Dandelion Safe Homes builds tiny homes for women leaving domestic and family violence — designed, trained and built by women. A complete build costs $65,000. Materials alone run to $36,000. None of it happens without partners like you.
Every home starts with someone who said yes.
What we need most
Space to build. Land to place them.
Two things sit behind every home we build that no bundle covers — space to build in, and land to build on. If you can offer either, you're offering something more valuable than any cheque.
We build tiny homes on trailers — which means we need covered factory or workshop space with enough clearance to work safely. If you have a shed, warehouse or yard we could use, we'd love to talk. This is our most urgent need and the hardest to find.
A place to build
Covered space, 200m² with a 5m roller door and some office space, ideally ongoing access 
We can build the home. We can't build the land. We're looking for landowners — private, community or commercial — who can offer a site to place a completed tiny home. This is the final piece that turns a build into a life changed.
Somewhere to put them
A stable, serviced site — urban, regional or rural considered
Duration: Ideally 12+ monthsSponsor a piece of the build
Every home is made up of roughly $36,000 in materials. Below is each piece, what it costs, and what it means. Sponsoring a bundle means your business is directly traceable to a woman having a safe place to sleep.
Material Bundles
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The Foundation
Cost: $9,000
The trailer that carries the home and the floor it's built on. Everything else sits on top of this. Trailer, red tongue flooring, cement sheet floors, subfloor fixings
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The Frame
Cost: $5,500
The bones of the home. Steel frame and the engineering certification that makes it legal to live in. Steel frame, engineering (Class 1)
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The Shell
Cost: $6,000
What keeps the weather out. External cladding, battens, flashing and guttering — the skin of the home. External cladding, barge, flashing, trims, battens, gutter
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Windows and Doors
Cost: $3,500
Light, airflow and the ability to lock a door behind you. That last part matters more than most of us will ever know. All windows, external door, internal door and hardware
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Electrical
Cost: $2,500
A fully wired home — lights, power points, switches and a qualified install. Safe and code-compliant. Electrical components, wiring, downlights, GPOs, switches, installation
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Insulation
Cost: $2,000
A warm home in winter and a cool one in summer. Wall batts, roof batts, blankets, wrap and tape — a complete thermal envelope. Insulation wrap, roof blanket, wall and roof batts, tape
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Kitchen & Laundry
Cost: $2,500
A kitchen to cook in and a laundry to wash in. Second-hand cabinetry given a new life in a home that needs one. Kitchen cabinetry, laundry cabinetry, sinks, plumbing connections
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Wet Areas
Cost: $1,000
A private shower and a waterproofed bathroom — basic dignity that too many women on our waiting list are going without. Shower screen, shower base, waterproofing, plumbing materials, cement sheet walls
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Interior Finishes
Cost: $2,500
The difference between a shell and a home. Wall linings, flooring, mouldings and paint — the part that makes it feel like hers. VJ boards or ply, flooring, mouldings, paint
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Fixings & Miscellaneous
Cost: $1,000
Every screw, drill bit, tube of silicone and roll of tape that holds everything together. Unglamorous — and completely essential. Screws, glues, drill bits, silicone, miscellaneous fixings
Other ways to be part of it
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A small regular contribution compounds over time. $50/month from ten businesses funds a windows and doors package in a year.
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Give what you can toward any part of the build.
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Trades, project management, legal, accounting — if you have a skill, we can probably use it.
If you can see your business in any of this…
Let’s Talk
Reach out and we'll find the right fit together.