Two people. Twenty years in the industry. One belief: good homes shouldn't cost you your health or your budget.
The Honest House was founded by Sam and Court, backed by over 20 years combined experience in the building industry. Sam is a custom home builder and Passive House certified, specialising in high-performing homes; Court is a designer focused on low-tox, healthy homes. Together, we kept seeing the same pattern: budgets blowing out, designs growing bigger and more complex than they needed to be, and almost no thought given to what homes are actually made of. We didn't think that was good enough. So we built a studio where performance, health, and budget are designed in from day one not added on, and never compromised.
What We Believe
Good design and good health are the same goal.
We're not interested in homes that look impressive in a magazine but are impractical to live in, expensive to run, or built from materials nobody's checked. And we're not interested in "eco" homes that feel clinical, beige, or like a compromise.
We believe a healthy home can — and should — be a beautiful one. That's not a tagline. It's the standard we hold every project to.