Custom & Passivhaus Home Builders on Bruny Island

Zanetto Builders builds custom Forever Homes on Bruny Island, off southern Tasmania. With projects including Captains Quarters and Lunalon, we manage the ferry logistics, access and exposure an island build demands — delivered to the same open-book, award-winning standard as our mainland Tasmanian homes.

Building your Forever Home on Bruny Island

Bruny is a place people fall for — cloudy bays, ocean cliffs, and a pace that makes a retreat here feel a world away from Hobart, forty minutes and a ferry ride north. Building on the island is equally singular: every trade, truck and delivery crosses on the ferry, sites are exposed and often off-grid-leaning, and the coastal environment tests every material decision.

That’s exactly the kind of project our process was built for — planning-heavy, logistics-aware, and priced honestly from the start.

Building here right now

This page isn’t speculative: Captains Quarters and Lunalon are both under construction on Bruny Island today. Follow them on our in-progress page — and watch this space for their completion galleries.

What building on Bruny actually involves

Ferry logistics — materials, trades and program all sequence around the crossing; we plan it into the build, not around it
Coastal exposure and BAL ratings — island sites regularly carry bushfire and marine demands that shape design; both are priced into your 48-hour feasibility
Performance in absence — most Bruny homes sit empty part of the year; a high-performance envelope keeps a retreat dry, healthy and inexpensive to hold
Craft that travels — the same certified team and standard as every Zanetto home, on the other side of the channel

Why Bruny Island owners choose Zanetto

Two projects under construction on the island right now
Remote-site and ferry-logistics experience, priced up front
Open-book pricing — critical where logistics add real cost
Coastal, high-performance construction built for the environment

Building in Bruny Island — your questions answered

Do you build on Bruny Island?+

Yes — with projects including Captains Quarters and Lunalon, we manage the ferry logistics, access and coastal exposure that an island build demands, to the same standard as our mainland Tasmanian homes.

What makes building on Bruny Island different?+

Ferry-based logistics and material supply, remote access, and coastal exposure — all planned and priced before we start, so the location never becomes the story.

How much does it cost to build on Bruny Island?+

A genuine custom home with us typically starts around $5,000 per square metre in 2026, priced from each home’s own design; most of our Forever Homes fall between $850,000 and $4 million. We prepare a feasibility within 10% of the real build cost in 48 hours.