Economy builds
A quality home, priced within reach.
Economy is our standard build — a warm, dry, fully finished home made with our insulated panel system and delivered ready to live in. It’s what most SHS homes go out as, built to the same quality standard in the same NZ workshop.
- ~50%
- Less than traditional
- Every range
- Tiny, transportable, cabins
- Move-in
- Ready on arrival
Under the hood
What’s actually in it?
Economy isn’t stripped-back. It’s a complete, quality home — the same panel construction, the same NZ workshop, priced to be the accessible choice.
1 panel
structure + insulation
Insulated panel system
Built with our insulated Coloursteel® EPS panels — structure and insulation in a single panel. Warm, dry, and quick to build.
All-year
warm and dry
Insulated throughout
Solid insulation in the walls, ceiling and floor keeps the home warm in winter and comfortable through summer.
2×
glazing
Double-glazed joinery
Double-glazed aluminium joinery holds the warmth in and keeps condensation down.
100%
move-in ready
Fully finished
Full kitchen, bathroom, flooring, wiring and plumbing — delivered ready to move into.
In your day-to-day
What does that mean for me?
A home that’s warm, finished and ready to live in — without the price tag of a traditional build.
Warm and dry
Insulated and sealed — comfortable in winter, dry all year.
Move-in ready
Arrives finished — kitchen, bathroom, the lot. Connect services and you're in.
Priced within reach
Around half the cost of a traditional build, with a fixed price up front.
Built to last
Steel and Coloursteel®, NZ-made and serviceable here for decades.
The payoff
~50%
less than a traditional build
A quality Economy build lands at roughly half the cost of a traditional site-built home — and it’s finished in a fraction of the time, indoors, with no wet-weather delays.
Fixed price up front
The price you’re quoted is the price you pay.
No cost creep, no surprise variations. You know the number before the build starts.
It’s the build most of our customers choose — a proper, warm, finished home at a price that actually works.
Where you can get it
Available on every range we build.
Economy is offered across all our ranges — tiny homes, transportable homes and cabins. Every build comes warm, dry and ready to live in.
Range
Tiny homes
Self-contained builds from 6m to 14m. Studio to 2-bed.
See tiny homes
Range
Transportable homes
Larger 2–4 bedroom family homes on a steel chassis.
See transportable homes
Range
Cabins
Compact sleep-outs and self-contained cabins. Economy only.
See cabinsWant even lower running costs? Our Passive build adds thicker insulation and tighter sealing on tiny homes and transportable homes — higher upfront, dramatically lower to run.