smart, sustainable &stylish Story: Philip O’ Brien Designed to suit life in I magine blinds that open at your preferred time,are designed to client requirements and perfectly the tropics, this award- louvres that automatically close when it rains andsuit the tropical environment. doors that lock when you leave home. ‘This was our first attempt at a double-storey winning display home Smart technology like this is a feature of display home,’ Grant says. achieved a 9.3 star rating MyTenacity, a two-storey, four-bedroom display ‘In the past clients would travel around to look for energy eciency. home in Smithfield Village, Cairns. Designed at sustainable aspects of different display homes and constructed by local firm MyStyle Homes, itin different locations. So we decided that we were showcases spacious design, understated grandeurgoing to achieve all this in the one home.’ and a 9.3 star rating for energy efficiency. It’s aMyTenacity has been designed and built for home to suit life in the tropics and earlier this year,the Cairns climate, he explains. This means being won the 2018 HIA Australian Display Home of theable to cope with extremes: from hot and humid Year award. summers to mild and dry winters to thunderstorms MyStyle Homes is a family-owned and operated and tropical cyclones during the wet season. company. Directors Heather Ghidella and Grant To achieve this, the house has cutting-edge Hartwig specialise in smart, sustainable homes thatautomation systems as well as triple-insulated roofing, 70 HOUSING SEPTEMBER 2018