The quintessential Queenslander brings visions of hot humid summers where all creatures great and small are navigating toward the shade under the home on stilts – anything from crickets and cicadas to snakes and goannas. Big verandahs that wrap around the home provide shade for families and airy, light-filled rooms with large windows mean ventilation throughout the house.

These beautiful and functional homes ideally suited to their hot and humid environment will often have a picket fence...