SUSTAINABILITY
Designed and managed with care
Sustainability at Rumah Hujan is not a policy. It is a practice — embedded in the way the estate was built, the way it is run, and the relationships it holds with the people and landscape around it. It is imperfect and ongoing.
OUR TEAM
The people who run Rumah Hujan are its most important asset. This is not a hotel employment model — many members of the team have been here for years, some since the house was built. Fair working conditions, a social welfare fund, extended maternity leave, and genuine opportunities for growth. A small team managed with kindness, respect, and a collaborative spirit that gives every person agency over their work.
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Every tree on the site was kept. The ground left undisturbed. The architecture sits within the landscape, not against it. Reclaimed timber from Borneo bridges and old Java. Locally sourced volcanic stone. A centuries-old Javanese Joglo given new life. The bamboo pavilion built with Ibuku — the studio behind Bali's Green School — from sustainably sourced bamboo.
FOOD & SOURCING
The kitchen sources from local markets, seasonal producers, and trusted farms — including Wanaprasta, a Balinese organic free-range chicken farm. Fresh fish from the coast. The menu follows what is available, not the other way around.
DAILY OPERATIONS
An integrated, toxin-free mosquito management system runs discreetly across the estate. Filtered drinking water throughout. Single-use plastic minimised. Body care by Sensatia Botanicals and Utama Spice — both natural, both Balinese. The estate's signature scent, Ilin Beraroma Night Rain, made in small batches by Republic of Soap. Staff uniforms by Namu — sustainably sourced, with natural corozo buttons.
COMMUNITY
Rumah Hujan sits in the village of Lungsiakan, and that relationship matters. The estate makes regular donations to village projects of the community's own choosing. Every workshop at the estate reserves half its places for local village children, free of charge — supported through partnerships with Studio Gelombang, Crafting Coral, WeDoo, and Molly Oldfield's Everything Under the Sun podcast.
ENVIRONMENT & FUTURE
Currently on the local power grid, with solar energy in progress. The estate supports coral farming, river clean-ups, and regenerative farming, and through its artists in residence programme engages with practitioners working in biomaterials, waste design, and ecological research.
We will always do our best to be honest about where we are.