Frequently Asked Questions

The advertised price includes the house itself, but excludes the cost of land, site and subdivision work, resource and building consent fees, services to the boundary and Council development contributions. All aspects of the construction of your new home including full project management from the foundations through to floor coverings are included. Contact us for a full specification.

The cost of the additions are site dependent and consequently are the reason these additional components are not included in the base advertised price. Once we have better knowledge of your site and prepared the scheme plans we will be able to advise you of the additional costs involved.

Yes, GST is included in the list prices.

A lot of construction costs are similar regardless of the size of the house. While a house may be smaller, it still needs a kitchen, bathrooms, services, and a building consent, and the same number of tradespeople to complete. Also relevant is the size of the garage, as the construction cost of a garage is less than living space. The Windsor plan has a kitchen and two bathrooms in 74m2 of living space with no garage, so when the total cost to build is divided by its area, the rate per square meter is higher.

Yes minor changes can be made. The Ashcroft model is based on efficiency and optimisation of designs and the construction process. Changes can be made to the standard plan, for example to the joinery or cladding or minor layout changes, but does carry additional cost.

When you build with Ashcroft, you can choose from a selection of professionally designed fittings and interior colour schemes. Developed in collaboration with specialist interior designers, these schemes ensure every home looks cohesive, stylish and well considered — and they are included at no additional cost.

If you’d prefer to personalise your home further, altering items such as colours, finishes or kitchen details, this can often be accommodated. Our team will discuss the available options with you during your selections meeting. Please note that changes beyond the standard schemes may affect the overall price.

The simple answer, is there is no minimum. The Unitary Plan has been written in a manner where, provided you can fit a dwelling and associated outdoor living, outlook, (parking and access are optional), you can then subdivide around that property. It’s not uncommon for lots to be less than 100m2 for townhouse developments.

The Medium Density Residential Standards originally allowed for up to three dwellings of up to three storeys on most residential sites in major New Zealand cities without a resource consent. However, following legislative changes in August 2025, Auckland Council was granted the option to withdraw these blanket rules.

MDRS was removed from Auckland Council 9 October 2025 and no longer applies.

Most residential zones have reverted to the original Auckland Unitary Plan rules, often requiring resource consents for projects that were previously “permitted” under MDRS.

For tailored guidance on how these changes affect your specific site, please contact our sales team for a consultation with our senior planning expert.

Yes, it’s possible.

The Mixed Housing Suburban and Urban zones generally allow development up to two storeys and three storeys respectively, subject to the various development controls or “zone standards”. Any new development is required to demonstrate compliance with these controls, or be authorised by an approved resource consent. The development controls include things like the provision of a 6m x 4m outlook space for each dwelling, outdoor living areas, minimum landscaping areas and as well, controls such as maximum building coverages, maximum building heights etc.

Our highly qualified, in-house team of specialist Planners have secured consents for terraced housing developments in Mixed Housing Suburban, Mixed Housing Urban, and Terraced Housing and Apartment Building zones.

Due to government changes some time ago there is no car parking requirement for residential developments in Auckland.

However, if you do choose to provide car parking on site this has to meet the AUP planning rule requirements.

The process of initial investigations, resource and building consent approvals, and site preparation can take time.  Many different suppliers and advisors are usually involved in these initial phases and they usually work to their own timelines juggling many different client projects along with yours. For this reason, it’s difficult for any building company to provide you with firm project completion dates or timelines, from the very outset. However, once the consents are granted and the siteworks are complete, the remaining construction works will usually fall totally within the builder’s management and it’s at this point that reliable, and often guaranteed, completion dates can be provided.

The construction period is 22 weeks for a stand alone house once the concrete slab is poured. Completion times for duplex and terraced house developments vary and your Ashcroft Home’s Property Development Consultant will be able to provide you with more information. Get in contact to learn more.

For Ashcroft Homes to offer the competitive build pricing that we do, we must manage all aspects of the construction. By having full control of all works relating to the build through to obtaining the Code Compliance Certificate, Ashcroft can work most efficiently, managing supply partners and contractors that are known to us, all of whom have been selected based on prior performance. These are partners whose work ethics and workmanship we trust, and for whom we’re happy to manage, cover and take liability for. We are unable to offer the same level of pricing or build guarantees where we are asked to work with contractors who have not been chosen and engaged directly by Ashcroft Homes.

Currently we specialise only in the greater Auckland area – that’s from Pokeno to Orewa. All projects within 30km of our office will be at the list prices indicated, for any locations further than 30km from us please get in touch with one of our Property Development Consultants.

Along with our own Ashcroft 10 Year Build Guarantee, we also offer an independent Master Build 10 Year Guarantee included in the price.

We can assist with finance but prefer that clients find their own professionals for any legal, accounting, and valuation work to avoid any conflicts of interest.

Ashcroft Homes is a family led business which has been operating since 2007. Our team of experienced architects, planners, project managers, builders and contractors are led by our expert, customer focussed managerial team. Our goal is to build quality homes as cost effectively as possible for all our clients while ensuring the process of building is enjoyable too. We are not part of a franchise operation and consequently we do not need to cover any franchise fees or commissions within our pricing. We are extremely proud that many of our Ashcroft customers choose to build with us time and time again.

You’ll find a helpful glossary of building terms here.