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You Now Need to Be Informed - here's what you need for your Home Building or Renovation Project. | Find Builders and Architects/Designers in your region | Find home design inspiration | Download our Design & Construction Checklists to ensure you do things well and you get what you want.Design Guide - Insights and Inspiration in House Design
You Now Need to Be Informed - here's what you need for your Home Building or Renovation Project | Gain insights into house design because the architects themselves write about the building project (see below)(Project shown: Parihoa House by Patterson Architects; photo by Simon Devitt)
Building Guide - the essential project workbook for Home Building and Renovations
You Now Need to Be Informed - here's what you need for your Home Building or Renovation Project | Full of useful hints and tips, advice and guidance around the things you need to know about building or renovating your home and the things that are nice to knowIf you're building or renovating then this is where you start...
Find Builders, Architects and Building Products for your project
Finding a Builder, getting a great architect or designer, finding the right products...getting your house done the way you want is not easy.We have a list of great builders and tradesmen, architects/designers and advice around product selection - check out our Product section here....
Find a Builder
Choosing a builder is right up there with choosing a designer. Do you know you MUST have a Licensed Builder for certain 'Restricted Building Work'?
Get it right and it's plain sailing. Get it wrong and you set yourself up for expensive heartache. Check out our list of Licensed, Certified, Master Builders and Independent Building companies here...
Find out more HINTS & TIPS
Once the fun part of designing your home is finished the work starts - staying on top of the construction process is essential to getting your build done on time and in budget - find hints, tips and advice on your responsibilities here...
Find out more Building Co. Reviews
WE came across this conversation on people's experiences with builders. It's worth reviewing, then make sure you have a good contract and you educate yourself around your project by reading our site or getting the magazine...
Find out more Be Informed
New Regulations state clients have to become informed around the Building Act and regulations. The Building Guide is all you need: Packed with information around product selection, design and construction advice and the regulations you need to know about...THIS IS THE ESSENTIAL PROJECT WORKBOOK FOR YOUR BUILDING PROJECT. Order your copy of Building Guide, tailored to your region here...
Find out more Find an Architect
Finding the right Architect or Designer is worth it. We have a list of great designers who can help you create the home of your dreams...CLICK HERE...
Find out more Start Here!
You Now Need to Be Informed - here's what you need for your Home Building or Renovation Project. If you're about to build or renovate, start here.
You're about to undertake a massive project and it can be great...or not so good. We're here to help make it go smoothly...
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House Design - The Guide...
Jane Priest, architect and finalist in HOME magazine House of the Year 2013 said "If you're building a house, this is the best place to start." Featuring the best of new urban houses from leading architects and designers from around the world, our new 2015 Design Guide is essential reading for anyone building a house. Order now and we'll send you a PDF of the stunning 2014 edition, too, for free!
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BoB - for Builders
BoB - the Business of Building is our new website for... Builders! Find checklists, advice columns and information to help you do your job better...The resource site for Builders who want to be BETTER...with links to DBH, BRANZ, Standards and more...check it out!
Find out more Luxurious Bathrooms
Luxuriate in the bathroom you've always wanted. The best of advice to get your bathroom right, right here...
Find out more Kitchen Design
Creating the Kitchen of your dreams takes planning and thought. Start here - get advice around the design and the use our list of superb products and designers...
Find out more Your Responsibilities
Homeowners have responsibilities, too, especially under the new rules. Don't get caught- check out what YOU need to do here...
Find out more New Building Act 2013
The new Building Act 2013 was passed in November with some significant changes to the way the building process works, including mandatory contracts with your builder, higher penalties for work without consent and a requirement that consumers become informed. Read more here - it's important...
Find out more What Others Say...
Don't take our work for it - read what others say about our publications...
Find out more New Design Guide Site
Our new Design Guide website has just gone live. Find superb designs for your house and inspiration for your dreams...click below.
Find out more Contracts
Getting a contract for work over $30,000 will be mandatory soon. We strongly recommend you get a contract for projects of a lesser value anyway, and make sure you have one even before they become mandatory - a contract should protect you in case things go wrong.
Find out more Overview to Building Guide
Where we've come from, why we've done the site and then how to advertise with us, our Christchurch Earthquake advice page, a special project we were involved in and more...
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