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  • Architect: MCD Architecture
  • Builder: Ethos Homes
  • Engineer: Engco

Charming country home warm and inviting

  • Blower door test result of .58 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
  • uPVC recessed joinery from Hagley
  • Wolf heat recovery ventilation system
  • 232m2 living space including 44m2 garage

Clive and Karen wanted to build a warm, dry, energy efficient home, with predictable energy costs to retire into. Their charming country, character style home sits atop a hill in rural North Canterbury. What makes this home really special is largely unseen: an insulated slab, uPVC recessed joinery, 185mm insulated walls, airtight membrane and a Wolf heat recovery ventilation system.

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Sefton High Performance Home

About the
Professional

Ethos Homes are qualified passive house and high-performance home builders, we are passionate about building homes that perform for you. We know what it takes to design and build your home to perform for you.

The signatures of an Ethos home are airtight, well insulated, mechanically ventilated with thermally broken double or triple glazed recessed joinery. We measure the airtightness of the homes we build so you can be assured of its performance

Peter is a Certified Passive House Tradesperson. Ethos Homes are proud members of the Passive House Institute of New Zealand, New Zealand Certified Builders Association, New Zealand Green Building Council and the Superhome movement.