Chatterton Homes
Energy Efficient & Passive House Specialists – A team with extensive expertise and knowledge, helping families into truly healthy and energy efficient homes.
SIPs for us is a key component in all our homes and having built with SIPs since 2011 we can confidently claim to be leaders in this field of construction.
We have been building quality homes throughout Canterbury since 1998 and made the conscious move towards higher performing healthy homes in 2011. Our aim is to find that ‘sweet spot’, delivering the best performing home tailored to the clients unique set of circumstances.
We achieve this by employing key principles into our comprehensive design and build process and our high-performance plan range. These key principles originate from Passivhaus.
• Insulation
• Airtightness
• Thermal Bridges Addressed
• High Performing Windows
• Mechanical Heat Recovery Ventilation System
By offering both design build and a plan option we can increase accessibility to healthy sustainable homes depending upon the client needs and constraints. We also build SIPs and high-performance homes designed by others, we only ask that we develop a relationship and communicate as part of the design process, creating a successful team consisting of homeowner, designer, and builder.
Chatterton Homes also offers thermal modelling (PHPP) as part of the design process, and Brent is a qualified ATTMA air tightness tester.
“If I had to isolate one thing, the quality of the build has been amazing, the communication across has been great and we’ve developed a good working relationship from end to end across Brent’s team and all his chosen subcontractors” - Iain and Julie
Our journey with SIPs begins in 2011.
We worked with Formance on their first SIPs building in Christchurch. By 2023 we had constructed over 80 successful SIPs builds. Learning and improving our processes along the way.
We can confidently say we are one of New Zealand’s most experienced SIPs builders. We also offer a pre-assembly and install service for other companies who are maybe new, or SIPs is not an area of expertise. We can save time and money and ensure the accuracy required.
Our latest offering is a specific high performance SIPs plan range. All plans incorporate the key principles and are thermally modelled.
Our expertise extends to architectural, and hillside builds. There are no limits to achieving high performance. Chat with us to find out more about the options available to suit you and your family.
To find out more about the options for design and build, and our plan range head to our website.
