Business North
Volume 16 | Issue 4
BUILDING » Housing Concepts / Maddren Homes
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Builder embraces Homestar challenge Karen Phelps Auckland company Maddren Homes has just completed its first Homestar 7 rated home. Located in Matakana Green, the 253 square metre home comprises four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Maddren Homes quantity surveyor Hannah Irwin says the build was a new challenge for the company but one it eagerly embraced. “The challenge was ensuring the design the client wanted fitted in with the Homestar 7 criteria,” she explains. “This meant we had to do a lot of research on products and ways to achieve things to ensure the home would meet the rating.” For example the water flow rates of tap and showerware selected by the client were too high to ensure the rating so Maddren Homes came up with the solution of restrictors to limit the water flow to the desired eight litres per minute. The build also required Maddren Homes to adopt strict recycling policies on site.
All homes in Matakana Green have been built to at least Homestar 7 and include many sustainable and energy-friendly features, and options, including heat pump water heating, solar power generation, thermal broken double-glazing, eco-friendly insulation, thermal broken foundation and passive solar architecture. Although Maddren Homes has been offering eco friendly building options (for example the company’s premises incorporate clerestory windows, double-glazing and concrete panels providing thermal mass) Homestar 7 was a new challenge. “We certainly had to adapt a different strategy in regards to the building process,” says Hannah. “The successful completion of the project shows how Maddren Homes can tackle new challenges and offer a flexible approach to achieve the home the client desires,” she says.
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Housing Concepts has now built 31 homes in the Matakana Green subdivision.
relationship that delivers an extremely high quality end result to our clients. “Teamwork and forming the right partnerships has been an essential factor of Housing Concept’s success,” says Dave. Housing Concepts offers a 10-year Builtin Insurance warranty on all new builds and is a member of Hazardco.
The company currently employs a team of seven full time staff and is busy as demand is strong in the region, says Dave. Dave says that with four houses currently in the consent stage – located in Pakiri, Langs Beach, Wellsford and Whangateau – the company’s workload is not looking likely to slow down any time soon.
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