Hello;

Does anyone have any experience of these kit homes, or similar?

kithomes.co.nz

The price for the kit seems attractive. Kit homes suggest 2.5 times the kit price to get a rough idea of overall cost (we are interested in the "Juliet"). Is that realistic in the collective's experience? We would be getting qualified trades to do most/nearly all of the work.

The pressure on our projected budget, however seems to be coming from the price of a plot, or "section". We are looking at Blenheim, Renwick, etc.

any informed thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Best

SS

I actually do know a couple that build a kithome here in Tasman. Not sure which company but I can probably check over the weekend.

I do know it was a successful & cost effective build for them. However they did much of the work themselves + project managed the works that had to be done by reg. tradies etc.

You could also try ringing around the builders in the area & ask for a design and build quote. Renwick isn't that big. We know that a builder can build a huse for far less than the off the peg companies. In fact the off the peg companies use the self same builders and tradies.
Some builders have it into their sub contract to the off the peg companies that they can use those companies standard plans to build a stand alone property to sell on. Saves $$.