\u201cEveryone who bought a house between November 2024 and last month went in the draw to win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The new house on Colombo St, Christchurch. It was given away as a prize. Photo \/ Brooksfield Homes<\/p>\n
Brooksfield previously ran campaigns such as one to move to Christchurch and buy one of the company\u2019s homes in return for their mortgage being paid for a year.<\/p>\n
Plans for the new homes which Brooksfield built at 867 Colombo St, Christchurch. These are in the classical revival style. One of these townhouses has been given away as a prize. Photo \/ Brooksfield<\/p>\n
This had great take-up, Holloway said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was thinking after that: what is something we could do to really change someone\u2019s life? After a lot of ideas, we came up with the outrageous \u2018win a house\u2019 idea. There were a few eligibility criteria, like no friends or family of any staff, the house had to be confirmed by the end of 2025, etc.<\/p>\n
The house at 867 Colombo St, Christchurch, was won by a Christchurch man. Photo \/ Brooksfield Homes<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, essentially, if you bought a house during that time, you would get one entry to go into the draw.\u201d<\/p>\n
Plans for one of the townhouses at 867 Colombo St, Christchurch. Photo \/ Brooksfield<\/p>\n
The customer who won was planning to live in the house Brooksfield is now building for him in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
Holloway said this may change now.<\/p>\n
Inside the house which a local man won. Photo \/ Brooksfield Homes<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can imagine, they\u2019re pretty overwhelmed right now.\u201d <\/p>\n
His name could not be released.<\/p>\n
At 867 Colombo St, Brooksfield built eight homes in the architectural heritage style.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is another exceptional display of our classical revival style townhouses, designed in London by renowned classical architect Ben Pentreath,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
A Brooksfield development overlooking Waltham Park in Christchurch. Photo \/ Supplied.<\/p>\n
In Auckland, Brooksfield plans to build eight colonial-style weatherboard townhouses in its debut<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n Holloway said the company planned eight new Pt Chevalier homes on two sites, with a projected end valuation of $11.6 million.<\/p>\n It called these places \u201ccottages\u201d because of their architectural design, and aimed to revive styles of homes prevalent in many older suburbs.<\/p>\n Deposits had been paid on five of eight Brooksfield<\/a> cottages before construction began, he said last September.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been marketing 51 Moa Rd with a completed valuation of just over $6m, and 61 Smale St with a completed value of $5.6m,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re coming to Auckland because we have a lot of requests from Aucklanders, people who love our houses and don\u2019t want to move to Christchurch.\u201d<\/p>\n The townhouses are priced from $1.2m for a 98sq m two-bedroom, 1.5 bathroom, one study and a garage.<\/p>\n For $1.58m, a three-bedroom 2.5-bathroom home is for sale.<\/p>\n The homes are planned to have pitched roofs, tall gables, finials and verandas, \u201cmore Auckland than a lot of the stuff we do in Christchurch\u201d.<\/p>\n New developments in Auckland were \u201cawful\u201d and many Aucklanders want a villa or bungalow close to the city, Holloway said last year.<\/p>\n Yet many people could not afford those but they could afford a Brooksfield home, he said.<\/p>\n Central suburbs in Auckland had \u201cquite a lot of bad development\u201d.<\/p>\n Part of the reason why older homes last so long is because they were beautiful and people loved them, he said.<\/p>\n Brooksfield<\/a> has delivered more than 600 houses since its inception in 2019, making Holloway and co-founder Oliver Hickman millions of dollars.<\/p>\n Both have featured<\/a> in the Herald\u2019s Society Insider columns.<\/p>\n Williams Corporation\u2019s Matthew Horncastle said the company had a specific niche and he predicted<\/a> it would do well with its shift north.<\/p>\n Architect Julian Mitchell, of Mitchell Stout Dodd, questioned Brooksfield homes.<\/p>\n \u201cThey built faux, architecturally regressive buildings. Referring to our history is important but designing carbon copies of houses built a century ago isn\u2019t a healthy way forward,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n \u201cOld buildings have great charm but there\u2019s something somewhat simple-minded about just re-doing it in this day and age. It\u2019s not a progressive way of doing things,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n He understood people loved quaint styles but asked how far should we look.<\/p>\n Shane Brealey, of build-to-rent apartment developer Simplicity Living<\/a>, said it was \u201cfantastic\u201d that Brooksfield was coming to Auckland.<\/p>\n James Kellow<\/a> of NZ Mortgages and Securities said that business had funded about six Brooksfield projects, including the two in Pt Chevalier.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re good guys,\u201d Kellow said of Holloway and Hickman.<\/p>\nPlans for 61 Smale Rd, Pt Chevalier, by developer Brooksfield from Christchurch. The business has arrived in Auckland because demand is high for its product, its co-founder Vinny Holloway said.<\/p>\n
Oliver Hickman and Vinny Holloway of Brooksfield.<\/p>\n
Brooksfield Mews in Spreydon, Christchurch.<\/p>\n
Hannah Bungay and Matthew Horncastle on the WW last April. Photo \/ Instagram @Hannahbungayy.<\/p>\n