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Chatterton Homes Ltd

Name: Chatterton Homes Ltd
Address: 4B Newnham Street, Rangiora, 7400, NZ
Telephone: +6433130103

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Energy Efficient & Passive House Specialists! Christchurch & Canterbury. Warm Healthy Sustainable

03/11/2026

Come and see what goes into building a high performance home!

We're opening the doors to our latest build in Swannanoa on Thursday 19 November, before the walls are lined and all those important construction details are hidden away.

This home has been designed for a young couple by their Auckland based Certified Passive House Architect. The couple, building their dream home on a lifestyle block outside of Rangiora, are passionate about healthy, comfortable and sustainable living, using proven Passive House principles.

Come along and see the SIPs construction, airtightness detailing and high performance window installation, and learn how these elements work together to create a healthier, more energy efficient home.

📅 Thursday 19 November – Swannanoa

🕚 11 am–1 pm – With the Certified Passive House Architect, Chatterton Homes and Formance.

🕓 4 pm–6 pm – With Chatterton Homes and Formance.

It's a great opportunity to see the details first hand, meet the teams and ask questions.

We'd love to see you there!

👉 Registration link in comments below.

01/11/2026

What makes a high performance home so comfortable to live in? 🏡

It's not just about having more insulation or better windows. It's about how all the elements of a home work together to create a healthier, more comfortable and energy efficient living environment.

When designed and built correctly, these five key principles help deliver:

✔️ Consistent, comfortable temperatures throughout the home, all year round.

✔️ Fresh, filtered air for a healthier indoor environment, with less moisture and fewer airborne allergens.

✔️ Significantly less energy needed for heating and cooling, helping keep running costs down.

✔️ No cold spots, draughts and condensation issues.

The important thing is that no single product or feature achieves all of this on its own. It's how the five Passive House principles work together that makes the difference.

29/10/2026

A finished home looks effortless. What you do not see in the photos is the months of careful work, and the people behind it.

Ours is a small, hands on team, and that is deliberate. The same people are across your build from the first conversation to handover...The site supervisors who sweat the details, the builders who take pride in work that gets hidden behind the linings, and Brent, who stays close to every project.

It is one reason so many of our clients talk about the relationship as much as the house. When a small team genuinely cares, it shows up in the finished home, and in how the build feels along the way.

27/10/2026

You asked: do you still need a heat pump in a high performance home?

It is one of the questions we get most, and the answer is we recommend at least pre-wiring for one, and dependent upon the performance level you are aiming for, you may barely run one. At a minimum we would pre-wire, so you have the ability for gentle cooling on those hot, muggy summer days.

A home designed and built to Passive House principles holds its warmth so well that it needs only a modest top up on the coldest days of the year. For most of our homes, a single small heat pump, often around 4 kW, is plenty for the whole house. No multiple units, no underfloor heating, no wood burner required.

Colin & Helen state that - 'Cust is a frosty area in winter and all around us are houses with wood piles and wood burners polluting the evening air in winter. We don’t have to think about that at all. An occasional morning or evening hour with the heat pump running especially on overcast days is all that is needed.'

Shirley & Marius add - 'This house is very efficient in heat retention. We hardly have to use heating at all, and if we do, it’s only for a few minutes to take the edge off things in winter. Marius still laughs when he remembers Brent begging him not to install a fireplace!!'

So.... think of a heat pump less as the thing that heats the home, and more as a gentle backstop for the extremes. The building does the heavy lifting; the heat pump simply takes the edge off a frosty morning or a row of cold grey winter days.

26/10/2026

Sometimes the question isn't simply whether it's a good time to build, but whether building is the right way to create the home you really want.

Focusing on what you can control, what matters most to you, and where you're prepared to compromise can bring a different perspective to that decision.

In our latest blog, we explore why the answer might lie closer to home than you think.

Find the link to our blog in the first comment.

25/10/2026

Here is a quick way to judge any home: turn the heating off in the evening, and see how long the warmth lasts.

It is a long weekend, so here is a simple thing to consider.

In most homes, the warmth fades within an hour or two of the heating going off. It leaks out through the walls, the windows, and the gaps you cannot see, which is why the heater is forever cycling on and off.

A home designed and built to Passive House principles behaves differently. Because the whole building holds the warmth for days, barely dropping a degree with the heating off. You leave for a 3 week holiday and return to a comfortable home, no heating on, even in winter.

Check out our newly updated homeowner's guide which answers many of the questions those curious about building high performance have asked over the years.
https://www.chattertonhomes.co.nz/the-homeowners-guide-to-creating-an-energy-efficient-or-passive-home/

Enjoy the long weekend.

24/10/2026

Not your average window installation!

Some impressive crane work at our two storey Fendalton Passive House project, with these large, European made, triple glazed high performance windows being carefully lifted into place.

With timber on the inside and aluminium cladding on the outside, these windows combine the natural warmth of timber with the durability and low maintenance of aluminium.

Due to their size and weight, a crane and specialised vacuum suction equipment are needed to safely lift and position them.

A great example of the care and specialised equipment involved in building a high performance home. And once installed, these windows will play an important role in keeping the home comfortable and energy efficient all year round.

23/10/2026

A big day on site at our Swannanoa project!

Some impressive crane work at this rural home on a lifestyle block in Swannanoa, with large exposed roof trusses carefully lifted into position, followed by the installation of SIPs roof panels.

The result will be a stunning open raking ceiling, with exposed trusses creating a real feature in the living space of this high performance home.

And the best part? The entire roof truss and SIPs panel installation was completed in just one day!

A great example of how careful planning and pre assembled SIPs panels can make for an efficient installation on site.

22/10/2026

The air feels healthy indoors.

Shirley and Marius came to their Chatterton home after two very damp houses that had taken a toll on their health. The difference, in their words:

"The house is calm, quiet, warm and especially dry. Coming from a very damp last two homes that did have a negative impact on our health, we notice this a lot. I don't miss the musty, damp smell at all. That's one of the biggest pluses for me, the air feels healthy indoors. This house is very efficient in heat retention. We hardly use heating at all, and if we do, it's only for a few minutes to take the edge off in winter."

A calm, dry, healthy home. That is what it is all about.

21/10/2026

Second storey SIPs panels installed in just one day!

Great progress at our Fendalton Passive House project, with the second storey SIPs wall panels now in place.

Due to site accessibility challenges, some of the windows were installed into the panels by the team at pre-assembly stage, before being transported to site and lifted into position.

This required careful planning, transportation and installation to ensure the glass and frames were protected throughout the process.

With everything carefully coordinated, the entire second storey wall panel installation was completed in just one day!

Address

4B Newnham Street
Rangiora
7400

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+6433130103

Website

http://www.chattertonhomes.co.nz/

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