One contact
Jack is your person from your first chat onwards. Get in touch once, and he takes it from there.
About us
One team, working together on your home.
Building a new home usually means finding a planner, a designer, a builder and a bank, then keeping them all talking to each other. We've brought those people into one team, so you don't have to.
You get one contact, one plan and one clear price. We do the running around.
What one team means for you
One plan
The planner, designer and builder all work from the same design, so what you approve is what gets built.
One clear price
Your home is priced as one number before you commit, so you know exactly where you stand.
No chasing
The team talks to each other, so you're not the go-between. You make the decisions, we handle the rest.
How we work together
Step by step, with one team behind you.
Each specialist comes in at the right time. You don't need to find them, book them or brief them. Jack does that, and keeps you up to date the whole way.
- 1
Have a chat with Jack
Tell Jack how you live, what you need and where you'd like to be. He works out who you need and brings them in.
Jack, your main contact - 2
Check the land
We check the local town planning rules to see what's possible for your site, whether it's yours already or one you're looking at.
With Gilbert Planning - 3
Sort the finance
Work out what you can spend alongside the design, so the plan and the budget match from the start.
With Paul Marlow at Vega - 4
Design your home
Choose a Smart Series design and make it yours, or have a one-off home designed around your site and the way you live.
With Energy Architecture or Maunga Designs - 5
See it in 3D
Walk through your home on screen before anything is built, and change what you don't love.
With Pixink - 6
Get one clear price
Your builder prices the home you designed as one number. Then you decide whether to go ahead.
With ROI Build or a local builder - 7
Build it
Your home is built by people who know high-performance homes. For a Smart Series home, the panels are made in Cromwell by NZSIP.
With your builder and NZSIP
Jack stays your contact at every step.
Meet the team
The people working on your home.
Each one is a specialist in their part of the job. Jack is with you from first chat to handover. You'll meet the designer and builders working on your home, and Jack keeps everyone in step.
Your main contact
Jack Cooper
Jack is with you from your first chat. He brings in each specialist when you need them and makes sure you always know what happens next.
Town planning checksGilbert Planning
Checks the local town planning rules to see what's possible for your site, often back within a day or two, so you don't lose a good section while you wait.
Home loansPaul Marlow, Vega
A Hamilton mortgage adviser who sorts your finance alongside the design, so you know what you can spend before you fall in love with a plan.
Smart Series designEnergy Architecture
Guy Shaw's award-winning practice, behind every Smart Series design. They also model how your home will perform before it's built, so it's warm, comfortable and efficient from day one.
Bespoke designMaunga Designs
Want a one-off? Maunga Designs creates bespoke homes around your site, your light and the way you live, including SIP homes outside the Smart Series, and prepares the drawings for consent.
3D walkthroughsPixink
Walk through your new home in 3D, or in virtual reality, and change what you don't love before a single nail goes in.
SMART panelsNZSIP
Makers of the Smart Series panels in Cromwell, at New Zealand's first SIP factory. Warm, dry, airtight walls and roofs, made here.
Building in the WaikatoROI Build
Waikato builds are handled by ROI Build. Jacob Moor is a Certified Passive House Tradesperson, so the warm, airtight shell of your home is built properly.
Your local builderBuilding outside the Waikato
Trusted local builders
Experienced builders who know high-performance homes, matched to your area and your build.
Ready to start? Have a chat with Jack.
Tell us a bit about your plans. Jack will be in touch within one business day.
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