We originally built in Sydney, but moved out with Covid approaching. Then Lismore, and hit by the floods. 2 years ago we started investigating taking our manufacturing overseas. 10 months later we imported our first pod built in China, built to our specifications and materials. We also have in place a quality management system approved at federal level that demonstrates we maintain control on quality and adherence to Australian standards – so it’s not as though we simply decided one day to import caravans. We install the Australian made lithium batteries and all other accessories (TV, stove, fridge, hot water etc.) here and offer a national warranty service, whereas previously it was the more common back-to-workshop warranty. This approach allows us to keep our price under $30k for our top-of-range model, and our partner has machinery that bends and shapes steel/aluminium in ways we could only ever dream of in our own workshops. This partnership enabled us to take our pods to the next level and offer a compelling product. Of course we also heard the nightmare stories with outsourcing manufacturing and believe me, we approached it with caution if not trepidation! By way of example, we went through several suppliers for the doors, the chassis is additionally sprayed with an elastic bitumen for added rust protection, the wiring for 240 and 12 is now much more sophisticated than we were ever doing before and we’ve been able to get much better balancing because we gained access to machinery and tools that allowed better RnD on the chassis etc.  You are very welcome to visit us in Melbourne or Lismore to inspect the high quality build that our customers have expected from Wotpods since our first pod 4-years ago.