76 | BUILDING Stonewood Homes Hawke’s Bay T T Kim Newth Smooth journey to beautiful homes Happy clients outside their recently completed Stonewood Home. In 2024, Paulo Baronceli is reflecting with pride on his five years with Hawke’s Bay Stonewood Homes and how far he and the franchise have come in that time. He first started working for the business as a quantity surveyor in 2019 before stepping up as a director in 2021. He now leads a quality team as General Manager of Hawke’s Bay Stonewood Homes. Complementing Paulo’s QS and managerial expertise in the franchise is his business partner and Licensed Building Practitioner Nick Lowe, who first started working for the franchise in 2022 before coming on board as a director last year. He brings with him a strong background in construction and project management experience with other local franchises. Paulo and Nick have forged a highly effective business partnership. Paulo takes care of pricing, QS and consenting processes and manages the office team of five staff, while Nick project manages site operations, working alongside a trusted team of subcontractors and suppliers. With a shared passion for service excellence, Paulo and Nick have worked hard to hone their build processes and operations to ensure the whole new home journey is as smooth and stress free as possible for their clients. “I’m thrilled with how all our recently completed builds have come together and the feedback from our happy clients is encouraging. It shows that what we are doing is working well,” says Paulo. T T to page 78 Stonewood Homes has been building beautiful, quality homes for Kiwi families for over 30 years and is one of New Zealand’s largest home builders with a nationwide network of locally owned and operated offices building some of the best NZ home designs. “For me, what really sets Stonewood Homes apart is the quality of their plans, which are just so much better than the industry standard. It goes all the way from the footprint of the plans we have available to the actual inclusions that we build into our houses by default. Design details like having full height doors and higher ceiling heights make such a big difference to the end result. “The Stonewood brand stands for consistency. All our home designs are very modern and up to date. Coupled with that are good systems and project management practices that ensure an optimal experience for the client.” Stonewood Homes Hawke’s Bay take a personalised approach to every build journey and work to deliver the best possible outcome in line within clients’ budgets. A direct warranty ensures any issues that arise in the first 12 months after the build are immediately addressed. “For me, what really sets Stonewood Homes apart is the quality of their plans, which are just so much better than the industry standard.” • Refrigeration • Air Conditioning • Installation • Maintenance • Hot Water • Heat Pumps • Panasonic RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • VEHICLES • 24HR SERVICE www.highchill.co.nz | 06 874 8646 | admin@highchill.co.nz PROUD BUILDING SUPPLIER TO With stores in 53 Corunna Bay, Napier and now 409 Hastings Street North, Hastings HAWKES BAY www.pedersenpainting.co.nz | 027 207 1306 | jayden@pedersenpainting.co.nz ∙ RESIDENTIAL NEW BUILDS ∙ REPAINTS ∙ COMMERCIAL PAINTING ∙ INTERIOR/EXTERIOR ∙ WALLPAPERING Proudly supporting Stonewood Homes
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