Business South March 2021

| 105 Otago - Caldwell & Highsted Leading in high-performance homes Kim Newth Caldwell & Highsted create beautiful, energy-efficient homes, built to endure and to meet all the needs of their clients’ lifestyles. BUILDING A specialist in bespoke residential construction, Caldwell & Highsted is an acknowledged leader in high performance and passive homes in Dunedin’s residential new home market. Paul Caldwell and Julian Highsted lead a team who share their passion for quality workmanship, along with their commitment to nurturing positive and productive relation- ships with their clients and all other project partners including architects, contractors and suppliers. The results speak for themselves – a port- folio of beautiful, energy efficient homes, built to endure and to meet all the needs of their clients’ lifestyles. A frontrunner in the Dunedin market, Caldwell & Highsted is building homes infused by passive house principles that set a high bar for energy efficiency and insulation. These homes offer many advantages, being warm, healthy and very comfortable. Energy efficient homes also use less energy than a standard home, producing savings on power for the homeowner. Caldwell & Highsted’s Licenced Building Practitioners are experienced in working with innovative and modern building materials and systems such as Structural Insulated Panel (SIPs), insulated flooring, air tightness mem- branes, heat recovery ventilation systems, and European triple glazed window joinery. “We understand these systems and their importance to energy efficient buildings, and apply this knowledge on site,” says Paul. “We have excellent working relation- ships with designers and suppliers of these products, which makes for a smooth building process.” Paul says the market is moving more and more in this direction, with awareness growing among prospective homeowners that building better from the start makes so much sense, both in terms of quality of life but also because a high performance energy efficient home will hold its value as an investment over the years, compared to a standard build. Caldwell & Highsted built Dunedin’s first Certified Passive House in Stuart Street, which stands today as a fine example of the team’s quality workmanship and attention to detail. It is also a wonderful family home for the clients. Caldwell & Highsted worked close- ly with both the owners and the architect (Architype architects + designers) throughout the construction of this beautiful home that sailed through all the rigorous tests required by Passivhaus. An award winner in the 2018 New Zealand Architecture Awards, then Stuart Street House has been described as a leading example of low-energy building with an emphasis on interior comfort. It boasts superior insulation, smart heat recovery ventilation and triple-glazed and acoustically quiet windows. Another outstanding example of Caldwell & Highsted’s high standard in home building is a family home in Saddle Hill Road, Dunedin, again utilising high performance systems and materials in its construction. “SIP walls and roof, triple glazed timber windows, heat recovery ventilation systems, vapour barrier and oak floors are all key com- ponents in this stunning home overlooking the Taieri Plains.” Attention to detail also sets this beautifully crafted home apart, where meticulous care is evident in the timber finishes that add so much warmth and character. “We understand these systems and their importance to energy efficient buildings, and apply this knowledge on site.” Specialising in • PAINTING • WALLPAPERING • SPRAY PAINTING • TEXTURE COATING PO Box 952, Dunedin Email: murraytd@xtra.co.nz Phone 03 455-9949 Proud to support Caldwell & Highsted 0800 78 77 78 The trusted name in Scaffolding www . a d ams n z . c om Dunedin 03 477 0077 Central Otago 03 445 4916