Comprehensive range of new build and renovation services and specialising in energy efficient homes for year-round comfort
Are you looking to build a new home that provides year-round comfort and maximises energy efficiency for your family? Valhalla Living can assist you in designing, planning, and constructing a house that not only meets but exceeds your energy efficiency goals. We take a holistic approach, carefully considering the location and orientation of your section to ensure your home is optimally positioned for natural light and heat. With our guidance, you can enjoy a sustainable, comfortable, and healthy living space that benefits both your family and the environment.
Our services range from designing and building new energy efficient homes, to improving the energy efficiency of existing ones, as well as all general new build and renovation services. We adhere to NZ building code standards and offer project management from concept to completion. Please get in touch with us to start your journey towards an energy-efficient and comfortable home.
- Specialists for sustainable, energy efficient, cost-saving new builds and renovations
- General residential and light commercial new builds and renovations
- Options include high insulation windows and heat recovery ventilation systems
- Managing your project from concept to completion, ensuring a seamless experience.
Energy-efficient new home builds and renovations with Valhalla Living
Valhalla Living offers both new home builds and renovations for optimal energy efficiency. For new homes, we can design and build using energy efficiency principles and processes, and for existing homes we can investigate all aspects of your home to find the very best, integrated energy solutions possible to suit your style of home and your budget.
Improved energy efficiency can be achieved by considering site position, house size, house orientation, house shape, heat retention, thermal mass, air-tightness, ventilation, insulation and heating. It doesn't necessarily cost more to build an energy-efficient home, and you'll benefit from better comfort and lower energy bills for years to come.
Valhalla Living are specialists in energy-efficient construction principles and processes. We look at optimising window placement, internal airflow, thermal mass, and passive solar design. We provide recommendations on the best technologies for every area of your home - heating, insulation, advanced glazing, appliances, air-conditioning, water heating systems, solar heating, gas and underfloor heating.
If you're interesting in energy efficient building, contact us for a friendly chat about your ideas and plans.
Conventional new builds and renovations
While we are specialists at energy efficient builds and passive house builds, we also offer traditional building services, encompassing new build and renovation projects.
Residential new builds: from initial design and planning through construction to completion.
Renovation services: includes additions, alterations, and refurbishments, both indoor and outdoor.
Light commercial services: including renovations, alterations, and office and retail fit-outs.
Our expertise extends to managing projects, engaging architects and sub-contractors as needed, and ensuring timely and budget-friendly delivery. Effective communication is crucial, and we ensure that you are informed and engaged throughout every stage of the process, to the level of detail you prefer. With a focus on excellent workmanship and professionalism, Valhalla Living are the renovation and new home builders to contact for all your requirements.
Fresh air for a healthy home with the Zehnder Comfosystem ventilation systems
Valhalla Living recommends and installs Zehnder Comfosystem ventilation systems. This heat recovery ventilation system provides energy-efficient air exchange with numerous benefits, including:
- A constant supply of fresh air
- Removal of moist air, odours, and pollutants
- Optional pre-tempered air in winter and summer
- Easy operation and no need to open windows
- Prevention of mildew and insect entry
- Outside noise reduction and increased burglary protection (no open windows!)
- Energy savings of up to 50% and heat recovery of up to 95%
Experience the beauty and performance of Megrame timber windows and doors
Valhalla Living endorses, promotes, and installs Megrame International window and door systems in new homes and renovations across the greater Taupo area. If you're seeking a unique and natural products that creates a cosy atmosphere, we recommend Megrame's timber windows and doors. High insulation windows provide optimum energy efficiency.
Favoured by architects and designers for their versatility in colour, shape, and size, as well as their extensive range of timber options, Megrame's wooden windows and doors offer exceptional thermal insulation, stability, and design flexibility due to wood's low thermal expansion. Megrame's high-quality windows and doors are manufactured from Nordic pine, meranti, mahogany, and fir, with alternative timber options available. For more information, please get in touch with Valhalla Living.
An energy-saving, high quality, ecological and long-lasting product with a 94mm profile.
The profile incorporates 46mm triple glazing units with Low E glass and argon.
The advantages of the Euro 94 are:
- The coefficient of heat conductivity (U) = 0.85 W/m2K
- 94 mm wide profile (pine, oak, mahogany, larch)
- Perfect energy and sound insulation
- Ecological and certified production, CE marking
- Manufacturing experience and renowned reputation
An energy-saving, high quality, ecological and long-lasting product with a 78mm profile.
This unit can be fitted with triple glazing and is especially suitable for large windows.
The advantages of the Euro 78 are:
- 78mm wide profile (pine, oak, mahogany, larch)
- Perfect energy and sound insulation
- Ecological and certified production, CE marking
- Manufacturing experience and renowned reputation
- Profile IV-78 Soft-LIne
Energy efficiency is about achieving better performance with the same energy consumption, or achieving the same performance while using less energy. True energy efficiency involves more than just using solar panels or double glazing; it encompasses a holistic approach to improving the energy performance of a home. For more information on how to make your home energy-efficient, contact Valhalla Living.
Valhalla Living recommends various technologies such as advanced glazing, insulation, energy-efficient appliances, solar heating, gas and underfloor heating, and heat recovery ventilation systems. We tailor our recommendations to suit the specific needs and style of your home.