90 | Beachlands home wins silver award Emphasis Homes delivered both the design and build of this 236sqm silver winning home. Emphasis Homes: House of the Year Awards BUILDING Kim Newth Emphasis Homes has made an emphatic entrance to the Registered Master Builders’ House of the Year Awards after having won Regional Silver at the 2022 competition for Auckland/Northland/Coromandel. Their inaugural entry in the New Home $500,000 to $750,000 category was a Beachlands home that impressed the judges with its attention to every tiny detail, resulting in a high-end sustainable home that skilfully met the client’s brief and budget. For the experienced Emphasis Homes team, this award-winning success has been a wonderful affirmation of their recent decision to join Registered Master Builders after having previously been with another building association. The company’s owners, managers and wider team share decades of industry experience, with the Emphasis name well-known in the Auckland construction scene. “Registered Master Builders offer so much more for builders and their customers,” says Tayla Baldwin-Wood, who manages Emphasis Homes and is one of the company’s co-founders and co-owners alongside Robert Van Wagoner and Derek Baldwin. “The House of the Year competition is a great way for us to be able to acknowledge our builders’ hard work, as well as giving our clients satisfaction at having an award-winning home. It also motivates our guys to strive for even better outcomes and has given everyone on our team the gold spark!” With sights now firmly set on a gold award, Emphasis Homes already has a new project ready to go that will be one to look for in the next awards round. Emphasis Homes delivered both the design and build of this 236 sqm silver winning home. In fact, the team was with the owners from the very start of their new home journey. “We spent a lot of time getting to know the owners, who are a lovely couple with a young family and running their own business. We were able to assist them in their finance and land selection, which was great to ensure they could afford and build what they wanted. A feasibility analysis was provided to give them confidence to proceed with the land purchase and then we were off. As the project proceeded, we worked very closely with them to make sure they would get the best out of the design for their budget, for example incorporating a high-end kitchen but without breaking the bank.” From the street, this home exudes contemporary style with black grooved panelling and timber cladding, with the latter skilfully applied to the garage door. The owners’ sustainability ethos is cleverly woven into the home inside and out with Abodo eco-timber selected as the timber cladding, Earthwool as the insulation, and wiring installed for future solar panels. The beautiful four-bedroom, two-bathroom lay-out of open plan kitchen, living and dining and a second lounge ticks all the boxes for relaxed kiwi living. Described as a showpiece of craftsmanship, the home includes many bespoke touches such as a built-in headboard in the main bedroom, fully tiled showers, custom-built cabinetry and raked ceilings. Natural sun and warmth are well harnessed inside, thanks to strategic placement of the windows. Ranch sliders with flush joinery open to decking with glass balustrades for stunning sea views. Contemporary inclusions such as electronic roller blinds, heated polished concrete floors, central air conditioning and real American oak features in the kitchen further underline the high level of detail and care throughout this home. Emphasis Homes has a showhome underway at 15 Matara Ave, Maraetai that will be finished in May 2023 – watch this space! “The House of the Year competition is a great way for us to be able to acknowledge our builders’ hard work, as well as giving our clients satisfaction at having an award-winning home.” LONG RUN LEADERS AT PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE AND SOLUTIONS FOR ALL YOUR LONG RUN REQUIREMENTS SPECIALISTS ROOFING • New Roofs and Re-Roofs • Commercials • Spouting & Metal Fascia • Extensions • Metal Cladding 021 022 73689 | info@titanroofing.co.nz GET IN TOUCH:
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