Otto Projects builds well-designed, high-performance homes with a simpler construction system.

Our system is prefabricated in Melbourne, assembled on your property and completed by our building team. We currently deliver completed homes across Victoria.

The starting price covers the Otto Projects build cost. Site-specific costs are added after we review your property.

These can include foundations, service connections, access requirements, bushfire requirements and other works specific to your site.

A flat, serviced site will usually have lower additional costs. Regional sites with longer service connections, sloping land or higher BAL requirements may cost more.

After your site review, Otto Projects will provide a clear breakdown of the expected additional costs before you proceed.

Not because we use cheaper materials. Because we design and build differently.

Otto Project homes have a simple footprint, fewer unnecessary components and a standardised design. The panellised structure is manufactured before reaching site, reducing labour, waste and construction time.

The three milestone payments of the $9,990 pre-construction phase prepares the standard documentation required to take an Otto Project home toward building permit approval.

This includes:

• Architectural drawings and building documentation

• Structural engineering

• Soil testing and site classification

• NatHERS energy assessment

• Coordination of the standard building permit documentation

• Building surveyor approval

Your building contract is prepared while the documentation and approvals for your home are progressing.

Before construction starts, you'll have the approved project scope, construction price and payment milestones set out in the building contract.

Our homes are designed so they can be specified for higher BAL conditions.

The requirements depend on the Bushfire Attack Level assessed for your individual property. Higher BAL requirements can change materials, detailing and project cost, which we'll identify during pre-construction.

Yes. Otto Projects is a permanent home assembled and completed on your property under a residential building contract.

Construction loans from major lenders generally work through progress payments as construction proceeds, just like other new-home builds.

Finance is always subject to your lender's approval, valuation and requirements.

An Otto Projects home starts from $179,000 and increase with various designs.

Every property is different, so the final project cost can be affected by site conditions, access, services, planning requirements, bushfire requirements and other site-specific work.

We can provide an estimate of your site specific costs in our Site Review stage.

Otto is designed to sit around the cost of a volume-built home, while offering architect-led design, high thermal performance and a much faster build.

It is also designed to be substantially more attainable than a typical bespoke architectural build or many completed modular homes.

We target approximately 12 weeks from breaking ground to moving in.

For context, detached homes in Victoria averaged around 8 months from commencement to completion 2025. Otto is faster because the design is already resolved and much of the structure is prefabricated before arriving on site.

Planning, permits and other pre-construction work happen before that 12-week construction period.

Every site is different.

During the pre-construction phase, we may identify additional requirements relating to planning, bushfire, surveying, drainage, flooding, vegetation, heritage or other site-specific conditions.

Where additional work is required, we’ll explain what is needed and recommend the type of consultant required to proceed.

Otto Projects homes are deliberately standardised. That's an important part of how we keep the home affordable and build it quickly.

There will be choices around selected finishes and specifications, but we don't treat every project as a new custom architectural design.

No.

After the initial pre-construction stage, construction is paid progressively under your building contract as the home is built. This is also how construction loans from major lenders normally operate.