We would all love our homes to retain a continuous comfortable temperature year-round, without breaking the bank in incoming energy bills. Whether we are using energy to heat, cool, or both, it is going to cost money. Built properly, a home’s thermal performance should minimise the need for costly energy use, and reduce carbon footprints. […]

The concept of passive housing is soaring to major popularity, proving these homes are becoming the future. Martin Smith and the team at Ultimate Homes are award-winning and hold a well-earned reputation as builders of exceptional new builds. Specialising in new residential homes, they are the only licensed builders of eHaus passive houses in the […]

Celebrating 35 years in business is something that Christchurch business couple Monique and Murray Turnbull can be justifiably proud of. For more than three decades, they’ve injected new life into furniture, fittings, and homes, initially starting in 1988 servicing the furniture and joinery industries as specialist finishers of spray applied coatings. Business has expanded threefold […]