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The
golden touch
Golden Homes Wellington’s beautiful new showhome in Emerald Hill is attracting a large amount of interest from people interested in building a new home in the prestigious Upper Hutt subdivision.
The Emerald Hill showhome has a Gerard Rockport shingle tile roof and Austral schist cladding as a feature. Golden Homes Wellington has recently opened up stage nine of the Emerald Hill subdivision, which involves 20 lots ranging in size from 540sqm to 1537sqm. General manager Phil Savage says the Wellington company has already completed stages seven and eight and is currently building homes in stage 8B. “We’re starting earthworks in stage nine now and titles will be available in March. People can select their lot now and start
making plans. Covenants apply to protect your investment,” he says. “We have some sites going under contract in the next couple of weeks. We’re doing them as house-and-land packages and we have exclusive rights to the development.” Emerald Hill is located in northern Upper Hutt and offers exclusive living, while still enjoying the benefits of easy access to the Hutt Valley and Wellington city.
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Savage says while stage 8B involved smaller house sites, ranging from 400-450sqm, stage nine’s larger sites allow room for large executive homes.
Golden Homes built the home with a
“We build a range of homes from 68sqm through to our largest design, which is just over 400sqm,” he says.
The home is built to Golden Homes’ standard
of space and luxury.
specifications. The kitchen features Roxx 50mmthick bench tops with a 900mm-wide servery, while the cupboards and drawers are all self
Exciting new showhome
closing. There is also an integrated microwave,
To coincide with the stage nine Emerald Hill development, Golden Homes Wellington has just opened its new showhome right across the road on the corner of Norana Road and State Highway 2. The 300sqm single-storey home is one of Golden Homes’ standard plans, Rover, and features four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a four-car garage.
wall oven and a double dish drawer.
The showhome has a Zog steel frame and features Enviroboard cladding, which is an aerated concrete panel that is plastered. The home includes above-spec insulation, with R3.6 ceilings and R 2.8 walls, double-glazed windows and a Gerard Rockport shingle tile roof.
exceeding expectations and reflected a slow
“It’s built on a cavity, which means there won’t be any problems with leaky homes,” says Savage.
the light,” he says.
“The showhome has a monolithic modern look to the exterior and has Austral schist cladding on two ends as a feature.”
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2.7-metre stud height, which creates a feeling
Savage says the opening of the new Golden Homes showhome is well timed to coincide with the release of stage nine of Emerald Hill. It is open from 1-4pm on Saturdays and Sundays, or by appointment during the week. Public interest in the showhome was already turn around in the building industry, which has been flat for about three years. “We’ve had a good month with business, which is quite positive. We’re starting to see
“Banks are becoming a bit more tolerant and are releasing funds. With the fine weather there are more people out, while the opening of the showhome is also creating more interest.”
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