The High Life
Here’s proof that exceptional doesn’t need to be enormous. The 153sqm home on a high, steep site was designed to make the most of the view, a north-facing corridor that takes in the city of Wellington and its harbour. It certainly achieves the goal, and plenty more besides. You can’t look past the engineering that allows the steel foundations to appear as minimal as possible, giving the impression the house is floating. At its highest, the property the builders dubbed the ‘spider home’ (because of its long legs), is 11 metres off the ground.
Once you understand the skill involved, you can note what has been produced, a cosy, stylish two-bedroom house with extensive decking and landscaping, beefed-up insulation, thermally broken joinery and an oversized solar power system to generate and store much of the home’s energy needs.
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Design Builders create superb one-off homes for our clients, we’ve been doing this for over 33 years and along the way we’ve won well over 160 Registered Master Builders House of The Year Awards, including Regional Gold Awards, National Category and many more.
Our company’s foundations were laid by our founder, Andy Bell, back in 1992 when we built a new home for our very first client.
We’ve come a long way since then, we’ve grown in size and reputation, yet like anything that’s built to last, we’ve stuck to our original vision and values. We offer New Zealanders something unique – instead of catalogues, templates or pre-existing designs we design and build superb unique homes that express the owner’s personality; a home inspired by the people who will live in it and love it. We call it ‘A home built around you’.
No existing plans, templates, or catalogues. We work with you to create a unique home designed & built just for you, inspired by you.
You might think that a home designed and built the way you want is out of reach. With Design Builders, you can afford to think differently. Our process is built around you, including your budget. Let’s talk.
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