66 | T T Russell Fredric Show home bags multiple awards David Reid Homes Queenstown bagged four awards at the 2022 House of the Year Awards. The 301 square metre home consists of two pavilions including a kitchen-dining-living area featuring a burnt larch ceiling and full height schist fireplace. David Reid Homes Queenstown BUILDING Ph. 03 442 3036 www.queenstownengineering.co.nz 120 Glenda Drive, Frankton ‘Delivering beyond expectation’ Certified Steel Fabricators 6YIIRWXS[R GEǺSPHMRK ;IƶZI KSX ]SYV TVSNIGX GSZIVIH Call: 020 478 7223 Email: MRJS%UYIIRWXS[RWGEǺSPHMRK GS R^ [[[ UYIIRWXS[RWGEǺSPHMRK GS R^ GEǺSPHMRK | *HKI 5VSXIGXMSR | &GGIWW SPYXMSRW David Reid Homes Queenstown’s team is ‘ecstatic’ about winning four House of the Year awards for its new Hanley’s Farm show home, marketing manager Justine Burke says. The franchise was the 2022 Southern GIB Show Home National Category, Top 100, Regional and Regional Gold winner. “We work really, really hard to make sure all our clients have the same experience that we have gone through with our show home, and to win those awards meant so much to us,” Justine says. Although the awards have David Reid Queenstown’s name on them, Justine emphasises there were many people and businesses involved to create a home of this standard. “It’s a big collaboration with so many other trades and so many other people that work with us, from our designers to our trades people, to the whole David Reid team, there’s so much collaboration with so many other factors coming into it.” The 301 square metre, four bedroom home comprises two pavilions and is a complete package of wow-factor rustic design, form and functionality, perfect for both family living and entertaining indoors and out. Among its numerous features are its inviting, well-appointed portico with a log fireplace, barbeque, mini-kitchen and hardwood decking along with a separate outdoor lounging and spa area adjacent. Aesthetically, the house is the epitome of alpine design, with this theme reflected in the abundant schist and burnt larch cladding which creates the perfect ‘chiaroscuro’ light and dark tonal contrast as well as variation of texture. This scheme of tone and texture is repeated in the kitchen/dining and living area, which features a burnt larch ceiling and a full-height schist fireplace, and the effect is dramatic. “I think it’s really important to bring some of those external claddings internally, we do that a lot. We do a lot of different timbers, but that depends on the client, what they would like.” Floor to ceiling glazing is abundant throughout and the high cathedral ceilings include clerestory windows which act as skylights. Glazing features Moser thermally broken aluminium-clad timber windows and doors, with strong attention to thermal efficiency from the ground up an important facet of the build. A well-considered aspect of the interior design is that although the kitchen/dining and lounge areas are open plan, the broad, schist fireplace effectively creates a partial wall to define the two areas, while still allowing parents and children or adults and guests to remain connected. Off the kitchen, a scullery includes a spacious built-in wine chiller, while the tremendous amount of wardrobe and drawer space in the master bedroom, and provision for ample storage in other areas, highlights the amount of thought given to functionality in the design stage. This also highlights the fact there are many decisions to be made by a client, but the experience and guidance provided by David Reid’s team makes a huge difference, as does the ability to provide a fixed price contract, Justine says. The care and attention to quality and detail given to the show home is no different to every home built for David Reid Queenstown’s clients, and once all the design, material and colour decisions are made, the client can “sit back and relax”, she says. “Our clients are very well looked after by the whole team. “It’s quite a special process really.”
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