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Competitive Homes - creating a model for business success Karen Phelps There is nothing else like the Competitive Homes business model in the New Zealand market. It offers all the benefits of a national group building company but it’s not a franchised system. Competitive Homes is an evolving cooperative of home designers, independent family owned builders and quality suppliers. The model offers consumers all of the advantages of a group builder in terms of national backing and economic pricing. Because there are no high overhead costs and franchise fees these further cost savings can be passed directly onto the client. This means that with Competitive Homes the money that clients spend on their build goes straight into their new home. Competitive Homes offers a series of seven home design ranges that all meet or exceed the building code. The house plans can all be modified as required to suit individual budgets and lifestyles and there is no cost to the client for this service. Competitive Homes Architectural series is a range of stylish mono pitch homes. First is an affordable entry level series aimed particularly at first home buyers. The Living series has been designed with modern subdivisions and lifestyle blocks in mind while the Townhouse series centres on homes with smaller footprints but larger floorplans to maximise smaller sites. The Villa and Traditional series are a range of villa and colonial style homes while the Transportable series had been designed to be built then transported to the site for a speedy hassle-free build. Supporting local communities is a key priority which is why Competitive Homes
Competitive Homes offers a series of seven home design ranges, which can all be modified as required to suit individual budgets and lifestyles.
Builders
selects only local builders with excellent reputations and a commitment to quality. All Competitive Homes builders offer guarantees. This means that Competitive Homes’ clients get the advantages of dealing with local people backed by the resources and buying power of a large national group. In bringing the unique Competitive Homes plans to market the company partnered with quality material suppliers. All Competitive Homes builds come with certain products as standard including J-Frame, a pinus radiata laminated framing timber. The renewable product is Forestry Stewardship Council approved and gives all of the advantages of steel framing but retains all of the convenience of timber. Straight, strong and durable the product is resistant to warp, twist and bow. J-Frame has been independently BRANZ appraised and is made from 100% sustainable New Zealand radiata pine. For homeowners one important feature is that the product allows for stud heights 150mm higher than normal, which gives an incredibly spacious feel to a home. Another product that comes as standard in Competitive Homes builds is Earthwool, a glasswool insulation made from recycled glass.
The product uses ECOSE Technology, which is based on rapidly renewable materials instead of petro-based chemicals. Earthwool contains no added formaldehyde, phenols and acrylics. All Competitive Homes builds also come with high quality Kaboodle Kitchens, a brand which offers one of the biggest ranges of cabinets and colours. Kaboodle Kitchens come with a 10-year structural warranty on cabinets and benchtops. Competitive Homes works with clients to help with the complete building package from design, right down to the last little finishing touch with a comprehensive range of options so that people can customise their home to their personal preferences making each home a little unique. Throughout the process customers are given choices such as moving a wall or extending a bedroom plus choices of materials like roof and wall cladding, colour and texture, appliances, furnishings and lighting right down to little things like taps and door handles. To make things easy for customers, Competitive Homes’ packages are fixed price so there are never any surprises. To find a Competitive Homes builder in your local area go to: www.competitivehomes.co.nz
Competitive Homes works with clients to help with the complete building package from design, right down to the last little finishing touch.