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Maraetai School Road

Maraetai School Road

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Our clients wanted to make use of their large sloping section by building another home as a rental for home and income. Read more
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Innovative rental home on a sloping section featuring stunning ocean views, a luxurious saltwater pool, and seamless indoor-outdoor living designed by Respond Architects.

Our clients wanted to make use of their large sloping section by building another home as a rental for home and income.

The build itself has been cut into the hill with a solid block base with a swimming pool backed onto the new build, taking in the sweeping views across, Omana, Maraetai and Waiheke. This has created a nice flat lawn area on a difficult sloping section.

The House

This is a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home with open plan living and kitchen with a stunning indoor-outdoor flow to take in the ocean views.

The house is clad with a mixture of Axon Panel and Shiplap Cedar weatherboards.

Details

The Pool:

The pool itself was built by Willy Jones from Precision Pools who has an eye for detail when it comes to pool building.

This is an 8×4 salt water pool with Matakana timeless stone copings, NZ pool pebble finish with the plaster colour of Kaikoura Blue and Red glass beads. It has been finished with L.E.D lighting. The pool has been designed with a hidden under deck cover.

The deck has been made with 120×25 Vitex hardwood decking and screwed off with decretive stainless dome screws. The deck is surrounded by a frameless glass balustrade to enhance the view

Pool built by Precision Pools: https://precisionpools.co.nz/

Architect is Natasha at Respond Architects: https://respondarchitects.co.nz/

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“I’ve seen Gary Donaldson and his team at work on local building projects for some time. I’ve been impressed with his work ethic and the final result, sometimes even through very challenging weather conditions. I approached Gary regarding building a substantial extension to our family home. Right from the start, the things that stand out are Gary’s communication skills, explaining the steps, processes and timelines required for our build project. Gary provided us with a build cost estimate prior to starting. We were well informed all the way during the building process and didn’t have any extra surprises at the end. Gary has an excellent team of people that “crack on” and get the job done right first time. I recall listening to his team’s laughter, friendly banter and positive communications from the start of the day until the days work was done, every day. Gary is well organised and kept the project moving forward with materials arriving prior to being required and his specialist sub trades contacts to take the project to the next stage. Tania & I are both delighted with the quality of workmanship delivered and the building experience we had with Gary Donaldson Builders and his team. They project was completed on time. They all worked hard and did a great job. We would have no hesitation in recommending Gary Donaldson for any building projects and when we have our next building project we will be talking once again to Gary about our new plans and engaging in his services. We have built a few new homes and renovations in the past. We found that based on the above points, Gary Donaldson’s company has been the best company to deal with. If anyone would like to view this build that Gary has completed for us we’d be proud to show you and talk directly.”

Mike & Tania Leitch-Heggie, New Build

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