Smart, beautiful and very luxurious—the home envisioned and crafted by Luxe Designer Homes is a clear reflection of its name.
Underlining the company’s focus on creating beautiful designer homes is the completion its $1.4 million show home in Te Awamutu in late 2021.
Architecturally designed and brimming with energy saving technology while showcasing Luxe Designer Homes’ approach to design, detail and craftsmanship, the home sets an exciting standard in innovation.
Set on 7000sqm of park-like grounds and featuring a 4000sqm pond, the home’s single story footprint covers 300sqm, making full use of the spacious section by spanning 34sqm on its front face.
The contemporary design of the home includes a mix of cedar and celcrete cladding, giving the home a striking dark and light effect. “We have predominantly used cedar shiplap with three different profiles to create a vertical pattern,” owner Shon Letford said.
That has been combined with celcrete, a 50mm aerated concrete material that has been plastered giving it a sandy texture.
There’s also flush mounted garage door clad in cedar so that when it’s closed it doesn’t look like a garage door.
“It looks as though it’s a corten/rusted panel pivot door. It has no handles and is opened and closed by a magnet or your phone.”
Enter the house; square top plastering has been used throughout, featuring a 2.7 metre stud.
Through the main kitchen and living area a raked cathedral ceiling lined with shiplap pine repeats the same pattern as the cedar on the outside.
There’s a TV room off to the side of that, with steel and glass doors that slide inside the walls. Shon made the doors himself using 20×20 box section and glass panelling.
An ATA Touch system has been designed to integrate power saving devices with energy management, automation and control.
The ‘smart house’ automates functions so if the owner is retuning home in the evening, lights and heating will spring to life when the garage door is opened.