The UTE House is a four-bedroom family home with a garden and pool, located in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport. Designed with modern living in mind, the home also features a fully functional, multi-person home office — seamlessly integrating work and life under one roof.

Created by architect, author, and television personality Joe Snell, the UTE House is both his personal family residence and architectural studio. It was conceived in response to Joe and his family’s relocation from Sydney to the Gold Coast and reflects a growing need to combine living and working environments within a single, highly adaptable space.

The inspiration for the UTE House comes from an iconic Australian story — the invention of the quintessential ute vehicle, which arose from a farmer's request for "a vehicle to go to church in on Sunday and carry the pigs to market on Monday." This dual-purpose mindset is at the heart of the UTE House — a modern utility building designed to meet the evolving needs of Australian families increasingly working from home.

Situated between a residential area to the west and a business/industrial zone to the east — with a green reserve to the north — the UTE House quite literally sits at the crossroads of work and home. It represents a new kind of dwelling: one that houses a family and also sustains it financially.