88 | ‘It’s about looking after our clients’ Compass Homes has been building high quality, affordable family homes for more than 35 years. BUILDING Compass Homes - Canterbury T T Kelly Deeks Bespoke group home builder Compass Homes has been building high quality, affordable family homes for more than 35 years, with a team of local people with local knowledge helping Kiwis to create their brand new dream homes with confidence. “It’s about looking after our clients,” says Compass Homes general manager Sonya Marfell. “We are a group home builder with group home buying power to benefit our customers, and we’re also building bespoke homes which are perfectly designed to meet their wishes and requirements.” Compass Homes consultants take an advisory role and work with their clients from concept to completion. They take every client through a thorough questioning process to gain a complete understanding of their needs today, and into the future. “Our clients often haven’t thought about what their needs are going to be in the years to come, and how they can future proof their new home in order to meet those needs. Our process is so personalised, and we work with our clients right through to handover, it’s like having your own private builder.” Compass Homes can help clients to secure a suitable section then designs the home to suit the path of the sun across the section. With 3D design software, consultants can place a client’s home on their section and move everything around until it’s perfect, and within budget. Compass Homes enjoys the buying rates and supply priority of a group home builder and keeps its builds cost effective by passing these savings on to clients and its projects running smoothly and to schedule with no delays in the supply chain. Sonya has been a new home builder and has a great understanding of her clients’ point of view, their concerns, the process they are undertaking, and what they can expect to encounter along the way. “I’ve done what they’re doing, I know what they’re going through, and I can help them through the whole process to achieve a successful outcome and a beautiful home. Building a home is stressful, but it’s not meant to be stressful for the client. We talk them through every step of the process so they know what’s going on, and we do safety and quality checks throughout the construction process. If we find something we wouldn’t accept in our own home, we won’t accept it for our clients. We will fix it, and make it perfect.” Compass Homes is operating in the same challenging market as the rest of the industry, with enquiry levels dropping last summer alongside rising interest rates and construction costs. Compass Homes has pared its business back to two locations at Franklin and Canterbury and has refreshed its website with some new, contemporary imagery in time for a rising level of enquiry. Sonya says Compass Homes Canterbury gets a lot of its enquiry from the North Island, from people moving down south or looking to invest in new homes in Christchurch. “I’ve done what they’re doing, I know what they’re going through, and I can help them through the whole process...” Nulook Canterbury proudly supports Compass Homes www.nulookcanterbury.co.nz Nick: 0274 323 484 NS Drainage Ltd Quality Workmanship Specialising in New Homes, Commercial, Alterations and Repairs Suspended Ceiling Specialists Paul Glassey 027 2065157 Steven Pope 027 520 2091 SI Interiors install all leading brands of suspended ceilings & metal ceiling batten systems. SI Interiors is a Christchurch based firm specialising in quality ceiling installations of suspended systems for the residential and commercial building sector. The company has a reputation for meeting deadlines & having a proactive attitude to solving issues for the client.
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