Material Kit
Most of what makes a dwelling expensive in Australia is not the timber and concrete — it is the long tail of finishing products bought one supplier at a time, each with a margin, a lead time and a delivery. The material kit collapses that tail into one container.
- Container
- One per dwelling
- Certification
- WaterMark · AS 2047 · AS/NZS 3000-compatible
- Structure
- Australian slab and frame
- Installed by
- Licensed local trades
Our supply-chain partner integrates procurement across a network of factories built over decades of manufacturing and export. DollarBuild specifies; the partner sources, inspects and consolidates.
Structural elements stay Australian: the engineered slab, the MGP10 timber frame and the roof structure are designed and supplied here to Australian standards. The kit is everything that finishes the building.
Each product class carries the certification Australian use requires — WaterMark for plumbing products, AS 2047 for windows and doors, electrical fittings compatible with AS/NZS 3000 — or it does not go in the kit.
- 01SpecifyThe DollarBuild specification names every product by brand or by a controlled equivalent. Nothing is “or similar”.
- 02SourceThe partner’s procurement team places the order across its factory network, with the certification documents required for Australian use attached to each line.
- 03InspectPre-dispatch inspection at the consolidation warehouse: quantities against the bill of materials, sample checks, certification pack review.
- 04ShipOne dwelling, one container. Sea freight to Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney, customs cleared, delivered to site or to the local assembly yard.
- 05InstallLicensed Australian trades install the kit on the Australian-built structure under a registered builder, and the building surveyor inspects at every mandatory stage.
- —Owners who want the finishing standard controlled and the cost of it known before contract
- —Sites where a crane cannot reach but a truck can
- —Rooming houses, where nine bathrooms’ worth of fittings is where the kit saves most
- —Sea-freight lead time is planned into the programme, not added to it: the container is ordered when the building permit is lodged
- —Product selections are made from the kit range; a one-off imported item is a variation
Which method suits your site?
That is a feasibility question, not a preference. Send the address and we will answer it in writing.