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This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual house that is currently on display to the public and is offered for sale as a reproducible home as displayed.
The price of the category entered is to represent the repeatable price of the house on display at the time of judging. Homes must have been open for display no more than 24 months prior to the close of entry date and continue to be open until the home is judged.
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Program
Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards
Contact
act_events@hia.com.au
ACT/Southern NSW Display Home categories
- Up to $750,000
- $750,000 to $1 million
- Over $1 million
Entry fees
| First entry | Subsequent entry | Entries close | |
| Early Bird | $330 | $286 | Tuesday 31 March at 5pm |
| Regular | $396 | $308 | Friday 1 May at 5pm |
Judging criteria
Projects will be judged according to:
| Criteria | Points |
| Quality of workmanship | 50 |
| Design effectiveness including environmental sustainability | 20 |
| Innovation | 15 |
| Visual and market appeal | 15 |
Note:
1. The price of the category entered is to represent the repeatable price of the house on display at the time of judging.
2. Homes must have been open for display no more than 24 months prior to the close of entry date and continue to be open until the home is judged.
3. A project cannot be entered into more than one category of either Display Home, Custom Built Home, Project Home or Spec Home.
Display Home project price
The Display Home project price must reflect the price of the home entered, as displayed to the public and viewed by the judges.
The project price must include the following (if fitted in home to be viewed by the judges):
- Air conditioning
- Alfresco areas under the roofline of the home
- Facade of house on display
- Floor coverings/tiling in living areas
- Garages/roller doors
- Home automation systems
- Kitchen appliances including stove/cooktop and rangehood as shown in the display home as viewed by the judges.
- Kitchen benches
- Light Fittings and feature lighting
- Painting of interior walls
- Pest barriers
- Plumbing fittings and sanitary ware
- Skirtings/architraves/cornices
- Splashbacks
- Standard footings on a flat site
- Taxes, fees, charges and levies applicable to the house on display
- Wet area tiling (floors and skirting)
- Window systems (glazing etc).
The price does not include items such as land, site works, landscaping, fencing, paving, window dressings, security systems, pergolas, pool/spa and decorator items, etc.
Competition area by postcode
Entries are submitted into the regional awards based on the geographical location of each project:
ACT/Southern NSW Awards
0200, 0221, 0291, 0293 - 0299, 2536 - 2539, 2545, 2546, 2548 - 2551, 2579 - 2585, 2588 - 2612, 2614 - 2632, 2668, 2669, 2678, 2702, 2730, 2900 - 2906, 2911 - 2914
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