Alder
Our smallest commission. Poured slab, full stick frame, milled siding, and a single warm circuit behind the glazing.
- Capacity
- Sits on a shelf
- Price
- from $2,400
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What we do
A model of a house should be built like a house — just smaller.
Built, not printed
No resin shells, no laser-cut kit of parts. We pour a slab, stand a frame, and clad it board by board.
Fixed price, six weeks
We quote from your drawings or photographs, and the number on that quote is the number you pay.
Made to be photographed
Detail resolves under a macro lens at eye level, because that is where most of these end up being shot.
Models
Three scales. Any house you like.
Birch
The one most people order. Room-by-room lighting, an openable front door, and interior partitions you can see through the windows.
- Capacity
- Sits on a desk
- Price
- from $3,900
Cedar
Dollhouse scale, built to architectural tolerances. A lift-off roof, a finished interior, and photographic detail down to the gutter brackets.
- Capacity
- Sits on a workbench
- Price
- from $6,800
Specification
The parts buried inside it.
Standard at every scale. Where your house needs something we don't normally build, it's written into the quote before you sign.
- Foundation
- Cast fine-aggregate concrete over hand-tied steel rebar
- Framing
- Milled basswood studs at scale 16" OC, real headers and trusses
- Electrical
- 12 V LED, room-by-room circuits, switch hidden in the plinth
- Cladding
- Individually milled lap boards, laid course by course
- Roofing
- Hand-folded standing-seam aluminium, drip edge and gutters
- Glazing
- Laser-cut frames, real glass, opening front door
- Base
- Solid white oak plinth, felted, with a routed cable channel
- Finish
- Hand-aged, UV-stable — it will not yellow on a sunlit shelf
Process
Six weeks, drawings to crate.
- Week 0Reference and drawings. Photos, plans, or a sketch on a napkin.
- Week 1Rebar tied and the slab poured. It cures while we mill stock.
- Week 2Framing stood, openings headed, trusses set on the ridge.
- Week 3Electrical rough-in. Every circuit tested before anything closes.
- Week 4–5Siding, glazing, then roofing. The shell goes weathertight.
- Week 6Landscaping, plinth, final photographs, and a padded crate.
Start a build
Tell us about the house.
We take on about forty commissions a year. Send drawings, photographs, or a rough sketch — all three work equally well.