Small Kitchen Design Ideas

We all know that kitchens are the core of most homes. The centre of meals and usually home to charging devices, family calendars and all the incoming mail and notices from school. The key to managing all of its functions efficiently is a well-though[…]

Small Bathroom Design Ideas for Your New Home

Having a comfortable and functional bathroom really makes your house your home. With smaller square footage to work with, sometimes you have to be more creative in making the space work well. Because Manor Build gives you the ability to change the[…]

New Home Lighting Design Ideas

Close your eyes and think about the lighting in your home. Which room is the brightest? Which never seems to be light enough? Do you have lots of options for layering the light? Is the light mostly natural or artificial? Now, imagine your dream home[…]

Prefabricated Houses Great for Sloped Sites

We all know that sections are creeping up in cost nearly as much as completed homes. Getting into the market is becoming a challenge for new home buyers across New Zealand. So it’s time to think differently and to be creative in solving this[…]

Client Interview: Pleased to Have Chosen Manor Build

Design & Colour Trends for 2017

A brand new home means that you can make all of the choices, right down to the colour of the walls. Does the sound of designing the colour palette feel a bit daunting though? We aren’t all colour experts so it can be!

Is Property a Safe Investment?

As highlighted in Auckland over the last several years, property values can climb steadily year-on-year. In this case, prices skyrocketed 85% since 2012. In fact, six other regions in New Zealand have seen double digit increases too. Considering[…]

6 Hazards of Living in an Older Home

People choose older houses for many reasons. Some like the character of designs from a time long ago. It might be located exactly where you want to live. Or it might be, simply, that the price is right.

The Myth of Square Metre Rates

Measuring the cost of a home by the cost per square metre is not a reliable, nor helpful measurement. Why is that? There are numerous variables that come into play with a new home. These mean that judging it by a square metre rate is not always an[…]

Questions to Ask Your Builder

There are lots of big events in life that many people only do once. Building a house is one of those things. Deciding to take this on is a big decision. It means that you’re wading into a process that you don’t know a lot about and can’t reference[…]