Sustainable Living Tribe
A place to ask the questions you can't get a straight answer to anywhere else
About building, renovating, and living in a healthy, low-energy home in Australia.
You’re in the right room
Whether you’re mid-renovation, sketching a new build on the back of an envelope, or just tired of a house that’s freezing in July and unbearable in January — you’re in the right room.
The reimagined sustainable living tribe is a private Facebook group where homeowners, designers and builders all end up in the same comments.
You ask, we answer properly, and other people chip in with what worked for them.
No pitching. No jargon. No question too basic.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Straight answers on the technical stuff
Passivhaus, airtightness, ventilation, insulation, net zero — without the sales pitch.
Real projects with real numbers
What things actually cost, what worked, what didn’t, and what we’d do differently.
Design decisions pulled apart before you make them
The bedroom that won’t fit a queen bed. The window that cooks the room. The island bench with the sink in the wrong spot.
Professionals answering alongside homeowners
Architects, designers and builders who know things we don’t — sharing their experience alongside people who are living through the process themselves.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE INSIDE
It’s a private group, so you can’t look before you join. Here’s a sample of a single week instead.
WHO RUNS IT
The group is run by Simone and the team at reimagined habitat. We’re a Certified Passive House design practice — one of the largest cohorts of certified designers in Australia — and we design healthy homes for healthy lives.
We’re in the comments most days. If you ask something, you’ll get an actual answer, not a link to a sales page.
THE RULES
No question is too basic. The person too embarrassed to ask is usually asking what forty others are wondering.
Help, don’t sell. Professionals are genuinely welcome — answer questions, share your work when it’s relevant. No cold pitching.
Say where you are. Climate zone changes almost every answer in this group.
COME JOIN US
It’s free, and it’s private — which is what makes people willing to post their actual floor plan and their actual mould photo.
You’ll be asked one question when you join: what you’re building, renovating or fixing, and whereabouts in Australia you are. That’s it.