| 109 T T Kelly Deeks Prestons Park in Marshlands is ‘one of the best value for money propositions in Canterbury’ says Touchstone Homes owner Andrew O’Donoghue, BUILDING Touchstone Homes Time is running out for new home buyers looking to settle into a high-quality Touchstone Home in the popular Prestons Park subdivision at Marshland, with the final 40 sections now on the market and attracting interest from those wanting a safe and peaceful neighbourhood less than 15 minutes from Christchurch CBD, the airport, the beach, and the multitude of shops and amenities north of the city. Touchstone Homes has been building new homes in Christchurch for 22 years, working with the same contractors and subcontractors throughout that period. Clients are taken through every step of their new build journey with Touchstone Homes owner Andrew O’Donoghue, from the initial meeting to the handover of the keys. With his background in finance and planning, Andrew’s strengths lie in matching his clients’ dreams to their budgets, and he keeps in close contact during the build to ensure open and honest communications. Andrew says Prestons Park is one of the best value for money propositions in Canterbury. “Ground conditions are often TC1, and buyers don’t need to pay for a sewer pump because the developer installed a vacuum system when he developed the subdivision. These save buyers quite a bit of money.” Prestons Park’s location is also hard to beat. Just 15 minutes from the city centre and the airport, less than 10 minutes from The Palms, Northlands, Northwood Supa Centre, Homebase Retail Centre, the new Pak’nSave Papanui, and the Northern Motorway, eight minutes from the beach and Bottle Lake Forest, and two golf courses can be reached in less than five minutes. Quality schooling can be accessed in a short two minute drive to the state-of-the-art Marshlands School which opened in 2016 and caters for students in Years 1 to 8. Touchstone Homes has been based at Prestons Park for the past five years in a beautifully appointed and well received three-bedroom show home. “This home really shows off our attention to detail and build quality,” Andrew says. “We present our show home on the basis that what you see is what you could have in your own home. It’s built to a high standard but not over the top, so people can add or remove specifications until we can get their dreams and their budgets to match.” Touchstone Homes is now building for repeat customers, customers who have never built before, and customers who have built before and know what they’re looking for and the pitfalls involved in achieving it. In today’s economy Andrew says it’s all about managing costs, so Touchstone Homes will fix its prices as soon as it is ready to lodge the building consent. While Touchstone Homes started out helping clients to build investment properties, it changed focus to help improve the customer experience of people building their own new home. With upfront and honest communication, accurate timeframes and clear pathways, and a pledge to deliver consistent quality on Prestons Park popular every build, Touchstone Homes works closely with its clients to make their new home build journey as stress free as possible. Today’s Touchstone Homes offers a high standard of fit out, with stone benchtops, walk-in pantries and sculleries becoming the norm. Vinyl plank flooring is very popular due to its warmth compared with hard cold tiles, which are now standard in bathrooms and en suites, as are walk-in wardrobes with modular shelving systems. Touchstone Homes uses the same trusted suppliers for all of these fittings and has even built homes for some of them. CALL US TODAY 0800 NC HEAT A LEGACY OF 45 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCHSTONE HOMES Heat Pumps Air Conditioning Ducted Systems Maintenance and Servicing Ventilation Systems Canterbury Region - Kaikōura - We Can Travel To You www.northcanterburyenergy.co.nz 03 351 6837 | info@mcstay.co.nz | mcstayhomes.co.nz PAUL McSTAY LTD RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS Contact us by calling 03 375 0700 | info@firstchch.co.nz | firstchch.co.nz Get in touch to find out why we’re Touchstone Homes’ trusted supplier of Aluminium, Thermally Broken & Klima uPVC joinery. Proudly supporting Touchstone Homes
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