Just Breathe.

Simply go to our CONTACT page for our email and phone details and get in touch with us to tell us your shack dreams. We’ll then direct you to our Map iT service which will enable us to perform some essential due diligence on your site. Live, Love, Shack.

First you sign up with mi shack to design your home and prepare documentation for a planning approval submission. Once approved mi shack prepares documentation for a building permit submssion for the builder to price.

Thereafter you sign up with the builder and the builder submits for building permit to build your mi shack. Don’t worry mi shack will be there all the way from concept to completion to keep an eye on things.

Allow 6 to 15 months for the building period depending on the size of your shack and site specifics.

Design is where mi shack can save significant time compared to a typically lengthy and drawn out architect designed process.

We’ve got you sorted. All you need to fork out is a site, a budget and your dreams. We cover the rest: create a damn good design, arrange the builder and sub-consultants, be the calm voice of reason with council and neighbours, help keep the budget on track and preselect your kitchen tap.

Even a Tibetan Buddhist Monk to bless your shack if you want one – I have friends who know people, who know people.

Nope, we are the visionaries, creators – the incubators. Sticking to what we know best. We are here to transfer your ideas onto paper and elevate them from simply being dreams to the next level. Our collaborating Shackinista builders are the ‘dirty squad’ and geniuses when it comes to transforming a design into ‘the real deal.’

If you want it to be, just set up a brief and budget and we can get you all shrubbed up, decked out and stoned.

Yes, interior design is already coordinated within our system. However, if you would like the touch of a dedicated external consultant to create a custom scheme we can certainly arrange that for you or you can bring your own!

No two sites or clients are exactly the same – since May 2023 mi shacks have ranged from around $3100 to $4600 m2.

For a quality architect designed home with medium to high quality selections this is significantly cost effective compared to the competition.

Via Map iT we will estimate the budget range you will need based on the reference costs of recently built and/or priced mi shacks so we have a realistic benchmark to work with from the outset.

mi shack can quickly develop a unique design to suit your brief and budget with more surety of outcome.

mi shack is a modular design system, not a prefab or kit home.

Every mi shack is built on site by a quality custom builder … puttin da love in it, givin it soul.

Nope, every mi shack is unique. That’s the beauty of the system. But there is certainly a distinctive style – a similar gene pool if you like – you’ll recognise in every mi shack. Just like family.  Each design is based on its site and brief … every mi shack therefore is one of a kind.

Of course you can, and most clients do to varying degrees. Its only normal that you are going to want to add your own touches.

Shack up at the beach, bush or ‘burbs’.  Each site is different and we can adapt the design to any site requirements – if there is a will (a realistic budget) – there is always a way.

You certainly can. We can do the leg work and source, review and research for a suitable builder within your area and co-ordinate with them … no problemo.

It certainly is, we can stack the zones for a two storey+ solution.

Absolutely, part of the beauty of the system is that we can future proof the layout to allow for adding on bits in stages.

We know the importance of actually feeling a space. Graciously the ‘Mishackians’ – owners of our built shacks – allow us to show you around.

We’ll set up a date and give you the tour!

mi shack always considers and encourages clients to observe good solar passive orientation and cross ventilation when arranging the zones. Not every client takes our advice but of those that do they all consistently state how well their shack works at bringing in the winter sun, keeping spaces comfortably temperate throughout the winter months with minimal need for artificial heating.

You can pimp it anyway you want. A standard mi shack will achieve the minimum required for compliance by the Building Code of Australia. If you want to go higher, we are more than happy to upscale for you.

The key is good site selection and orientation. Get this right first and you can save yourself significant up front and on going costs.

Map iT before you Buy iT!

Yes of course. mi shack will always consider any special regulations, site requirements, building and development guidelines when creating your design.