Golden Bay Hideaway

Easy Construction

It has taken Lawrence as long to fix Hippie House as it took to him build Little Greenie. That’s because Hippie House is architecturally complex and Little Greenie is so simple.

Little Greenie's simplicity has certainly made for happy builders. Its external shape is unapologetically rectangular, its frame construction is defiantly standard and nothing is there that doesn’t serve a practical purpose. There are no fashionable ornamental features, nothing whimsical that glows in the dark, nothing to tickle your fancy now and find boring later… just a raft of financial and environmentally friendly benefits.

Minimising design technicalities and using proven New Zealand building techniques such as normal stud walls and trusses for the roof has led to major savings in labour and basic materials. Suppliers, expertise and craftspeople could be sourced locally thus freeing dollars for more environmental features.