Lifestyle 2 – Wonderful on Waitai

April 19, 2024

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Tucked away in amongst some beautiful perimeter planting is this lodge-like architecturally designed home on Waitai Street. The build team on the ground have enjoyed getting stuck in to the placement of the posts which surround the house. These will support the impressive deck/portal area that will be superb for relaxing, reading a novel or entertaining family and friends over
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Lifestyle 1 – Clarkson Class

April 12, 2024

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We are in the midst of doing 2 large lifestyle property builds. The first of these architecturally designed houses resides on Clarkson Ave. This stunning house makes the most of it’s hillside location as it looks out to the East toward the heart of Whanganui. The build team has grown since the start of this build, which has been very
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55 Smithfield Rd Project – complete!

January 18, 2024

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This project consisting of these 3 stunning townhouses has now been completed. It was such a pleasure to project manage and build this infill housing project. The site design uses a great mix of spaces designed to maximize each house’s potential and every inch of land. With double garages and ensuite and interesting joinery and blockwork, this project was a
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Entry into NZ 2023 Architectural Awards

September 11, 2023

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We are delighted that Black Pine Architects are entering our extension/renovation build in Whanganui East into the NZ Architectural awards. While this was completed a while back we are very proud to see this entered into the competition. Our build lead and project manager were involved with all the critical decisions that went into turning a 105sqm 1914 Bungalow into
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55 Smithfield Rd – Push for completion

September 11, 2023

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It has been a productive period at the 55 Smithfield Road building site since our latest update. This is a special infill that has achieved three 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom houses with double garages on a site that is only 12 meters wide and just over a quarter acre in size! What’s more, the houses have a sunny outdoor living space situated
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Smithfield Rd project – 7 weeks in and flying along.

April 6, 2023

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This Smithfield Road project involves 3 houses, 2 with internal double garaging and 1 with detached garaging. The client for this project is an engineer so we had great direction and plans which enabled us to concentrate on making the build side run as efficiently as possible. With 3 houses to work on simultaneously the builders can work throughout most
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What a difference a year can make!

April 4, 2023

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What a difference a year can make. The old Whanganui Scrap Metal Yard can now be called Venture Build Office and Yard!!In between the various projects the team has been completing this past year, have been days working to get the office and yard completed. Adam and Simon are excited to be working from the Venture Build Office, with the
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New Premises – The Work In Progress

October 27, 2022

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Adam, Pete and Simon have a combined belief in the importance of having quality builders on each job, plenty of yard space to help reduce delays and a showroom and office for both workers and customers to have a comfortable location to discuss projects. In February 2022, the Venture Build Directors purchased 139 Ridgway St, previously a scrap yard and
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Venture Build hits the ground running

October 27, 2022

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Venture Build Directors (Pete, Adam and Simon) have joined forces to create Venture Build. The 3 combine building, project management and business experience. Adam explains, ‘the business now being under Venture Build marks the formalizing of a partnership that has been working well both on the ground and in planning. This partnership has built 10 houses in the last 18
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