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Insider knowledge with Darren Finlay

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Innovation House Australia’s housing change agent

People Purpose Place housing for all

Book our where do I start meeting with an industry expert

We will meet you at your house (virtually) to listen to your ideas!

Help you articulate your Why? of your project.

Help gather some information from the site to make your future journey better!

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1 Hr to Speed date and an Expert

You get to bounce you ideas off and industry insider who will be looking out for your best interests

Get the insider knowledge Darren Finlay

Darren is a second generation builder.  He follows his fathers footsteps, Reg, completing his apprenticeship in Brisbane in the early 1950’s. Darren was bitten by the innovation bug witnessing creative methodology on-site.

Darren initially worked in the timber engineering industry.  With this success he then progressed to run the construction division for the largest new home project builder in North Queensland for close to 10 years.

It was in the early 2000’s that Darren became a registered builder and launched his own construction company. This building company went on to build close to 50 Award Winning homes.  These awards included Home of the Year four times.  On multiple occasions he was also awarded the Sustainable House of the Year.

It was then that he realised, for the market to have better housing, there needed to be an example of what that looks like, and this was the start of Innovation House.  In 2011 he started construction on the first pilot version of the Innovation House 1.0, being Australia’s first 10 Star Rated Display home.

This 10 star home has continued as a ‘living experiment’ with the residents experimenting with high performance housing after the initial display home period.  This experience is foundational to the Innovation House Australia journey and this background in an invaluable resource for our Renovation Insiders.