System.

Map it before you Buy it or Design it.

Some sites shouldn’t go straight into concept design — bushfire-prone, coastal, sloping, rural or heavily constrained WA blocks especially.

On those projects, Map It is the feasibility and due-diligence stage that comes first. It pulls together the survey, planning setbacks, BAL contours, vegetation setbacks, services, access, views, site levels, wastewater, consultant needs and budget risk — all in one place, before a single concept line is drawn.

The idea is simple: find out what your site can actually carry before you spend real money finding out the hard way.


THE MIDS SYSTEM.

MIDS is the mi shack® Modular Integrated Design System — the engine behind every shack we’ve ever designed across WA.

It isn’t a kit home. It isn’t one fixed floor plan. And it isn’t just prefab. It’s an adaptable system of planning zones, simple structural logic and early site testing that shapes a home around your site, your brief and your budget.

That’s why one shack can be a compact metro family home and the next a generous rural retreat, a short-stay escape or a coastal home squaring up to bushfire and salt air — all from the same family of modules.

Before the work gets expensive to question, MIDS brings the decisions that matter into the conversation early:

> Site.

> Brief.

> Budget.

> Planning.

> Approvals.

> Construction pathway.

Get those clear up front and the whole project starts with fewer unknowns — and a lot more confidence.

A design system should create clarity, not sameness. That’s the whole point of MIDS.


How it works, step by step.

The mi shack® system runs in steps, and each one tests the project before it travels too far down the road.

That matters, because most home projects get expensive well before the big decisions are actually settled. MIDS flips that order around. It gives the project a logical starting point, then lets the design adapt to your site, your brief, your budget and the way you want to build.

In plain terms: we help turn a loose dream into a clear direction — before it costs a fortune to change your mind.

Map It.

Before you Buy it or Design it.

Standard Map It starts from $3,600 + GST.
Complex sites — bushfire, slope, wastewater, tricky planning or consultant coordination — are quoted after an initial review.


Step 1. Map iT.

Map iT is the best first step. It creates your Shack Map and a comprehensive initial due-diligence report.

A Shack Map is an early feasibility and concept-planning exercise — a way to test what’s genuinely possible on your site before you commit to a full design process.

A Shack Map can weigh up:

> site opportunities;

> solar orientation;

> views and privacy;

> slope and access;

> planning constraints;

> bushfire requirements;

> servicing issues;

> likely approval pathways;

> home size;

> budget range;

> consultant needs;

> and construction logic.

This is where we Map iT before you Buy iT or Design iT.

For some clients, that means testing land before they buy it. For others, it means testing a block they already own before they’re in deep on design fees, consultant costs and approvals. Either way, the goal’s the same: get the big thinking clear early.


What Map iT gives you.

A Shack Map is usually worked up over an aerial photo, survey or site plan. It’s not final construction documentation — it’s an early design and due-diligence tool that tests the site, the brief and the likely direction of the project.

Your Map iT report may include:

> an initial brief summary;

> desktop site review;

> Certificate of Title review;

> planning pathway review;

> services and infrastructure check;

> bushfire considerations;

> environmental health considerations;

> solar-passive design opportunities;

> early layout options;

> Shack Map assessment;

> probable building cost range;

> likely consultant and approval requirements;

> and early project risk items.

We’re not pretending to know every answer on day one. The real value is finding the important questions early — because that’s where better decisions start.


Highly recommended Map iT add-ons.

Some sites need more early testing than others — coastal, rural, bushfire-prone, sloping or regional WA sites in particular. Depending on your project, handy add-ons include:

> feature and contour survey;

> site classification;

> geotechnical advice;

> initial bushfire assessment;

> initial energy advice;

> wastewater or hydraulic advice;

> early structural input;

> and a 3D BIMx model.

Sort these early and you clarify the project before the design sets hard — and you head off a lot of budget surprises down the track.

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CLICK TO VIEW SOME SHACK MAPS

Zone It.

Get into the zone.

Each zone comes with a range of different interior layouts which can be flipped, rotated and adjusted to lock into each shack map combination. We’ve done all the hard work by designing a series of optimum layouts for each zone that simply work – in form, function and flow. All you need to do is make a pick to make it yours.

 CLICK TO VIEW SOME SAMPLES

grill’n chill. 

Alfresco, Private Deck

Time to bevvy up, chill out and burn a prawn on the barbie.

bathe.

Ensuite

Luxuriate, pamper, revitalise, rejuvenate and refresh.

Wash.

Laundry

Spin your jocks and soak your socks.

Rinse.

Outdoor Shower

Get ‘nood’ and rinse off the beach.

Cook. Eat. Chill.

Kitchen, Dining, Living

Seamless open plan living from indoors to outdoors to get you feeling one with the ‘Shackiverse’.

GLIDE.

Passage

Drift in and glide from your ride.

play.

Multi- Purpose Room

This is your ‘anything I want it to be’ zone, we create the space to let your imagination run wild.

Sleep ♥

Main Bedroom

 Zzzzzz, cuddle and reconnect.

Sleep.

Minor Bedroom

Rugrats, outllaws and teenage space invaders.

Ride.

Garage, Carport

Park the hot rods.

Rack’n Stack

‘DA Shed’

Rack ‘da’ board and stack ‘da’ stuff.

DRY.

CLOTH LINE, BINS, AIR-CON

dry your bits and stash ya trash.

Style It.

Pick a roof style.

As the zones simply slide, glide, expand and adapt under each roof system, either style works. By analysing your block with sun studies we optimise the solar passive aspects of your desired layout and attenuate the eaves and glazing according to your location and orientation. This is where we create a funky 3D model of your mi shack so you can walk around the design in real time to feel the spaces and view the sun’s penetration.

Wave Shack.

Wave Shack.

A mix of Mid-century Modern 'Shazam!' with a dash of iconic Australian rural shed the 'WAVE SHACK' casts a strong presence with a clearly defined 'wave looking' wedge shape that grabs the eye.

Flat Shack.

Flat Shack.

The 'FLAT SHACK' draws strongly from a heritage of minimalist modern design started by the early modernist architects of the 1920's that carries through to today as 'contemporary minimalism'.

Pimp It.

Choose your vibe.

If you have ever spent time with your spouse trying to agree on taps, tiles, carpet and colour schemes for your new home or renovation and felt like it was harder than trying to buy your mother-in-law a xmas present, then you’ll be delighted to hear that ‘we’ve got this!’. mi shack has done all the suffering for you by developing an ever evolving list of suppliers to help you select items that ensure an effective balance of cost, style, touch, availability, maintenance, practicality, warranty and sustainability. All you will need to do is choose from our range of suggested suppliers to create your own vibe.

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