on the property. Overall environmental performance also depends on material choices, operational energy, transport, site work, durability, and the life of the home.

What support is available after handover?

Handover information, applicable warranties, maintenance guidance, and the process for reporting an issue are provided according to the completed project and contract.