Selwyn_Times: June 28, 2023

Wednesday June 28 2023 Selwyn Times 11
LOFT
Living
Pointbreak Homes are
continuing to innovate and
are proud to introduce their
“loft living” home concept
to New Zealanders, simply
called LOFT.
Historically, with cheap land in plentiful supply, the
obvious way for New Zealanders to build was single
storey with space for a large outdoor area. All around the
world, as the pressure on land (and therefore the cost of
land) has increased the only way to go has been UP.
Pointbreak Homes owner, Martin Oelofse, came to
realise that standard, single storey construction design
in NZ resulted in a lot of underutilised space in the
attic/loft area.
Oelofse says:
“I thought there had to be a better way to utilise the
wasted space above our heads!”
Pointbreak Homes could see the obvious benefits of
better using these loft spaces - for environmental
reasons (smaller concrete slab/reduced building
materials used) but also because homeowners would
end up with not only a bigger house but also a bigger
garden/outdoor area (due to the smaller building
footprint), so a real win-win-win all round!
The clever design and efficient use of space allows
LOFT to provide a whopping 5 (yes, five!) bedrooms, 2
bathrooms and 1 car garage package at a very
competitive price.
The ground floor provides open plan living, three
generous bedrooms (minimum 9.2sqm) and a family
bathroom with bath and shower, whilst upstairs on
offer is a spacious (13sqm) master bedroom with
walk-in robe and ensuite, as well as a 5th bedroom
(that could also make a great home office, nursery or
additional dressing room).
The challenge to making the loft area into liveable
spaces with workable ceiling heights and plenty of
natural light has been made possible by incorporating
a large dormer window in the design.
Beautiful homes
for everyday Kiwis
The Pointbreak Homes team did a lot of research into
dormer windows to identify a solution that would suit
New Zealanders, and John Lodge, Sales Manager at
Pointbreak Homes even went to the UK for inspiration,
where they have very successfully used loft living and
dormer windows for hundreds of years.
Lodge commented:
“We are very proud of the LOFT end product, the
design of course helps to maximise the space inside
but it also looks sharp, is very liveable and basically
opens up more accommodation than home owners
may have thought they could have gotten into –
basically it’s a 5 bedder for the cost of a 4”.
For more info, see
pointbreakhomes.co.nz/loftliving
FOR
SALE
LOFT
5 bedrooms
for the price of 4
5 2 1
For more info call John
027 256 3838
pointbreakhomes.co.nz/loftliving
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