82 | David Reid Homes Hawke’s Bay T T Kelly Deeks Business taking off at the top end T T to page 84 BUILDING It’s been a roller coaster ride for Warren Jardine who took over David Reid Homes Hawke’s Bay in early 2019 as he’s taken his builders and his customers through a huge building boom, then through some of the most trying and difficult times the construction industry has ever seen. Now things are settling back to pre-Covid levels, his company finds itself landing more and more often at the top end of the market, with recurring multi million dollar projects attesting to the reputation for quality David Reid Homes Hawke’s Bay has achieved over the past five years. “Our latest build was a $3 million home, we’ve recently signed a $2.7 million one, and we’re about to sign a $2.7 million one,” Warren says. “We’ve transitioned from an average build price of $850,000 and we’re starting to head upwards.” Warren says the David Reid brand has played a role in this transition, and so has the impeccable workmanship previous clients have enjoyed, and talked about. David Reid Homes Hawke’s Bay’s latest project was a huge 420sqm home on the hills of Poraiti, Napier. Modelled on David Reid Queenstown’s Jack’s Point pavilion style show home, with its dramatic cathedral ceilings and cedar and Central Otago schist cladding, this home went to the next level with beautiful charred Abodo cladding offset with a light limestone schist from the home owners’ own lime quarry. Inside, no expense has been spared on fixtures and fitting sourced from around the world, with Spanish tiles, Italian chandeliers, and $25,000 worth of English wallpaper. David Reid Hawke’s Bay laid feature timber flooring from VidaSpace in a herringbone pattern with brass inserts all throughout the entrance and grand hallways, and into the living space. Even though the intense price rises of the time saw a budget blowout of $500,000, these clients were so happy with David Reid Hawke’s Bay that the company was soon invited back to complete landscaping and a pool house in a separate contract. A recent inspection by Napier City Council saw the inspector recommend the home was put forward for the Registered Master Builders House of the Year competition. Warren and his clients intend to oblige. “It’s definitely a show stopper,” Warren says.
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