86 | BUILDING Canterbury - Golden Homes Canterbury Quality homes in top subdivision Kelly Deeks PROUD TO SUPPORT GOLDEN HOMES A new stage of higher-density development at Silverstream in Kaiapoi has given Golden Homes Canterbury the opportunity to bring high quality homes in a high quality subdivision to the first home buyers’ market. “People like Silverstream,” says South Island Golden Homes licensee Dean McGuigan. “It’s in a great location and it’s a really nice subdivision with wider streets, wider berms, nice street furniture and lighting, break out areas and landscaped areas, and walk ways. The developers have done a really nice job and you can feel it when you drive in.” Golden Homes Canterbury is now building at Greengrass Crescent in Stage B9 at Silverstream, which has been designed to be higher-density, allowing for mixed-densities throughout the subdivision. “It’s in a great location and it’s a really nice subdivision with wider streets, wider berms .... the developers have done a really nice job and you can feel it when you drive in.” to page 88 “This means you don’t get the same sized sections and the same sized houses all looking the same,” Dean says. “In Silverstream there is a range, some smaller homes, some two-storey apartment style homes, some duplexes, as well as full sized sections with large homes. “Stage B9 for us is an opportunity for first home buyers to get into the market. “We’ve got 31 sections in there, and 24 of them are under the first home buyers’ cap of $550,000. We are able to accommodate first home buyers while still retaining the quality of the build and maintaining the quality of the subdivision.” Greengrass Crescent overlooks a large green space area and is a stone’s throw away from the Silverstream Retail Village and its cafe, takeaway, dairy, and more. “It has all of those sorts of convenience shops without having the full sized supermarket and the consequential traffic, and only 15 minutes to town on the motorway.” Even the new Northern motorway is exceeding expectations with its low-noise asphalt top-coating. Targeting the first home buyers market is exciting for Christchurch born and bred Dean and his wife and business partner Nicki. “Canterbury is our area, its where we do business and where we’ve always lived,” Nicki says. “We are mindful of that and we’ve made a conscious decision to target first home buyers rather than only selling to investors. “sIt feels a lot different to have a client keen to move in because it’s their first home and they are so excited. It’s a big deal for us, and it’s humbling.” The first home buyers market now comes with a new set of challenges with lending criteria tightening under changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) this year.
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