A German prefabricated housing system built to passive-house standards touches down in New Zealand.
What’s the problem you’re trying to solve?
Dean Dalton, FlyingSpaces— To create a healthier living environment for New Zealanders; ease the housing shortage; assist the Government in making better use of available energy; reduce power consumption; and build with environmentally friendly timber from a sustainable forest.
Where are they made and how do they get here? How flexible are they?
With a truck and crane, each 63-square-metre house can be placed onto any site that has completed suitable ground works.
All reticulation including power, water in, water out, and communication lines are located in an isolated box at one end of the house, making it easy to connect the same day.
Are the homes customise-able?
Customisation includes different types of exterior cladding, rendering, timber or a combination of both. FlyingSpaces has a designer in New Zealand to assist homeowners to create their preferred interior layout and choose from fixtures and fittings from the FlyingSpaces showroom in Germany. Each house includes a fully tiled bathroom and a kitchen with Bosch dishwasher and fridge. We also include an efficient heat recovery and ventilation system, high-quality floor coverings, power-saving LED lighting, triple-glazed windows, fully insulated walls, floor and ceiling. Customers can make changes at design layout stage to include things such as built-in wardrobes and wall finishings.
What do they cost?
Each 63sqm house starts at just over $300,000, which includes GST and excludes shipping and insurance of $40,000.
FlyingSpaces is offering the first 25 customers in 2019 a return trip for two to Germany to visit the showroom, to those customers who have achieved the required payment terms.