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G.J. Gardner Homes have a large range of plans to choose from including the Byron design from the Family Series. The Byron has a number of design features that make it a very special home.

Heat pumps are a popular way to heat New Zealand homes and offices, and the same technology can also be used to heat water. Heat pump water heaters are generally a more efficient way to heat water than standard electric cylinders.

This article is an overview of main types of tiles you can chose if you are considering making them a part of your home.

Children staying at Ronald Mcdonald House Auckland were given the opportunity to paint a canvas depicting their dreams.  Some fantastic entries were received, which made choosing the winners a difficult task!

NewBuild specialise in finance for residential contruction and can help take the stress out of financing your new home.

Last Friday Tony Houston, Craig Potter & Alex Johnston were invited to the opening of the New Sport Facilities at Pinehurst School in Albany that G.J. Gardner Homes North Shore had built.

Welcome to Tauranga's brand new show home. Designed and built to celebrate the wonderful features of the Western Bay of Plenty area.

At the recent Milan Eurocucina fair, the most influential kitchen
exhibition in the world, leading European manufacturers revealed
a trend towards bold, black gloss appliances.

Electrical components being installed in a new home have to fulfil two roles, practical and architectural.

Building a new home throws up a range of choices. An easy choice can be allowing for some initial pre-wiring and/or pre-ducting (which has a relatively low cost associated with it), which allows greater choice later, especially around 'creature comfort' options.

A return to the traditional looking weatherboard clad home has been a popular trend in new homes throughout New Zealand.

The term PC Sum stands for Provisional Cost Sum and in building terms refers to an allowance for materials to be supplied by the builder for which the client has yet to make a final decision. Here we explain how and why PC sums are used in building contracts.
Good quality tapware is an investment, adding value to your home and enhancing your living environment. Not all tapware is created equal - consider safety, performance and longevity before making a purchase. In this article Methven Tapware have provided some tips on what to look for.

Monier Bricks & Roofing write about their innovative new way of using brick to bring a more modern and personalised look to your home.
In this article you will find some key points to think about for options to complete your kitchen appliance package. With  a magnificent choice of products and brands to choose from including a great range of Australasian manufactured products such as Westinghouse, Electrolux and Fisher and Paykel you can have both style and functionality.
G.J. Gardner Homes are proud to be a sponsor of the New Zealand Spinal Trust's inaugural Push 2 Pier challenge taking place in Christchurch 28th March 2010.

G.J. Gardner Homes offer many different options for your roofing. Whatever design of home you wish to build, we can find the best solution to match your personal preference and budget.

 

In conjunction with Cavalier Bremworth, G.J.Gardner Homes have come up with this simple guide to help you select the right carpet for your new home.


Cherie and Paul Petrowski were winners of a complete Steelform Continuous Spouting system for their new home,  a Modified Taurus that is currently under construction in Taranaki.

Austral Bricks are proud to announce that they have created a new generation of bricks that will change the way you think forever about this time-proven building material!

G.J. Gardner Homes and Wattyl strive for excellence in quality and service, new styles, innovative technologies and contemporary colours that are at the forefront of market trends. Paint is an important factor of the home producing a elegant coating, that is why we at G.J. Gardner Homes have chosen to use products from the brand name Wattyl. Wattyl paints have helped us put together a list of handy hints that will help the paint finish in your home to look newer for longer.
When building a new home or renovating an existing home, a building consent and possibly resource consent will need to be obtained from your local council before you can commence with any on-site works. We have included some key information on resource consents in this article to help you understand council proccesses sourrounding residential developments.
When building a new home or renovating an existing home, a building consent and possibly resource consent will need to be obtained from your local council before you can commence with any on-site works. We have included some key information on building consents in this article to help you understand council proccesses sourrounding residential developments.

Right House consultants will analyse your plans and recommend top quality products and systems for your house that will work together to minimise its energy use.
In August 2009 G.J. Gardner Homes was featured on the My House My Castle TV show.
We are very dissapointed in the manner that My House My Castle portrayed the issues and our company's supposed actions or non performance.THis artcile is a 'must read' if you would like to know the real facts.
Keep the environment in mind when building your new home! At last there will be a hardwood decking option available in New Zealand that not only looks good, and is durable, but is also 100% sustainable!

In this article you will find some information on simple activities you can carry out to raise your property's value by making it appeal to a greater scope of potential buyers and can even help you sell more quickly.
G.J. Gardner Homes is very exicited to announce the winner of our recent 'Win a Trip' competition - Irene Neal of Auckland...

Our lifestyles and living habits have undergone incredible change over the past decade. The homes we're building today need to be designed differently to reflect these changes, and especially to cope with the impact unwanted noise can have on health and well-being.

Bench top styles to suite everyone - Decide the look and then find the material that delivers to your budget!
Double glazing is the big news in windows and doors is what Architectural Profiles Limited are telling us. APL has suggested that over and above the double glazing of standard residential joinery, people consider APL's new thermally efficient range of windows and doors. Known as Metro Thermal Heart, the range has 'thermally broken' profiles to minimise cold and condensation and provide added design flexibility.
The first step in building a new home is to think about, and make a list of, the things you would like in your home. To get ideas have a look at magazines, visit showhomes, visit bathroom and kitchen showrooms, or look at builder's websites. A picture paints a thousand words so, where possible, collect pictures of those features and fittings that you like.

Given that G.J. Gardner Home's vision is to have every customer recommend them to their closest friend, the Thames/Coromandel team has well and truly achieved that vision with its latest awards.

G.J. Gardner Homes Marlborough are currently building a complex for a local private school.

The Lifetime Design Foundation has developed a set of design standards, known as LifeStandards, to ensure the design of a house meets the diverse demands of today's consumers - including young families, older people and people with disabilities.

G.J. Gardner Otago has recently completed the construction of a new medical centre in Highgate Dunedin.

One of the most important choices you'll make when building a new home is where to locate it. Aside from checking out the general area, schools, shops, transport routes, neighbours, views, any sources of air or noise pollution etc, etc, there are many other things to consider that can't be assessed just by having a wee walk around the section.

Cheryl Brown and Rocky Hawke, owners of G.J. Gardner Homes in New Plymouth, have built their own G.J. Gardner Home to live in. The house is the Redwood Park design and the couple have come to appreciate the many features of the design. "We loved the drawings... it's a big home with lots of great spaces," Cheryl says.

Up and coming young Red Beach swimmer Wilrich Coetzee, 12, is the recipient of a $1600 grant from the G.J. Gardner Homes Rodney franchise for help with club fees and costs.

Papamoa Eleven year old Victoria Rhodes-Carlin received a portable, pink DVD player and a Harry Potter DVD for winning the G.J. Gardner Homes Art Competition (for the 7-11 age group) which she entered while staying at Ronald McDonald House Auckland.

Pieta Prouting (5), of Mesopotamia Station in South Canterbury, is delighted with the prizes she won for her landscape painting.

The Rodney franchise of G.J. Gardner Homes is celebrating another outstanding success at the recent G.J. Gardner Homes International Awards ceremony held in Hawaii.

You've probably heard about leaky buildings in the media, but unless you've been directly affected, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. Find out about 'leaky homes' in New Zealand and how you can ensure you are not affected.

When it comes to choosing the colour scheme for your home there are no strict rules. However, many of us need a bit of inspiration....

Now is a great time to build with G.J. Gardner Homes. Interest rates are low, land prices are low, primary building materials have not risen in price yet and G.J. Gardner Homes have priced their homes very competitivly.

They're the ultimate in elegance and low maintenance - aluminium entrance doors steal the show in a wide range of contemporary and traditional designs. They don't swell, split or twist in changing weather conditions; they're stable and they're strong - and they never need painting.

A well maintained roof is important as it ensures your home remains weather proof and looking good,an enhances the homes resale value. Whether you have a long run steel, metal tile, or concrete tile roof, there are some key tasks you need to do to maintain your roof.

A commercial build in the deep south sees a long-term dream come true.
Rachel Duffy had always wanted to own her very own café, but she was conscious of the pitfalls of such a business. Then the opportunity arose to purchase a nearby cottage and section, and Rachel and husband Richard jumped on the opportunity.

 

The quest to make a showhome a "real home" In Pukekohe has certainly paid off. Many showhomes have an unlived in and unloved feel, which was precisely what GJ Gardner Homes Papakura wanted to avoid with this new house.

 Constructed by G.J. Gardner Homes Franklin/Papakura, this new showhome was built to appeal to a broad range of potential customers. Placed on a section with a pleasant rural outlook, which thankfully can never be built out, the house backs on to the edge of a very new residential area that is currently under development. Primarily they wanted the home to fit in with both the setting and the nearby dwellings; this initial desire was comfortably achieved.

Designed to be a mix of modern living and classic charm, the main objective for this display home was to provide a house that would be appealing and useful to a vast majority of potential homebuilders. Embarking on a building project, especially for the first time can be a daunting task, with so many decisions needed from the outset. Thankfully, G.J. Gardner Homes in Auckland has produced an excellent resource for their customers, with this striking new showhome in Beachlands.

Just prior to meeting his wife in his native country of England, Peter Dalby had spent time in New Zealand, and decided it was the place where he wanted to live. However, his now wife, Janet, was not so keen. For the next ten years, Peter frequently pestered her, and one day she finally said yes to moving.

When Mike & Dianna Wightwick decided to build a showhome for G.J. Gardner Homes (Marlborough), they were sure about two things. First, it had to appeal to the majority of their clients, and second it, had to be a real "home". Whilst the finishing touches and furnishings have gone a long way to achieving that second goal, fulfilling the first was slightly more challenging.

Laurie and Annemarie Mains have set up a Charitable trust, the Lift Trust (Life improvement for Teenagers),

G.J. Gardner Homes Manukau is in the business of building houses - great houses - but the firm could easily be mistaken for dream makers.

Fundraising Project Completed at Last - Mistletoe Bay Trust received the cheque for $50,000 on Tuesday, the result of many months of hard work from the Mistletoe House fundraising project.

The key to a house that G.J. Gardner and several of its mates built was handed over to the Hisbiscus Coast Hospice on 26 October 2007. The three bedroom house at 126 Grand Drive in Orewa which includes a study, two bathrooms, a double garage and both family and living rooms was built by...

The building may be finished but the finishing touches are vital. Over the last six months, Homemaker has followed the building of a G.J. Gardner home from idea stage right through to exterior completion.

Late in 2007, we decided that G.J. Gardner Homes would join the Business Club of Ronald McDonald House Auckland.

The third step in the G.J. Gardner Homes building process is deciding what kind of home you want. By now you've already created a wish list of exactly what it is you value in a home and been given feedback from the expert staff at G.J. Gardner.

 

The G.J. Gardner franchise in Orewa was the first to open in New Zealand.

Former All Black player and coach Laurie Mains knows the strength of a good team. It's that team approach, backed up by professional building systems and collective buying power, that Mr Mains says appealed to him when he took on the Otago franchise for nationwide home-construction company G.J. Gardner Homes.