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Initial Coromandel/Hauraki - Evans Homes / Lockwood Taranaki l AUTUMN2013
Lockwood Homes
Total belief in the Lockwood system Karen Phelps
The Fantail offers good use of space and attractive design features.
Eye-catching Fantail design Sue Russell The award-winning “Fantail” showhome from Lockwood’s Initial range is now happily settled in Matarangi between Coromandel and Whitianga. According to owner/director Kevin Evans from Evans Group, franchise owner for Initial Lockwood designs in the Coromandel area, there are lots of reasons why the Fantail has proven such a great holiday home design. “It’s an eye-catching design with rounded roof, blonded solid wood timber interior. In the show-home we worked with black and white as our colour pallet for both the exterior and interior décor which really gave it a distinctive and quite striking look. “The eye-catching curved deck roofing really makes a statement and balances out the whole design look,” he says. The 109sqm floor area houses a master bedroom with ensuite and walk-in wardrobe plus two other bedrooms, an open-plan living/ dining area leading onto spacious decking hugging three sides, offering substantial indoor/outdoor flow and enhancing the sense of space. And while there is plenty of room, there’s no wasted space – with the laundry located in the rear entrance to the home. Evans has a wealth of coastal and farming building experience; building all over the Coromandel for over 35 years.
He has had the Initial Lockwood design franchise for 15 years and during that time the company has taken out Top Franchise of the Year award five times. The versatility of Lockwood designs, allowing for easy modification at planning stage, or for adding to years later as the owner’s circumstances change is a design plus of the modular construction system, the backbone of all Lockwood models. Kitchens are custom-made and the flexibility of choosing from a variety of exterior cladding materials makes every build specific and individual. With the ability to build-on easily to the original home, Evans says they can tailor extensions and alterations to suit the budget and life-style of the owners. The Coromandel has become a popular retirement spot and many of the company’s clients are at the stage in their lives where they are turning their holiday homes into permanent dwellings or extending to accommodate their growing families and friends. “I think it’s a strength of Lockwood that we can go in and make changes later that don’t look like add-ons and which blend in seamlessly with the original design concept.” He says that renovations and upgrades often include lightening the timber interior walls, a choice made by the majority of new Lockwood owners these days.
Lockwood was recently selected through local Lockwood Taranaki franchise builder Paul Jones Construction to take part in the latest Puke Ariki Museum exhibition which looked at the history of prefabricated housing in New Zealand. Entitled ‘From Cottage to Cutting Edge’, the exhibition organised in conjunction with Prefab New Zealand and Victoria University, highlighted how prefabrication has moved from mass-produced buildings to the highly personalised, architecturally designed, ecofriendly dwellings of today. The exhibition featured a Paul Jones Construction built Lockwood home which was displayed outside the museum. The two-bedroom, 80sqm home showcases the Lockwood system and what is possible for today’s prefabricated home with modern features such as high-spec insulation, thermally broken double glazing, and large tiled areas to soak up heat from the sun. The home also features a wood burner
connected to the hot water cylinder and a solar water heating system. Jones says the museum approached his company to take part because Lockwood is such a long-established building company in New Zealand. Examples of some of the early Lockwood models are displayed inside the museum so people could see how the brand and prefabricated housing in New Zealand has developed over the years. “Our inclusion in this exhibition really shows what a long standing and well regarded product Lockwood is in New Zealand,” he says. Jones has been a dedicated Lockwood homes builder for virtually his entire building career. He has been successfully running the award winning Lockwood Taranaki franchise for 26 years and prior to this he sold Lockwood Homes for the previous franchise owner. With a draughting background Jones brings more than 20 years of hands on building experience to his clients. “We certainly believe in the product. It really is a superior building system which
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