Bespoke Build Karapiro Design Lucerne Design Henley Tekapo Twizel

Bespoke Shed Home Build in Kaikoura

September 5, 2024

Our clients came to us with a layout concept for a four-bedroom home on their lifestyle block in Kaikoura. We built it to their spec, and it turned out a beauty: low maintenance on the outside, a bit special on the inside.

The finished Kaikoura home: dark steel cladding, a horizontal cedar feature wall and Kwila decking along the living side, under a big blue sky

Project overview

147m²Living

181m²Roof area

4 bed, 2 bathBeds and baths

SteelCladding

Full timberFraming and trusses

Extra highWind zone (Lee)

Their layout, our build

They wanted a home that looks sharp and takes little looking after, so the exterior is steel cladding with two standout features: a horizontal cedar wall beside the sliders and Kwila decking along the front. Together they give a practical exterior real warmth.

The horizontal cedar wall and Kwila deck, with the slider open to the polished concrete living area and a row of gumboots at the door

The steel-clad back of the Kaikoura home at sunrise, with the water tank and the Kaikoura hills behind

Polished concrete, with paua

Inside, the polished concrete floors are inlaid with paua. It's a natural touch that suits Kaikoura, sets off the cedar and Kwila outside, and gives them a floor that will take decades of gumboots.

Close-up of the polished concrete floor, with paua shell inlaid among the stone and the kitchen stools behind

The kitchen, with its timber-clad island and bar stools on the polished concrete floor, and the hills through the window

Built for an extra-high wind zone

Kaikoura is windy country, and this site sits in an extra-high wind zone (Lee). The home is fully timber framed with timber trusses, engineered for those conditions, so it stays put when the wind gets up.