Everhomes

27/04/2026

Dream come true my wife and I are now living in our beautiful comfortable home on Huntsbury hill, Christchurch. You can see our journey to build this house on Grand Designs NZ (TVNZ on demand, season 10, episode 3). Something they didn't mention was that the house is Certified Passive House, and Homestar 10. It has low embodied carbon and is very energy efficient. You can learn more about the work we do at www.everhomes.co.nz

26/04/2026

This is a massive milestone for us. I have wanted to build my own straw bale house since I was 11. I used to watch Grand Designs with my mother as a teenager and remember loving Ben Law’s straw bale house; it's pretty amazing to reach this point now. It did take work, but I am so happy with the result! See the episode here
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/player/tvepisode/huntsbury-strawbale

26/04/2026

Wow feedback from everyone has been amazing, heaps of news articles coming in, here is my favorite one

Review: Elizabeth and Everett Norris design and build their own house from natural materials - there’s even cow dung in the plaster mix.

22/04/2026

We are thrilled that another natural building will be showcased in this season 10 of Grand Designs NZ (episode 3). It includes strawbale walls, clay and lime plasters, earthen floors, art murals and more. Check it out this Sunday on TVNZ Channel 1, April 26th at 7.30pm. Members who came to the 2024 conference in Christchurch would have been there for a site visit half way through the build, now you will see the whole build process and the final reveal ! Congratulations to Lizzy and Everett for all their hard work.

03/02/2023

we have a weekend tiny house workshop coming up in Auckland in in a weeks time!
find out more here https://www.everhomes.co.nz/

there will be another one in June, will post more info soon,

Spanning two weekends with a mix of hands on practical and theory
you will learn from builders and use power tools and hand tools, as well as
theory and design from a host of experts and guest speakers as a collaboration between Everhomes and Our Tiny Project

Workshop | Tiny house workshops | New Zealand

03/12/2021

Only a few spots left at The Tiny House workshop
All the info at https://www.everhomes.co.nz/

08/09/2021

The Tiny House workshop tickets are now live! All the info at https://www.everhomes.co.nz/

06/01/2021

It's almost workshop time!!
The hands on workshop is now SOLD OUT
Buuut there is still space for the weekend theory workshop!
Join us for an epic weekend!!!

04/01/2021

Nearly there, less than two weeks to the Tiny house workshop
There is still space for the weekend so now is your chance to get a ticket, https://www.everhomes.co.nz/
We have some amazing speakers on the 16th and 17th of Jan We have

Tiny house builders
a building scientist
designers
weather tightness specialists
Off grid specialist plus tiny house tour and more

Workshop | Tiny house workshops | New Zealand

26/12/2020

Less than three weeks to go to the Tiny House Workshop in Raglan!
Only one space left on the Hands on workshop: January 18th to 23rd.
But still spaces available on the Theory workshop: January 16th to 17th - Amazing speakers and builders from across NZ sharing expert knowledge on all things Tiny.

www.everhomes.co.nz
Learn how to design and build your tiny house. Taught by professional builders & designers. Accommodation and food provided within the workshop cost.