The very first step in having your home built or renovated by Barry Stewart Homes or Barry Stewart Builders is to come in for an initial meeting, which is typically about 1 hour long. We offer a no-obligation, no-cost initial consultation.

After a Concept Design has been put together, the drawings need to be developed into a buildable, workable design.That takes place in two stages: first, what's known as Developed Design, and then the final drawings, which will be put forward for Building Consent.

Building a home that is genuinely warm, dry and energy-efficient is, in some ways, hard. It’s not that construction itself is hard - it doesn’t need to be. Even design doesn't need to be any harder than any other house - if you know what you’re doing.

After the initial meeting has taken place and we have signed the Scope & Fee Proposal confirming that both parties would like to work with each other, the project moves into stages known as Predesign and Concept Design.

No two home builds are the same. Having said that, usually, people involved in the process are a core team of about a dozen, with another 10-20 contractors depending on the complexity of the project.