| 135 T T Kelly Deeks New rules will create a different playing field Tiny Home HQ is a family-owned business and has a management team with more than 40 years of combined experience in the construction and delivery of portable homes. Tiny Home HQ BUILDING As the Government plans to help Kiwis save time and money when building small, self-contained, detached secondary dwellings, or ‘granny flats’, Matt Armstrong from Tiny Home HQ cautions property owners that just because the rules will be relaxed, it doesn’t mean they should relax their own diligence when choosing who to design and build their new tiny home. Under the proposal, which is aimed at relieving the housing crisis nationwide, single-storey buildings up to 60sqm would no longer need resource consents from local councils or building consents, nor engineering reports. The tiny homes would still need to meet other criteria, including building code compliance, and have compliant plumbing and electrical connections with certification. Government indicates the changes will be in place around the middle of 2025, but Matt says the expected increase in demand for tiny homes is going to create space for new and potentially inferior builders to enter the market. “There have always been people who offer to do things fast and cheap, and then disappear with the money,” he says. “With higher demand, there could be more people willing to take advantage of property owners who may not know how to choose a builder with experience in completing a quality tiny home on time and in budget, and still owning something fit for purpose.” Even if this unfortunate hypothetical client gets a finished building, due to its poor quality or substandard design, they are still out of pocket and stuck in a horrible situation. From the tiny home industry’s point of view, it doesn’t want cowboy builders tarnishing its reputation. Matt says now the proposals will give more certainty around costs and time-frames to install new granny flats, property owners can choose Tiny Home HQ for certainty of total cost, quality, completion, and delivery. Tiny Home HQ is a family-owned business and has a management team with more than 40 years of combined experience in the construction and delivery of portable homes. They are supported by registered architects, certified tradesmen, and an experienced construction team led by qualified and licensed building practitioners. “Quality is durable, but it isn’t always cheap. But at Tiny Home HQ, we produce quality homes using natural building materials without cutting corners or using poor- quality products to give people a cheaper option. “We want to give our prospective clients the chance to make that comparison. So, when people can come to our show yard, they don’t just see a tiny home. “They also see our builders and the materials been used in our factory. And when they step inside our tiny homes, they can see and feel the quality.” “There have always been people who offer to do things fast and cheap, and then disappear with the money.” 09 299 6342 w. p. 09 520 0384 | www.itcloud.nz | support@itcloud.nz Bridging the gap between IT and your business Proudly supporting Tiny Home HQ On Premises � Cloud � Cyber Security Remote � Fibre � Hardware � Software Welcome to ITCLOUD aksales@sifco.co.nz
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