Wondering how to make your new custom home more modern and on-trend? Whether you’re searching for cool new ideas, what’s trending in new home builds or interesting ways to increase home value, we’ve got you covered with this list of ideas on how to make your home stand out from the rest. Check out our…
Want to build a house but don’t know where to start? Architect? Architectural designer? Housing company? Private builder? A house and land package? What’s the difference and where to begin? Start by asking yourself: What do you want to achieve? The biggest house for the least money or a high-end bespoke home with unique character?…
During our years of collaborating with design teams, we’ve learnt that architects tend to approach house additions in one of two ways. Either they seek to maintain a consistent look with the existing structure – effectively match it – or they opt to do something completely different. On this project, it was the former. Our…
Located at the top of Clifton Hill in Sumner, Christchurch, this home was built to maximise the incredible 360 degree views of the Pacific Ocean and Port Hills. LM Architectural Builders’ managing director, Leo Meredith, was engaged to consult on this project from the outset. The client was looking for a sunny, protected site with…
We’re often tasked with building a client’s dream home – a compliment we appreciate, and a responsibility we take very seriously. But on this particular project, with post COVID construction costs booming and major Gib delays hitting the construction sector, the stakes felt especially high. We know how easy it is for building project budgets…
Building a new house that needs to look old is the kind of challenge we like. This traditional, English/gothic-style country home was unlike anything we’d built before. With features including colonial window bars and trims, custom-made steel stairs and decorative exposed timber features both internally and externally, this project was a departure from New Zealand…
