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Year of completion
2024
Building style
Industrial

This 247sqm Napier home epitomises a modern urban loft with double-height spaces, banks of windows, steel balustrades, a mezzanine floor, and industrial chic cladding of corrugated metal and concrete-look plaster. Its robust, low-maintenance exterior blends seamlessly with the commercial vibe of the neighbourhood, which includes a boardwalk, harbour, and bustling restaurants and bars.

The interior features a contemporary layout with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, showcasing smart design and maximising space. The atrium, housing dining and living areas, serves as the home’s focal point anchored by a white-and-wood kitchen and polished-concrete floors that extend to a timbered deck.

Additional amenities on this level include a powder room, laundry, and garage. Upstairs, sturdy steel and timber stairs lead to two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a retreat opening onto a balcony with expansive views of the waterfront and marine activities.

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Design Builders create superb one-off homes for our clients, we’ve been doing this for 30 years and along the way we’ve won well over 100 Registered Master Builders House of The Year Awards, including Regional Gold Awards, Best in 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.