Winterising your home! – Maxwell Plumbing
With winter just around the corner, it’s important to start making sure your home will be safe and warm when those cooler days and nights really set in. Now is the time to tick off all those property maintenance jobs, such as checking the guttering and hot water cylinders for leaks, looking for dripping […]
Garage Transformations: Deck and Fence Pro
Ever wished you could work on your garage projects right through the winter months, but the cold, damp conditions just made it too difficult? When it comes to garage transformations, Garage Carpet Pro has all the solutions to make sure you have a comfortable place […]
Rocking the stone look: Hard as Rocks Ltd
Thinking of enhancing the entryway or chimney of your new home? Or perhaps you have in mind a stone fireplace, an interior feature wall or a letterbox. You can achieve the look and feel of real stone with veneer profiles from Hard as Rocks Ltd. Most Kiwis love the traditional look of South Island […]
First steps for your new build: Classic Builders
Christchurch is the fortunate host of the latest show home built by Kiwi established and operated company Classic Builders. You’ll find this twin-gabled beauty at 23 Avanda Avenue in Rolleston and there you’ll discover the perfect combination of elegant design and top-quality value for money. Established in the Bay of Plenty, Classic Builders has […]
Perfect Timing: DJ Hewitt Builders
It was perfect timing for a perfect home. For a thankful family in leafy Strowan, their DJ Hewitt new-build topped expectations. The big move was five months ago. However, the ultimate test for a couple with young children was lockdown life at home in their bubble of four. “This really feels like we were […]
Spark-ling new streetscape
The advent of forward-thinking architecture in Christchurch provides consolation for loved structures lost, and forges a new identity for the city as a stylish and technologically advanced urban landscape. Sheppard and Rout Architects’ graceful Spark building brings almost 500 staff from the suburbs to the centre. Spark sought to play a part in […]
The Beauty of Bespoke: Bates Joinery
The Bate Joinery team has introduced virtual showroom tours and online design consultations to assist clients with their building and remodelling projects from afar. During the lockdown, owner Mark Allworthy says some members of the team were able to work through stages of the planning process remotely from their own individual bubbles, such […]
Cathedral Work Symbolises City’s Strength
The sound of tools at work will shortly echo from Christ Church Cathedral – a solid symbol of our community’s resilient strength. Prior to lockdown, the Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Project was at its busiest, with physical work scheduled for early April. The pause button was hit, but now the project is again […]
The Influencers: Paul Lonsdale
Earth has flipped the proverbial reboot switch, something none of us were expecting, well not this year anyway. As I sit here in my isolation, I reflect on a song by one of my favourite artists, the late great John Lennon and his song Imagine. The words of this song could fill the many […]
Old Souls
There’s not many ‘old souls’ left standing in the Christchurch central city, which makes the opportunity to showcase any effort to maintain them a good one. The former Wellington Woollen Mills building at 96 Lichfield Street and the Design and Arts College building at 116 Worcester Street have each received $600,000 toward their multimillion-dollar […]
