Building Blocks

Building Blocks are homes and buildings made in our factory as modules. Each one leaves the line 99% complete, with the frame, insulation, glazing, services and linings fitted. A house goes up in 1 day on site.

Why Building Blocks

  • Built from the steel, glass, glass wool and fibres our Cells make.
  • Almost all of the work happens in the factory, so a house goes up in 1 day on site.
  • Every plan uses the same parts, so each new layout is ready to build on the tooling we already have.
A house of three Building Blocks, exploded: screw piles and subframe, the Blocks, the roof, the bathroom pod and the facade panels
1 dayOn site to put up a house
200 hoursOf site labour, down from 2,000
40 footEach Block fits a container
Screw pilesBolted down, clear of the ground

Fitted in the Factory

  • Structural frame
  • Continuous insulation
  • Waterproofing membrane
  • Windows and doors
  • Electrical, water and waste services
  • Internal linings

Finished on Site

  1. 1
    Screw piles and subframe
  2. 2
    Blocks craned into place
  3. 3
    Services joined with quick connectors
  4. 4
    Blocks bolted together
  5. 5
    External cladding

How a Block Is Made

1 day on site
The Blocks arrive 99% complete. They are craned onto the subframe, bolted together and connected to services in a day.
Level to 2 millimetres
The roll former cuts, punches and labels every frame member. Walls are assembled flat at bench height, and every circuit and pipe is tested before the Block leaves.
200 site hours instead of 2,000
The bathroom arrives as a pod, already water tested. It takes one crane lift and two connections.
Clear of the ground
One machine drives the screw piles and fixes the subframe before the Blocks arrive, so the house stands clear of the ground from day 1.
Our own materials
The frame, glass, insulation, cladding and boards come from Terraform Cells, so the price of the building follows the price of solar power.
One digital model
A single model produces the cut files, wiring schedules and approval documents for every house, so the engineering is done once.

High-performance glazing and glass wool insulation keep the house comfortable all year, and Terraform Air heats and cools it through a fan coil in each room. Clip-on facades hang straight onto the Blocks, already finished.

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Finance Your Building Blocks

Woolong Capital’s Modular Build Finance pays for your Building Blocks stage by stage as Terraform makes them, then becomes one simple term loan the day you get the keys.

5 drawsPaid to Terraform as your Blocks are made, each certified by an independent quantity surveyor
6 monthsTo build, with interest added to the loan, so nothing is due until handover
10 yearsOf principal and interest repayments from handover
20%Of the contract price as your equity, paid before the first draw

For Australian companies, including company trustees of self managed super funds, building homes to rent out. Woolong Capital sets the rate, fees and terms after its credit assessment. It lends to companies and trustees, not to individuals in their own name, and its loans are not regulated under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009.

Apply for Finance

Have your plans, the build contract and the site lease, licence or title ready. Woolong replies within 1 business day.

How many Blocks, the plan, and when you would like the first draw.

Your application goes to Woolong Capital, with a copy to Terraform.