After years of dreaming about living in a passive house, we finally moved into our own in March 2020. So, six months on, what are our thoughts?....The biggest plus for…
Claire ChattertonNovember 24, 2020
There are several very reasonable designers and architects that cater for a market that wants a home for their unique needs, tastes and unique locations, but whose budgets are not…
Claire ChattertonAugust 25, 2020
We are often asked this question. Visits to our mid builds and show homes get people thinking about living in a better designed, healthy comfortable home. Everyone loves the idea…
Claire ChattertonAugust 5, 2020
BRANZ & Building Beyond Code Minimums … ‘these ‘bare minimum’ houses are the poorest performing homes that can legally be built’ – BRANZ referring to Minimum Code Build Homes. …
Claire ChattertonJune 12, 2020
An essential step of any build is to ensure clients get the opportunity to walk around their home at pre-wire stage. …………………. Background to Blog: It’s not every day you…
Claire ChattertonNovember 18, 2019
How do we make stainless steel, and brushed nickel knobs and dials an interesting read!? Well, I have a little story to tell…… …………………. Background to Blog: It’s not every…
Claire ChattertonOctober 20, 2019
Now materials and colour choices are things that many people struggle with, myself included. Afraid of making the wrong choices and spending all that money on something you ultimately don’t…
Claire ChattertonJuly 4, 2019
Benziger (1979) defined thermal comfort as ‘a state in which there are no driving impulses to correct the environment by behaviour’. In the absence of thermal comfort, stress symptoms surface,…
Claire ChattertonJune 10, 2019
In terms of joinery I already had a kitchen layout so we knew where the plumbing and drainage would be when laying the foundations. Now it was time to finalise…
Claire ChattertonMay 10, 2019
