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Hands up who scrolls through the photos first when searching accommodation options on the web? Human are visual creatures. Our brains process images faster than text. When marketing your holiday property, photos and text are important, but not equally so. Photos The better your photographs, the more appealing your property. It sounds like a no-brainer […]

Ask people to describe their dream kitchen and chances are you’ll hear the word big. But if you’ve ever tried to cook in a large, yet poorly laid out, kitchen, you’ll know that big doesn’t necessarily equal better. When it comes to making the most of your kitchen, design trumps size. Functionality is key and

After a cliffhanger of an election, where we were held in suspense about the outcome, we now know who will be governing New Zealand for the next few years. Now the big question for us is what impact will the coalition agreement between Labour, New Zealand First, and the Greens have on housing affordability in

With a headline like that, you probably think we’re going to talk about what’s stopping you or holding you back. But that’s not where we’re going. We’re talking in the literal sense of what holds your Pod up when you take it off its trailer and place it on land. Like any building, your Pod

Our Eco Pods provide excellent flexibility on many different levels. That’s one of the reasons that they make an excellent bach. Along with the fact that they are adaptable, cost effective, transportable, and the prefabricated construction allows for increased quality and a faster build over traditional on-site construction. If you have a bach, is it costing

With skyrocketing property prices and an upcoming election, housing affordability remains a hot topic in New Zealand. Both National and Labour are aware of the importance of housing and have policies in place around how to make housing affordable for all New Zealanders. However, the two parties have different approaches and attitudes towards this. We’ve

In our last blog post we explored the increasing need for affordable housing. Unaffordable housing polarises society, breaks down communities, prevents citizens from fully participating in metropolitan life, has negative effects on health and wellbeing, and creates economic disadvantage. It can even prevent our emergency services staff from responding quickly due to the distance they

The increasing need for affordable housing “Housing affordability is a big deal. It used to be the Kiwi dream that every New Zealander would be able to buy the house, the quarter acre pavlova paradise and that dream is diminishing.” This is what former Prime Minister John Key said when he was campaigning back in

Are you working from home or dreaming about it? With over 50,000 small businesses in New Zealand, it’s on the upswing. Digital disruption is changing the way we work making it easier than ever to run a business from your home. An appealing lifestyle with many benefits – like no time wasted commuting, for example.

Since the 1950s, we’ve seen the size of New Zealand homes increasing, while at the same time the household occupancy has been decreasing. But that looks set to change with the growing trend towards smaller houses.