In each episode, we’ll share practical advice, design insights, and real stories to help you plan and build your dream sustainable home with confidence.
What Does It Cost to Build a Home in Melbourne? The 10 Questions I Get Asked Most.
How much does it cost to build per square metre? It's the first question almost everyone asks, and it's the one with the least tidy answer. There's a lot that goes into a home. In this episode, Simon Clark, founder of Sustainable Homes Melbourne, runs through the ten questions we hear most often from people looking to build or renovate a sustainable custom home in Melbourne. No fluff, just straight answers from twelve years of doing the work. He starts where everyone starts: cost and time. Wh...
29 Sept 2026
Why the Best Homes Aren't Designed For You: Lessons From 10 Years With SHM's In-House Architect
There's a myth about architects. You hand them your dream, they disappear for a few weeks, and back comes a finished vision you either love or learn to live with. David Nicholson has spent his career proving that isn't how a good home gets made. In this episode, Simon Clark, founder of Sustainable Homes Melbourne, sits down with David Nicholson, the in-house architect behind SHM for the past ten years. It's a conversation about what a decade of designing homes together has taught them, and wh...
15 Sept 2026
Design & Build: Is It Right For You?
A couple of years ago we ordered a beautiful stone benchtop for one of our custom home projects. It arrived, it was installed, and at the next site meeting the owners said the words every builder dreads. That is not what we wanted. The stone was right. The finish was wrong, gloss instead of matte, and the error was ours. Putting it right cost fifteen thousand dollars, and we wore every cent. In this episode, Melbourne builder Simon Clark uses that expensive lesson to answer the question every...
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