FAQ

A: Experience & Reliability

Logan Townsend, managing director at Homes by Maxim, has been building high quality homes around the South Island for over 25 years.
Homes by Maxim is the culmination of this experience and operates under the Maxim Design Group of companies.

A full in-house architectural design team lead by Philip Bidwell, of Philip Bidwell Architecture, with a further 25 years of experience designing life enhancing architectural solutions and some of Canterbury’s most iconic living environments.

With an experienced team behind us, we are able to assist across all aspects of your build from site acquisition, design, construction, landscaping, kitchen, and interior design. We are able to tailor our level of involvement to suit a client’s needs from simply offering technical assistance with design through to an all-encompassing ‘turnkey’ design and construction solution.

And rest assured your finished home is covered with a full Certified Builders 10 Year Guarantee.

We sure will! We will be happy to schedule a site visit for you – at no cost, or obligation. This is the best way to ensure that your home gets situated on your land the perfect way for your lifestyle. We can also address any concerns or questions you might have about your lot before the actual building of your home takes place. We want you to find the process as easy and carefree as possible.

Absolutely not! We’ll be happy to schedule time to sit down with you to discuss your architecturally designed plans and your desired specification. Our price quotes are the most detailed in the industry and will spell out every item that affects the cost of your new home. No surprises – just a completely transparent quote for you to take home.

We’ll be happy to put you in contact with one of our preferred lenders so you can ease into this transition.Yes, we have Show Homes available for viewing in both Christchurch and Wanaka, plus we always have a number of homes under construction that can be viewed as well.

Yes, don’t worry if you don’t have land yet, almost half of our customers did not own land before they came to us. We have valuable relationships with the subdivision developers who will be happy to help you find the perfect lot for your home.

Not at all! That’s one of the things that makes Homes by Maxim unique. Although we do have plans for you to choose from we are primarily a bespoke building company with our design team led by renowned Architectural Designer, Philip Bidwell. Whether you are building to a modest budget or are building your architectural dream home, we will design your home for you!

We work with multiple preferred lenders and mortgage brokers. We will be happy to put you in contact with them to help answer any financing questions you may have.

The best part of choosing Homes By Maxim is that we build your home on the location of your choice. The location is up to you: in a rural setting, on a family farm, on a hill, in a subdivision , wherever you choose. Whether you currently own a site on which to build your new home, are narrowing down your options between multiple sites, or are just getting started, we can help you through the custom home building process. We have extensive experience with building on any type of ground including all technical categories (TC 1, 2 and 3), including steep hill sites.

As we are a member of the Certified Builders association, every home has a comprehensive 10-year residential guarantee insurance. All products, fixtures and fittings that we use are from reputable suppliers who also back up their products with warrantees.

The process of building your dream home depends on the size of the home and the location of the build. It typically can take about five to nine months from Council consent to move-in.