Australian Imagine Kit Homes at Home Depot

I pinned homes from Imagine Kit Homes when we were looking to build. They weren’t available in our area then, but they are now. The Bangalow Kit from Imagine Kit Homes in Australia is now available through our local Home Depot.

Imagine Kit Homes says you can “build your own designer home with ease and enjoy the process of being a confident home owner.”

Bangalow Kit

Imagine Kit Homes is in Brisbane, Australia. But they have manufacturing depots here in the United States. The frame kits sold by Home Depot are made in America.

The Bangalow model has two bedrooms and an open floor plan.

The home enters through the kitchen end of the open floor plan with a large deck and lots of glass on the back.

The living room opens to a large back deck.

This is a different view, with a dining table instead of a kitchen island.

This is the view in, from the deck.

Both bedrooms open onto the back deck.

This is the view from the deck into the bedroom. You can see why you would not want the deck on the front of the house.

Bangalow Kit at Home Depot

Bangalow Standard DIY Steel Frame Building Kit (Bangalow Std)

• $39,995.00
• 2 Bedroom
• 820.8 sq. ft.
• Modern, open-plan
• Engineered to stand up to Category 3 winds

Bangalow Standard at Home Depot >

Bangalow Ultimate DIY Steel Frame Building Kit (BU) for High Wind Zones and Heavy Snow Loads

• $42,999.00
• 2 Bedroom
• 820.8 sq. ft.
• Modern, open-plan
• Engineered to stand up to Category 5 winds and heavy snow loads

Bangalow Ultimate at Home Depot >

Bangalow Ultimate DIY Steel Frame Building Kit (BULFD) for High Wind Zones and Heavy Snow Loads

• $46,879.00
• 2 Bedroom
• 1016.4 sq. ft
• Modern, open-plan
• Engineered to stand up to Category 5 winds and heavy snow loads

Bangalow Larger Ultimate at Home Depot >

Bangalow Ultimate DIY Steel Frame Building Kit (BUFD) for High Wind Zones and Heavy Snow Loads
Includes Floor System, Front Porch and Rear Deck

• $61,590.00
• 2 Bedroom
• 1,298.3 sq. ft.
• Modern, open-plan
• Engineered to stand up to Category 5 winds and heavy snow loads

Bangalow Ultimate with Floor at Home Depot >

Bangalow Ultimate DIY Steel Frame Building Kit with Loft (BULoft) for High Wind Zones and Heavy Snow Loads
Includes Floor System, Front Porch and Rear Deck

• $65,875.00
• 2 Bedroom plus Loft
• 1,493.9 sq. ft.
• Modern, open-plan
• Engineered to stand up to Category 5 winds and heavy snow loads

Bangalow Ultimate with Loft and Floor at Home Depot >

Optional Loft

Home Depot sells the kit with a loft. This takes the 1,298.3 square feet floor plan up to 1,493.9 square feet.

This is the kitchen without the loft.

This is the same room with the loft and stairs to get up to it.

Why a Steel Frame?

There are advantages to a steel frame over standard 2×4 framing. Steel does not burn, shrink, twist, mold or rot. Termites don’t eat steel.

The kit doesn’t call for any specialized knowledge to assemble. It should take a few days to a week.

The steel frame is “stronger, lighter, straighter and the client can easily install these themselves.”

Imagine Kit Homes steel frame has a 50 year durability warranty.

Modifications

The frame comes pre-constructed, with the locations for the doors and windows set.

You can make the house bigger, adjust or customize the plans, but you need to order it that way.

You can add a loft. There are different roof lines shown.

The standard ceiling height is 8-feet, but you can change the height to 9 or 10 feet.

Quote Your Kit

Quote Your Kit gives you pricing with variations. (In Australia there are a lot more options.)

• Select a Base
  • Concrete Slab
  • Raised Steel
  • Deck sub floor
• Select a Ceiling Height
  • Standard 8-ft
  • Raised 9-ft
  • Raised 10-ft
• Select a Snow Load
  • Standard
  • 0k.pa
• Select a Hurricane Rating
  • Standard
  • Hurricane (to stand up to 111 mph winds)
  • Severe Hurricane (to stand up to 135 mph winds)

If you need something rated for hurricanes, I would investigate this further. This hurricane rating doesn’t really match up with what it says in other places.

• Category 1: Winds of 74-95 mph
• Category 2: Winds of 96-110 mph
• Category 3: Winds of 111-129 mph
• Category 4: Winds of 130-156 mph
• Category 5: Winds exceeding 157 mph