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Factory-built · craned in a day

Your house is finished before it reaches your plot.

TIMBERSET assembles cross-laminated timber modules in a dry hall on Sawmill Road, trucks them out to your land and sets them down in one working day. Watch a 75 m² house go up piece by piece, then take the crane yourself.

1 dayon site
6 weeksin the factory
10 yearsstructural warranty
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Layouts and prices

Three boxes, one house

Every TIMBERSET home is built from the same 3.4 × 7.4 m module. One module is a studio, two make a family home, three give you a separate bedroom wing. Prices below are for the Shell level, ex-works Thornbeck.

Module sizes are fixed by what a standard low-loader and a 40-tonne mobile crane can handle on a country lane. That constraint is why the price holds.

Single module — 25 m²

25 m²1 module6 weeks

One box: living room with a kitchen line, shower room, storage wall. Used as a studio, a garden office or a first phase that a second module bolts onto later.

$48,000Shell, ex-works

Two-module home — 50 m²

50 m²2 modules7 weeks

Living room and kitchen in one box, bedroom and bathroom in the other, joined along the long side with a 6.8 m open span. Two rooflight options.

$92,000Shell, ex-works

Three-module home — 75 m²Most ordered

75 m²3 modules8 weeks

Two bedrooms, a bathroom and a utility run in the outer boxes, the middle box left open from the entrance to the glazed gable. This is the house going up in the scene above.

$131,000Shell, ex-works

Covered terrace deck — 12 m²

12 m²larch deckfitted on site

Oiled larch boards on the same screw piles as the house, with a cantilevered roof over the door so the entrance stays dry. Ordered with the house or added later.

$7,400Supplied and fitted

Screw-pile foundation

up to 75 m²2 daysno concrete

Galvanised piles driven to refusal, levelled to ±3 mm across the whole grid, with steel head plates ready for the modules. Soil test and level survey included.

$6,900Including survey

Delivery and craning

within 150 km1 daycrane included

Low-loader transport, a 40-tonne mobile crane, banksman and the crew that bolts the modules together and seals the joints before the crane leaves.

$5,200Per delivery

A three-module home on piles, delivered, craned and weathertight, comes to $143,100 at Shell level. Specification levels below are added on top. Prices hold for 60 days from the written quote.

Steel nodes and fasteners

Four parts hold a house together

Timber does the spanning; steel does the joining. Every TIMBERSET module hangs on four plate parts, laser-cut from 8 mm sheet, folded, shot-blasted and hot-dip galvanised. Turn one over and look at it.

Every node is bolted, never glued or welded on site. A module can be unbolted and lifted off again — which is how we move a house when the family does.
on the bench: corner bracket

    “We size the steel for the day the module is in the air, not for the day it stands still. That lift is the worst hour of the building’s life.”

    Ingrid Hallam · structural engineer
    Specification levels

    Stop where your budget stops

    Each level is complete in itself. Shell is legally weathertight and can be left over a winter. Comfort adds everything behind the lining. Turnkey means you unlock the door and put the kettle on.

    Prices are per house, not per module, and are added to the layout price. Moving up a level later costs about 15% more than ordering it now.

    Shell

    Includedin the layout price

    The envelope, finished and sealed. Everything inside is bare CLT.

    • 140 mm wood-fibre insulation, taped airtight layer
    • Triple-glazed oak-framed windows and entrance door
    • Standing-seam zinc roof with gutters
    • Cedar rainscreen, untreated, left to silver
    • Airtightness test at 0.6 air changes per hour
    Quote at Shell

    Comfort

    +$18,500added to the layout

    Everything that gets buried behind a wall, done in the factory where it is dry.

    • Wiring, sockets, switches and consumer unit
    • Plumbing and drainage roughed in to the plot connection
    • Underfloor heating loops and manifold
    • Oiled oak floor, birch ply wall lining, internal doors
    • Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
    Quote at Comfort

    Turnkey

    +$34,000added to the layout

    We hand over the keys and the manuals. Nothing left for you to arrange.

    • Kitchen with appliances, worktop and sink
    • Bathroom fitted, tiled and tested
    • Air-source heat pump, commissioned
    • Lighting, blinds, wardrobes, external tap
    • Two-hour handover walkthrough and an as-built file
    Quote at Turnkey
    Your plot across a day

    Where the house faces decides the heating bill

    Before we cut a single panel we run your plot through a full day: where the sun clears the trees, when the glazed gable stops helping and starts overheating, and how long the terrace keeps the light. Drag the slider to move the sun.

    One full cycle takes 60 seconds. The model below is a three-module home on a south-west plot with a tree line to the north — the most common brief we get.
    06:00Dawn
    orientation study · 3 modules, 75 m²
    • Gable glazing facessouth-west
    • Direct sun on the terrace13:10 – 19:40
    • Summer overheating riskManaged by the 900 mm overhang
    • Tree line to the northKeeps the bedrooms cool
    • Roof area usable for panels34 m²
    • Modelled annual heat demand21 kWh per m²

    The study is free and takes two days once we have your plot boundary. It is the one thing we will not let a client skip: a module turned 30 degrees on the piles costs nothing today and changes the heating bill for thirty years.

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    Process and warranty

    Eleven weeks from signature to keys

    Nothing on this list happens in the rain. The only outdoor work is the foundation and the lift, and both are single-day jobs booked around the weather.

    Payments follow the stages: 15% at order, 45% when the panels are cut, 30% on the lift, 10% at handover.
    1. Plot study and layout

      Boundary, soil, access for a low-loader, and the orientation model you can drag above. You get a fixed price and a drawing set.

      Week 0 · 2 days
    2. Panels cut

      CLT walls, floors and roof panels are machined to the millimetre, with every socket box and pipe route already routed out.

      Weeks 1–3
    3. Modules assembled indoors

      Boxes are stood up in the hall, insulated, clad, glazed and fitted out to your specification level. You are welcome to walk through them.

      Weeks 3–7
    4. Foundation on your plot

      Screw piles driven and levelled, drainage and service ducts brought up inside the footprint while the modules are still in the factory.

      Week 8 · 2 days
    5. Delivery and lift

      Modules arrive at first light, the crane sets them, the crew bolts the steel nodes and seals the joints. The house is weathertight before the crane leaves.

      Week 9 · 1 day
    6. Connections and handover

      Water, power and heating connected, airtightness retested on site, snags closed, keys and the as-built file handed over.

      Weeks 10–11

    What the warranty actually covers

    Written into the contract, not a leaflet. Transferable once if you sell the house, at no charge.

    • Structure and CLT panels10 years
    • Weathertightness and roof5 years
    • Windows and external doors5 years
    • Fit-out, kitchen, bathroom2 years
    • Heat pump and ventilation2 years, manufacturer-backed
    • Response to a reported defect3 working days
    6 wksFactory build

    From cut panels to a finished, glazed module standing in the hall.

    1 dayOn site

    Lift, bolt, seal. A 75 m² house goes from lorry to weathertight between 07:00 and dusk.

    10 yrsStructure

    On the frame, the panels and every steel node that holds them together.

    About the works

    Nine years in an old sawmill shed

    TIMBERSET started in 2017 with two joiners, a second-hand CNC bench and a leaking roof on Sawmill Road. The roof is fixed, the bench has been replaced twice, and the shed is still the reason our houses are dry: timber that never sees rain does not move, and a module that does not move stays airtight for decades.

    We build to order, one house at a time, and we do not subcontract the lift. The four people who assembled your modules are the four people standing on your plot when the crane arrives. If something is wrong at handover, there is nobody else to ask.

    9Years building
    118Homes delivered
    4.9Average rating
    86Written reviews

    “A factory is not a style. It is just the only place where you can build a wall properly, with the tape pressed down and nobody hurrying to beat the weather.”

    Mattias Roe · founder
    • Hall floor area2,400 m²
    • People on the payroll31
    • Timber sourced within220 km
    • Houses in build right now5
    • Open works dayFirst Saturday, monthly
    Owners

    What people say after the first winter

    Reviews are collected six months after handover, when the novelty has worn off and the first heating bill has landed.
    ★★★★★

    We watched three lorries turn into our field at seven in the morning and had a locked front door by half past four. I had braced myself for a year of mud and there was none of it. The only mess was the pile rig, and that was gone in two days.

    H
    Helena75 m² · Turnkey
    ★★★★★

    I ordered the Shell level because that was the money I had, and lined it out myself over two winters. Nothing had shifted when I came back to it — the doors still shut the way they did on day one. That is the part I did not expect.

    T
    Tobias50 m² · Shell
    ★★★★★

    The orientation study talked us out of the layout we arrived with. They turned the house thirty degrees and moved the terrace to the other side. Our heating ran to about a third of what the old cottage cost us.

    M
    Marisol75 m² · Comfort
    Visit the works

    Sawmill Road, past the timber yard

    There is almost always a house standing in the hall. Come and knock on a wall, open a window, look at a joint with the cladding off. Bring your plot drawings if you have them.

    Hard hats and boots are by the door. Children are welcome in the showroom bay, not in the assembly hall.

    Office and showroom hours

    Monday08:00 – 18:00
    Tuesday08:00 – 18:00
    Wednesday08:00 – 18:00
    Thursday08:00 – 18:00
    Friday08:00 – 18:00
    Saturday09:00 – 15:00
    SundayClosed

    The assembly hall stops at 16:00 on weekdays — come before then if you want to see work in progress.

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    A quote takes two working days and comes back as a fixed price with a drawing, not a range. Nothing is sent from this page — it is a demo.

    • We reply from the works office, never from a call centre
    • The orientation study is free whether or not you order
    • No deposit is asked for until you have a drawing in hand
    • If your plot cannot take a crane, we will tell you on day one
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    Questions

    Before you buy the land

    If yours is not here, phone the works office. Somebody who builds the houses will answer.
    Does a modular house need planning permission?
    Yes, exactly as a brick one does — being factory-built changes nothing in the eyes of a planning officer. We supply the drawings, elevations and site plan your application needs, and we have not yet had one refused on the grounds of construction method. Allow eight to ten weeks for a decision before the eleven-week build.
    What if a crane cannot reach my plot?
    Then we say so before you spend anything. A 40-tonne mobile crane needs a firm standing of about 8 by 12 metres and a lane wide enough for a low-loader. We check access on the first visit, and on tight sites we can sometimes lift over a hedge with a larger crane at extra cost. Roughly one plot in twelve fails this test.
    Can I add a module later?
    That is the point of the system. The end wall of every house is built as a future joint: the steel nodes are already there under the cladding, and the piles for the next module can be driven at the same time as the first set for $1,900. Adding a 25 m² module to an existing home takes one day on site.
    How is a timber house insured and mortgaged?
    As standard construction. Cross-laminated timber is a recognised structural system, and every house comes with a structural warranty certificate that lenders and insurers accept. We will send a sample certificate to your broker before you commit, and we have never had a valuation fall through on the frame.