Mahana Glovers Road opening
We’ve just celebrated the opening of 6 more Mahana social houses, designed and built for Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) in Christchurch.
The Homestar 7 rated, two-bedroom homes are built to be long-lasting, low maintenance, low carbon, warm, dry and efficient. Most importantly, they’re beautiful homes for families who desperately need them.
Utilising robust, low-maintenance materials and building to exceed current building and thermal efficiency standards means the homes will be cheaper to maintain, with an enduringly low carbon footprint. Naylor Love Community Living Project Director Craig Dixon says:
Having a low carbon footprint isn’t just about the build – which in this case is better than carbon neutral – but about the life of the home, so the homes are designed and built to be cheap and efficient to run for tenants and for the Trust, which reduces operational carbon over its lifetime.
ŌCHT Chief Executive Cate Kearney says the modern, architecturally designed homes will establish a new benchmark while providing security and opportunities for families in need.
They’re beautiful family homes whose innovations promote great living and tenant health and wellbeing. They really are homes that’ll help build great futures.
ŌCHT General Manager Property and Development Ed Leeson says they’ll be warm, dry and efficient to run for years to come.
Naylor Love has helped us deliver new homes that set a new standard and further ŌCHT’s aim to progressively and significantly improve community housing in our city.
Manaha houses are Naylor Love’s solution for New Zealand’s social housing problem, offering healthy, low maintenance, sustainable homes for families.
