Category: Builder
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222 Building Better Homes
Simon Wansbrough is the Founder and Director of Third Little Pig, a custom home building company based in Christchurch. I’ve known Simon since before he was a builder and we start our chat talking about why he chose building when he had plenty of other options. Simon also shares how he’s been able to establish…
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220: From Oil Rigs to Passive Houses
TruLine Construction proudly states that they don’t just construct projects, they build dreams. Prior to training as a builder and starting his own company, Reece Beresford worked on oil rigs. Now he’s a Certified Passive House Tradesperson and building beautiful and energy-efficient homes in Perth, Western Australia. Connect with TruLine Construction via their website, on…
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217: The Performance of Luxury
Browsing the photo gallery on Jeff Bogard’s R.E.A Homes website, ‘sustainability’ is not likely the first word that comes to mind. Can large, luxury houses actually be sustainable? This is one of the topics I discussed with Jeff, who’s been providing high performance homes for discerning clients in Saint Louis for over fourteen years. True…
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214: Energy Efficient Homes
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Robert Whitehouse is Director of Whitehouse Builders and Energy Efficient Homes. He started as an apprentice carpenter in the UK where he gained experience in a range of building work from making kitchens through to working on commercial sites. He also did a bit of building in Germany. When he came to New Zealand, he…
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212: Don’t Build a Garden Shed
Ian Chamberlain has been a builder for nearly 40 years. He first learnt his craft as a cabinet maker and joiner in the UK before going on to gain experience across the construction sector, but nearly always working with wood. He’s been in New Zealand now for over two decades and Chamberlain Homes has made…
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210: Enduro Builders
Enduro Builders is quickly becoming one of the leading builders of high performance and sustainable homes in Australia. I met up with Jackson while he was nearing completion of another stunning home in the Adelaide Hills during a trip in late 2019. In this chat, we discussed how Jackson got into building in the first…
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209 Living Well with Livewel Construction
After fifteen years as a primary school teacher, Ben Ingledew is now a Certified Passive House Tradesperson and the Director of Livewel Construction.
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206: How to Save Time and Money on Green Certification
Green certification of building projects faces multiple challenges; from sourcing appropriate products, documenting and verifying materials, through to minimising, sorting and recording construction waste. Compiling all this information in a form that’s useful for the certifying agency can be yet another big challenge. Through Green Badger, Tommy Linstroth’s goals is to make sustainability in the…
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197: Healthiness through Housing
“A lifetime of healthiness achieved through housing” is the mission statement of Phoenix Haus. I’ve interviewed other Passive House builders using prefabrication in the past, such as Collective Carpentry in episode 149. I’m excited by the possibilities of this approach to provide high quality houses and I’m wondering what it would take to get a…
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189: How to Build Your Own Tiny House
Natural. Passive. Tiny. This is what Ever Homes is all about. Founder and builder Everett Norris created Ever Homes to build Tiny Homes and to help people learn how to build their own Tiny House. The Dream of Home Ownership Everett Norris always wanted to build his own house. As a boy, he also assumed…