Budget Breakdown: How an Architect Built a Family Home in Tasmania for $72K

In an era of chronic housing shortages and sky-high mortgage rates, the idea of building a debt-free home with your own hands might feel like a dream. Architect Jiri Lev, however, proposes that it can be done. With his second self-built home, Tasmanian House 3, the Czech-born Australian architect hopes to prove that a family can build a healthy, sustainable home for less than the cost of a typical deposit.