Competitive Homes is not a Franchise. Competitive Homes is a new concept in home building. Based on a co-operative of independent and experienced builders from across the country, we’ve joined together with a select group of high quality suppliers and designers. Together we offer the advantages of a group builder, but without the associated costs.

All Competitive Homes Builders must be licensed under the Government’s (LBP) Licensed Building Practitioner program. Builders will belong to either Master Builders or Certified Builders NZ

Because Competitive Homes builders belong to either the Master Builders or Certified Builders they will be able to provide a comprehensive guarantee.

Our builders often have sections that they know about within your area. Your builder can put you in touch with an agent that will assist you in finding the right section and will work with you to ensure the right design will work.

Competitive Homes do have a comprehensive range of standard plans. Our designs are flexible, nothing is set in stone, and you can make changes! That means you can make your chosen design work for you and your family. Perhaps the most appealing thing about choosing a Competitive Homes ‘Ready-to-Build’ home design is that, on one hand they already work and they are ready from the outset, but on the other, you can still change aspects of the design for your needs.

A Competitive Home you build will have a great deal of you in it. Throughout the process you have choices. Initially you might want to tailor a plan; move a wall here, extend a bedroom there. You’ll have to decide on a site for your home and the plan must reflect your site. We offer choices of materials like roof and wall cladding, colour and texture. Decoration, appliances, furnishings, lighting, right down to little things like taps, and door handles. You choose.

The quality of a home depends on the quality of the materials, products and systems that are both used to build it and are built into it. So at Competitive Homes we only select the very best suppliers and building systems. These suppliers are our partners and are the best at what they do and we are proud to be associated with them.

The time it takes to build a home depends on many variables such as size, design, time of year, weather etc. A standard home can take between three months to six months to complete. Weather can heavily influence the speed in which construction proceeds. A very wet winter, for example, can keep your builder from pouring the foundation, which can hold up the process for several days. On the other hand, once the foundation is poured and the roof installed, construction is no longer influenced by the weather.

Completing the interior of the home is a slower process due to the interdependence of sub-contractors, such as electrical, plumbing, heating, etc. to be able to complete their portion of the work. The exterior of the home can typically move forward much faster than finishing the interior of the home.

We will provide you with a fixed price for your new home. This will include all the things that need to be considered before we give you a price. This includes the type and style of home and any relevant things that need to be considered such as whether your home needs a water tank, heating or drive ways etc. Talk to your builder further about your individual needs.

“Provisional Cost” sums can be deceptive. A Provisional Cost sum (PC sum) is an amount of money a builder allows when they do not know an accurate cost for an item. It is effectively an estimate within the contract price. A PC Sum will only be used where it is not possible to accurately calculate the cost of a particular item within the new build. These will be agreed upon upfront with you before signing the contract.