Mindarie Passivhaus +
CLT Construction
Open Home
Saturday 23 May 2026
The Saturday after Sustainable House Day
See the structure before it is covered.
This construction-stage open home gives you a rare look inside a high-performance CLT home in Mindarie, before services, linings, and finishes cover the important details.
The CLT structure is expected to be up. Building services are not expected to be installed yet. That makes this the ideal time to see the bones of the building: structure, window openings, airtightness strategy, thermal envelope logic, and service penetration planning.
Open home tours: (Saturday 23 May 2026)
✔ 9:00 am
✔ 12:00 pm
✔ 3:00 pm
The full Mindarie address will be sent to confirmed guests the day before the event.
About this home
This Mindarie home is designed for people who care about how a building actually works.
It uses CLT, cross-laminated timber, as the main structure. Some CLT will remain visible in the finished home. Other CLT areas are structural only and will be covered later.
The home is designed around Passivhaus principles, including triple glazing, airtightness, high-performance insulation, HRV planning, thermal bridge awareness, and careful service penetration planning.
This is not a finished display home.
It is better than that.
You will see the parts that usually disappear before most homeowners ever understand them.
Home facts
Project type: New detached home
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3 bathrooms + powder room
Additional rooms:
Study, theatre/games, scullery/pantry, laundry
Garage: Garage with store
Outdoor area: Alfresco/deck
Site area: 445 m²
Home area: 280 m²
Construction stage: Structure up
Structure: CLT, cross-laminated timber
Performance: Passivhaus
Windows: Triple glazing
Window systems: Aluminium and uPVC
Ventilation: HRV System
Actual Images of The Site
Will be updated regularly.
Last update: 15.05.2026
The Vision
How we imagine it to look when it is finished.
About the Builder
Perth Haus is the builder behind the Mindarie high-performance CLT home.
Founded by David Mynott, Perth Haus focuses on better-built homes for Western Australia, with a strong interest in CLT, timber construction, Passive House principles, sustainability, and long-term quality.
David’s building journey started with his apprenticeship in Northam and later took him overseas, where he saw how homes are built in different parts of the world. After returning to Perth, he began questioning why Western Australia still relies so heavily on standard double-brick construction, when other systems can offer better performance, speed, comfort, and sustainability.
That thinking led to a simple building philosophy:
Build better homes.
About Smart Plus Building Solutions
Smart Plus Building Solutions is the innovator behind the Smart Plus Shell.
The Smart Plus Shell combines CLT structure, wood fibre insulation, and high-performance European windows into one coordinated building system. These components are imported directly from Europe and brought together to deliver speed, quality, and reliable performance in Western Australia.
The system is designed to solve overheating in the Perth climate while creating homes that are stronger, healthier, more comfortable, and more predictable to build.
Smart Plus Building Solutions is led by Daniel Kress, Australia’s leading Passivhaus educator, now applying years of teaching, engineering, carpentry, and prefabrication experience directly on site.
His background combines Passivhaus engineering, carpentry, prefabrication, building physics, and high-performance envelope design.
The vision is clear:
Help solve the Australian housing crisis with better buildings, built faster, at a better price, and built for centuries.
No more pretending the same old building methods will magically deliver different results. Physics remains stubborn like that.
Site note
This is an active construction site.
Closed shoes are required.
Attendance is by booking only.
No walk-ins.
Please do not share the address.
Follow all site instructions.
Children should not attend.
