Our Process
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1. Taking your brief
Your first meeting with Signature Homes gives us a chance to discuss your new home aspirations, and we’ll also share more about us and how we do things differently through our building process.
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2. Site visit
Our team will meet with you on your site to discuss options for where your new home could be situated and how it might be oriented on your section. We’ll also conduct an initial review of site requirements for the building process.
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3. Concept Designs
Now we understand the style of home you wish to build and the requirements of your site, we’ll present you with conceptual designs in alignment with your investment level as a starting point for your new home.
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4. Greenlight Planning Service
Once you’ve chosen a concept design that pretty much ticks all the boxes, we’ll provide you with a comprehensive estimate to build your new home. Once you accept this estimate, we’ll move into our Greenlight Planning Service which gives you access to our team of expert designers and estimators to finalise your design.
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5. Contract Presentation
We’ll produce full concept designs along with firm and final pricing. This process will give you surety of costs and peace of mind.
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6. Entering into a building agreement
Now you’ve signed off the final design and pricing of your new home, we’ll enter into a building agreement. We arrange for council consent, and once this is issued you’ll meet with your Project Manager and commence your build.
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7. Construction
Your Project Manager will take care of you from this point onwards, keeping you updated at key points throughout your build and meeting you on site to take you through your new home as it takes shape.
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8. Your Home. Your Way.
Once we’ve finished your home and received a Council Compliance Certificate, we’ll hand over the keys to your brand new Signature Home. We’re sure you’ll enjoy it for years to come. In fact, we guarantee it!
Meet your team
Signature Homes is one of New Zealand’s leading residential building companies, with 14 local teams bringing hundreds of Kiwi dreams to life every year.
We’re a fully New Zealand owned business that has been operating since 1983. Signature Homes has strong relationships with the country’s leading building material suppliers, giving us access to fantastic pricing and supply arrangements that we pass on to you to ensure your new home is both high-quality and well-priced.
Owners Gavin and Anneta Hunt have been involved in the business since its inception nearly 40 years ago, and still oversee its running. Signature Homes has your best interests at heart and strives to make building a new home easy and stress-free.
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New Home Consultants
Our New Home Consultants (NHCs) ask a lot of questions because their job is to find the perfect new build option, at the right price for your budget. Make sure you ask them questions too, as our NHCs will always find you an answer and are with you every step of the way.
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Design Team
Our experienced architects, designers and estimators turn your dream into conceptual drawings and 3D images. They’ll show you a range of plans from our collections that could work on your site or, if you’re after something a little different, talk you through the process of designing your new home from scratch.
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Colour Consultants & Interior Designers
Don’t worry if you don’t have an eye for interior design – when you build with us you have access to your own design team, including a colour consultant who will help guide you through these key decisions.
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Building Project Managers
Once your build is locked down and signed off, your Project Manager (PM) will be your key point of contact. They'll manage the tradespeople on your site and all the requirements for the remainder of your build, keeping it on time and on budget, right up until you move in.