Pacific Ave along Waimari Beach, with multiple variations of this completed in other destinations.
A home in North New Brighton known as the Beach Barn won the Novel Application of Timber Award. The home was factory-built to a modular design by Dan Tremewan of Welhaus Ltd and can be transported around the country or exported overseas.
Location: Pacific Ave along Waimari Beach, with multiple variations of this completed in other destinations.
Type, Size:Residential 3 Bedroom home design 80 m2 plus any decks, garage and other add-ons
Brief:to
Scope:architectural design, planning, due diligence, cost estimation, obtaining of resource and building consents and project oversight (client side).
Outcome:Guardian achieved this work within only 2 days of interruption to trading over a 4-month upgrade programme. Quotes for the structural upgrade were over $790,000 plus GST and Guardianmanaged to reduce that to $390,000 plus GST for the structural upgrade and $90,000 for Fire Compliance.
Financial Scale: The budget for the house itself is circa $240,000 and Guardian were the development managers for 1million worth BeachBarn Projects in a JV with the builders, panel manufacturers and clients.
Endorsements& Notes: this design ticks all the boxes “affordability….” Judge panel comments after taking out the NZ Timber Design Award. Novel application of Wood
Inside Beach Barn, a modular engineered timber house built in North New Brighton, Christchurch.
A home in North New Brighton known as the Beach Barn won the Novel Application of Timber Award. The home was factory-built to a modular design by Dan Tremewan of Welhaus Ltd and can be transported around the country or exported overseas.
Tremewan designed the home as part of a range intended to add value to New Zealand timber after seeing logs waiting for export at Lyttelton Port.
The judges said the home used a range of wood products to deliver “a sustainable, energy efficient building for a realistic price”.