TAFE NSW Building Design, Carpentry, Plumbing, and Electrotechnology students are applying the final touches to the construction of a two-bedroom house which will be auctioned in support of the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation. It will be relocated to the HIA Home Show on 9 March 2020 for display and auctioned later that week.

The Provident Project Management – House that Youth Built has seen the group of students across different areas construct a compact two-bedroom house under the guidance of PBS Building and with plans from Western Sydney University students.

“Working on a real life project like this gives the TAFE NSW students the opportunity to further develop their skills that will translate directly into the workforce,” TAFE NSW team leader building Tom Hore says.

“The House that Youth Built project has been the culmination of months of work, involving TAFE NSW apprentices from all trades working together as they would do in the workplace. We’ve had some incredible building materials donors and we’re incredibly impressed with how the final product is shaping up. The owner of the home will possess a beautifully crafted living space, with even the tiniest of details thoughtfully planned.”

Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation chief executive Nicola Stokes spoke on the benefits of the project: “It is wonderful to see apprentices from TAFE NSW, students from Western Sydney University, business owners such as PBS Building and Provident Project Management and the Ideal Home Show come together to support a project which will make a fundamental difference in the lives of sick kids.

“The sale of the house will raise funds to support The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. I find it inspiring to think that a house designed and built by young people will in turn help to save and change the lives of other young people,” she says.

Proceeds raised from the auction will go to purchase vital signs monitors for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation.