68 | Navigation Homes - Counties Franklin BUILDING T T Kelly Deeks Value for money at Pokeno Village Navigation Homes Counties Franklin is offering large family homes at Pokeno Village Estate in the $950,000 to $1.2m price range. With supply challenges now sorted since the post-Covid construction boom, Navigation Homes Counties Franklin is now offering a smooth design and build process with new homes completed in as little as 20 weeks. “The bonus for people who choose to build now is the supply challenges have sorted themselves out and we have tradies on hand,” says Navigation Homes Counties Franklin director Nathan Hall. “The industry has returned to a sense of normality so we can again make promises and stand by them.” Now available from Navigation Homes Counties Franklin are 10 house and land packages at the quickly growing Pokeno Village Estate, conveniently located at the foot of the Bombay Hills. Navigation Homes Counties Franklin has already built up to about 80 homes at Pokeno Village Estate in the past 10 years since the village has been under development, and in this latest stage is offering large family homes from $950,000 to $1.2 million. Nathan says Pokeno Village has the best value for money in the north Waikato and close to the Auckland region. “On a good day it’s a 40 minute drive to Auckland, and we’ve got 600sqm sites and 170sqm homes for under $1 million,” he says. “If you go five or 10 minutes further north, the sites are smaller and the homes are $100,000 more expensive.” Affordability at Pokeno Village Estate has not been achieved at the expense of quality. Using modern and more efficient methods of property development and working with the natural contours of the valley, roads and sections are aligned around existing stands of native trees and waterways. Pokeno is almost halfway between Auckland and Hamilton and some of Navigation Homes Counties Franklin’s clients who have built at Pokeno Village Estate are couples with one partner working in Auckland and one in Hamilton. With its strategic location at the crossroads of State Highways 1 and 2, Pokeno Village Estate enjoys all the benefits of a country lifestyle without sacrificing the convenience of the nearby cities. Both the north and south are within convenient access, and the beaches of the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, and West Coast are in easy reach, without having to fight through traffic from Auckland. “10 years ago, Pokeno was a sleepy little town. Now it has a Countdown supermarket, New Housing Solar Installations EV Charger Installations Heatpumps Renovations General Maintenance CCTV/Security Contact Josh Saunderson 021 275 6776 admin@sublimeelectrical.co.nz DRAINAGE SERVICES ∙ STORMWATER TANKS SEPTIC SYSTEMS ∙ SMALL CIVIL DRAINAGE ∙ DIGGER HIRE When we do a job, we do it right first time! For good, reliable service that you can rely on, contact WRC Contractors today. Willy 027 297 4331 wrccontractors@gmail.com Proudly working alongside Navigation Homes New Builds • Renovations Decks • Fences • Retaining Walls TKR Construction Ltd - Troy Robinson 021 100 7243 tkr_constructionltd@outlook.co.nz several eateries, and all the essentials at the village shops, a weekend market at the Market Square, a primary school and a day care, a gym, and the Gateway Business Park providing significant employment opportunities. The town of Pokeno has grown up with Pokeno Village Estate into a vibrant new community.” Navigation Homes has been in business for more than 16 years and has seen many changes in the building industry, navigating its way through to become a nationally recognised builder of high quality homes. “ We are Registered Master Builders and every year we enter the House of the Year awards,” Nathan says. “Our quality is such that every house we have entered has won an award.” Navigation Homes’ clients demand individual footprints and homes that are diverse in dimension, style, and features, and the company vows to deliver exactly what they want. “There are some very exciting aspects to building a new home. You will get a warm, dry, and quiet home with increased thermal efficiency standards and all the warranties and guarantees. There is nothing like building your own home. You get to choose all your own colours and all your own fittings. When you buy an existing home it was always someone else’s home first. When you build, it’s made for you.”
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