Diyeco home tours

19/11/2024

Due to illness, we have put a hold on tours of the Westbury H**p House. We will let you know when we are back on board.

25/10/2024

Join us for a casual Sunday afternoon tour of an owner-built h**pcrete home set on a suburban block in a quiet village in Northern Tasmania.

Ideal if you're interested in building with h**p or would like to see the features of an alternative to traditional building options.

This Sunday with tickets available here

If you have a passion for sustainable living, want to find out more about living in a home built from natural materials, love upcycling, are...

24/10/2024

DIY Wardrobes for the Westbury H**p House 🏠 Our Winter project for this year: read about it here

https://greentasbuilder.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/wardrobes-onward-and-upward/

09/10/2024

Next tour of the Westbury H**p House is on Sunday 27th October from 2pm. Come and see what a h**p building is like to live in. Tickets available here https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1283503

06/10/2024

Timeline of building the Westbury H**p House. Plenty of reading here on the blog so you can learn more about the process of H**p building and being an owner/builder https://greentasbuilder.wordpress.com/2023/07/08/july-2023-update-an-owner-builder-timeline-2018-2021/

19/09/2024

The next tour of the Westbury H**p House will be on Sunday 27th OCTOBER from 2pm. No tour this month.

Come and see what living in a house made of h**p is really like and talk to the owner builder couple who live here. Tickets available https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/128350

23/08/2024

Book tickets for this Sunday’s tour of the Westbury H**p House, if you want to find out more about:

Tips on lowering power bills ⚡️
Living in a smaller footprint home 👣
Owner building 👷
Upcycling materials ♻️
Natural finishes in your home 🌿
H**pcrete as a building material 🏡
How you might make your own home more sustainable 🏠
Just want to have a sticky beak 😀

If you have a passion for sustainable living, want to find out more about living in a home built from natural materials, love upcycling, are...

20/08/2024

Don’t miss out! Tickets for this Sunday’s tour of the Westbury H**p House are still available. There won’t be a September tour so come and talk to the owner builder about building and living in a house made of h**pcrete

If you have a passion for sustainable living, want to find out more about living in a home built from natural materials, love upcycling, are...

19/08/2024

Blast from the past with this post from 2019 about house frames for h**pcrete homes and how we went about it at the Westbury H**p House.

house framing Thought I would do a quick post about the main differences between normal wall framing and framing for h**p in our build. The h**pcrete walls are 270mm thick. this means that there is…

07/08/2024

Dreaming of Summer Strawberries while Winter keeps Wintering ☀🍓❄️🌨 Our latest blog post about what we've been doing at the Westbury H**p House and some work that will pay off in about 6 months time ❤ https://greentasbuilder.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/july-2024-update-in-august/

05/08/2024

Here at the Westbury H**p House we conduct tours of our H**pcrete home on the fourth Sunday of each month. In July we had an enthusiastic group of twenty organic gardeners from the North West Coast of Tassie come and join us for a tour and some afternoon tea 🏠🏠🏠

We guided people around the gardens along with the exterior and then the interior of the house pointing out the reasons why we built in h**pcrete, what finishes we used in the build, what we have done to attract native birds to the gardens, the veggie garden, design features inside the house and much more.

We had many, many questions on a whole range of subjects that were asked including;

Why h**pcrete?
What makes a sustainable home?
The blower door tests
What plant is that?
How to make use of recycled materials?
What is render and why use it?
How cool and warm does the house get?
I am sure that there were many others as well!!

Contact was made with this group via the Westbury H**p House stall at the North West Ecofest Tasmania which is held near Ulverstone every year.

If you are part of a group that might like to come and take a tour of a sustainable h**pcrete home then please get in touch through our website www.diyeco.com.au We can set a time and day that best suits your group 🧍‍♀️🧍🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️🧍🧍‍♂️🧍🧍‍♂️

Home and lifestyle tours of an owner built h**pcrete home in Northern Tasmania. Sustainability, upcycled materials, natural finishes.

05/08/2024

🌱👥🌏 Landcare Week (August 5-11), is an annual celebration of landcare during the first week of August that acknowledges the Australians who are actively restoring, enhancing and protecting the natural environment in their community.

This year’s campaign theme is Landcare Is For Everyone (L.I.F.E) and we will be showcasing people across our community to inspire and encourage others to volunteer, join a group or start their own group.

We encourage you to get involved in a local event or simply spread the word during the week to raise awareness to reach as many people as possible.

🌱Check out community Landcare events across Tasmania here: https://www.landcaretas.org.au/events

.I.F.E.

30/07/2024

Next tour of the Westbury H**p House will be on Sunday 25th August from 2pm. Come and see what it's like to live in a house made of h**pcrete and how it handles the cold Tassie Winters 💚 https://www.trybooking.com/events/1261272/sessions/4776569/sections/2389453/tickets To get tickets

If you have a passion for sustainable living, want to find out more about living in a home built from natural materials, love upcycling, are...

30/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who attended the Westbury H**p House Tour last Sunday 🏡 it was one of our biggest ever tours so hopefully you learnt lots about h**p as a building material 😊

22/07/2024

Our July House Tour has been sold out!! Details for the August Tour will be available soon 🏠

09/07/2024

Reminder that our next tour of the Westbury H**p House is on Sunday 28th July with tickets available here https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1251598? Perfect time of year to come and see how warm the house stays in Winter.

If you have a passion for sustainable living, want to find out more about living in a home built from natural materials, love upcycling, are...

09/07/2024

🌏 Midweek motivation! (Well, the day after.)
We all have a part to play. Industry, government, and individuals too. 🙌

Inspired by

09/07/2024

For anybody interested in Electric Vehicles, there's a National Conference in Hobart in November. We 💚 🚙
https://leishman.eventsair.com/aevaconference/things-to-do?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2-tEUpBjWfXyEHYs5V-hIuH_hKD5FnQHBu8N7YOt9r6t1mdtpp_tVOFfs_aem_Ix8egNqQ-2Mc6TgutRUJVw

On behalf of the organising committee, I have the pleasure to invite the Australian EV community to Tasmania for the AEVA National Conference.