TH115 Designer Pod 11.5m

A secondary dwelling is assessed by your local council or a private certifier, so approval sits with them and we cannot promise an outcome. Setbacks, maximum floor area, sewer connection and parking all vary by council. Units intended to be lived in are built to order to NCC Class 1a requirements, with compliance documentation supplied, and we hand over the structural drawings and specifications for your DA or CDC application.

Yes. This is the only pod size where a full height wall and a door separate the bedroom from the living and kitchen zone, rather than a curtain or a joinery divider. That is the difference between a studio someone tolerates for a weekend and a home they can live in, and it is the main reason buyers step up to this length instead of taking the 9 m pod.

It travels as one finished 11.35 m piece on a truck and is craned onto your prepared foundation. At that length the truck needs a clear straight run in and the crane needs firm standing room within reach of the pad. Overhead powerlines, tree branches, gate widths and tight corners are the usual problems. Send us photos of the approach and we will tell you what is realistic.

A reinforced concrete slab is the usual answer, and screw piles work well on sloping or reactive ground where you want to avoid excavation. We supply the bolt pattern and load points so your slab or pier layout can be set out before the unit lands. Footings are designed by your engineer to suit your soil classification (the site test that grades how much your ground swells and shrinks with moisture), because that is a site specific call that has to be made locally.

The unit arrives pre-wired to AS/NZS 3000 with an RCM marked switchboard, and plumbed models come with hot and cold inlets and a waste outlet on the outside wall. A licensed electrician connects the power and a licensed plumber ties the waste into your sewer, an on site system approved by your council or a holding tank. Both connections must be certified by the trade doing the work.

Build time is normally around 20-30 working days from a signed order and approved drawings, then around 20-30 transit days of sea freight to an Australian port, including customs clearance and inland transport to your block. Allow a total 40-60 delivery days door to door as a working figure. We confirm real dates against factory capacity when you order, because lead times move with demand and shipping schedules.

Tell us the BAL rating and the wind region for your block before you order. Bushfire attack level and cyclonic wind regions change what glazing, screening, sealing and tie down are required, and those items have to be built into the unit rather than added on site later. We confirm what can be specified for your rating, and your certifier assesses the finished specification against the NCC and the relevant Australian Standards.

Warranty terms are set out in writing with your quote and repeated in the supply agreement. The structure and the weatherproof shell are covered for a longer term than fixtures, fittings and appliances, which carry the warranties issued by their own manufacturers. Claims are handled through us rather than direct with the factory, and we keep the build documentation on file so you are not chasing an overseas supplier.