Happy Home Owners

Alec Webster – Waikanae Beach

“I contacted Damien in the early stages to assist us with advice on various aspects relating to a high performance house we were planning to build at Waikanae Beach, on the Kapiti Coast. His inputs have guided not only to ourselves, but also our Architect and Builder, neither of whom had previously undertaken a high performance house. Damien was engaged to  undertake consultancy with respect to Performance Specification, Energy Modelling  as well as Structural Design and Supervision.”   

“His detailed knowledge and experience of high performance/passive house design, materials and suppliers has been invaluable. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Damien to anyone looking to undertake such a project in the future.”
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For a case study on Alec & Ann’s house click here https://www.healthyhome.kiwi/how-much-will-it-cost and see further down the Mahi page. 
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Juliette Richards – Wanaka

“We wanted to make an energy efficient and healthy home and didn’t know where to start and where to go without spending stupid sums – Damien advised the best way to spend our budget with maximum results. He provided completely independent solid advice; you can save money by going for the cheaper option on this for example.”  
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“The thermal modelling helped us enormously– for example going for triple glazing on some windows gave better insulation while keeping to our budget. The identification of the potential overheating risk and the simple cost effective mitigation strategy was really helpful.” 
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“I’ve already recommended Damien to others; in fact I’ve raved about the service and support we had. What I loved the most was Damien was always just a phone call away and very happy to provide advice, whenever we needed it. I still phone him now with questions.” 
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Scott Sugar – Mahana

“Damien was very knowledge about the passive house requirements as well as how well it worked with the structural engineering product. The energy modelling service was extremely tailored to our needs. He discovered that the house overheated significantly and worked within our design parameters to come up with a solution to mitigate it. He did several glass comparison studies to provide the right balance for our situation.” 
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“Damien’s attention to detail, ability to keep us informed and personal approach, means we are extremely likely to recommend the Healthy Home Cooperation in the future.” 
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Dunstan Brook-Miller – Lauder

“Damien did the initial energy modelling and came back for a client review – threw around a few options to improve performance - we could then make informed decisions about the cost benefits, and Damien took it all into consideration and provided a great result. It helped that they were doing the structural design too.” 
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“Damien kept us very well informed throughout the design process. He kept us cc’d into the majority of the communication via email – had video chats when needed – had chats with architect also – very collaborative approach – we were always kept in the loop.” 
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“We were very satisfied with the timeliness of project delivery.  We started the process in October and were building at the end of February so stoked with this!”
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“We are very likely to recommend the Healthy Home Cooperation in the future – They were very good to deal with.”  
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For the case study on Dunstan & Abi’s home click https://www.healthyhome.kiwi/damien/huddleston-mahi
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