The starterSingle levelShed Home #01
The classic two-bedder.
- Beds
- 2
- Baths
- 1
- Floor area
- 91 m²
- Your kit price
- See it free in the Shouse Designer
Your Home
Designed by You.
Australian steel kit homes. Explore any design free in 3D, $29/month to edit — then MBA coordinates the engineering and supplies your kit.
- See it free →
- Kit price · in the Shouse Designer
- 1,000+
- People designing their home
- 17
- Designs — 44–195 m² slab
- Since '07
- Steel portal-frame kits
Shed Home #09 · Single level
The full-size family home.
3 bed2 bath168.8 m² slab7.5 × 22.5 m
Its kit price follows every change — see it free in the Shouse Designer.
Shed Home #08 · Single level + mezzanine
Two-storey living, king-size sleeping.
3 bed1 bath98 m² slab + 46.9 m² mezzanine7.0 × 14.0 m
Its kit price follows every change — see it free in the Shouse Designer.
Pod · Single level + mezzanine
Your first step onto your own block.
1 bed1 bath44 m² slab + 15.9 m² mezzanine5.3 × 8.3 m
Its kit price follows every change — see it free in the Shouse Designer.
The design series
Proven designs, ready for your block.
Open any design to see its floor plan, specifications and kit price — every one on MBA's engineered portal-frame system, ready for site-specific engineering, and yours to change in the Shouse Designer.
The starterSingle level
A real build · Weymouth, Tasmania
Shed Home #03. Not a render — a home.
The double-height flagship from the series, designed in our system, delivered as a kit and raised on a real block on Tasmania's north coast. These are photos from the actual build — slab, steel, mezzanine, fit-out.
The same design is open in the Shouse Designer right now — floor plan, 3D model and kit pricing. What you sketch is what gets built.
Designed by you · Engineered for your site
Engineered to stand up on your site.
Every home in the Shouse Designer stands on MBA's steel portal-frame system. As you draw, each column and rafter is checked against your spans and your wind region, cyclonic areas included — a first check that keeps your design buildable. Before anything is made, qualified professionals engineer it for your exact site, and that engineering is included in your Engineered MBA Kit.
- Each column and rafter checked as you draw — a first check, not the final engineering
- Designed to your spans, your bays and your wind region
- Your kit is counted from the same model — the design and the price can’t drift apart
- Site-specific engineering by qualified professionals, coordinated by MBA, before anything is made
shouse-designer — portal frame · engineering view
✓Slab set out — from your floor plan✓Portal frames — 100% Australian BlueScope steel✓Portal strength — spans and loads stud walls can’t carry✓Deeper 150 mm walls — up to R4.0 insulation for 7-Star headroom✓Internal walls — where your plan wants them, not where the frame needs them✓Mezzanine — bearers land on the portal columns, so the floor below stays open✓Pre-punched, bolt-together — a two-person crew raises it
Who does what
- You
- Own the project — the land, the approvals, the builder or the owner-builder permit.
- Qualified professionals
- Produce the site-specific engineering and the energy pathway.
- MBA
- Coordinates the technical pathway, records the engineering release, quotes and supplies the kit.
- Council · certifier
- Make every approval decision.
The Shouse Designer™ · in your browser
Not a brochure. A design studio, in your browser.
Draw your floor plan, add windows and skylights, then see your home in 3D on your own block. When your project gets real, the same model becomes your drawings, your engineering and your kit quote.
shousedesigner.com
Free to explore.
Open any design, spin it in 3D and place it on your block — free. Editing is a subscription; cancel anytime and your designs stay.
No CAD skills needed
It feels like sketching. The structural grid quietly keeps everything buildable.
See it, spin it, render it
Live 3D and photoreal renders of YOUR design — not a lookalike from a catalogue.
Share it with a link
Text your partner the link — they spin your home in 3D on their phone. Autosaves to your account.
Plan first, commit later
Priced before you commit.
Explore free, then take only the step you're ready for — each one priced before you order it, and yours to keep whatever you decide. Your formal kit quote comes after engineering.
- $29/month inc GST
Design
Free to explore — open any design, see it in 3D, place it on your block, try colours and see a live indicative kit price. $29/month to edit. Cancel anytime — your designs stay.
- Review
Shouse Starter PackOptional
Optional — check the costs first: MBA turns your project into reviewed facts, a kit estimate with its basis stated, your block read, and one clear next decision. On its own, or included in both Preliminary Packages — never needed before them.
- Documents
Stage One · Preliminary Package
Document it — the issued A3 set of your exact home on your exact block, with MBA’s site-fit review, wind verification and your Shouse Starter Pack included: the Catalogue Package for a published catalogue design, the Custom Package for your own.
- In your kit
Site-specific engineering
Site-specific engineering by qualified professionals, coordinated by MBA — included in your kit price.
- Issued
Formal quote
MBA issues your formal kit quote, priced from your engineered design.
- Kit
Engineered MBA Kit
MBA supplies it — every member counted from the model, flat-packed to your site. Your builder or owner-builder builds it.
See it before you build it. Free to explore.
Editing is a subscription you can cancel anytime, and your designs stay. Every step after that is priced before you take it. Questions first? Talk to a person at MBA.
Aussie-made · BlueScope steel · Nationwide delivery