Best retirement housing design for Global Awards shortlisted
LONDON: The shortlist for the best retirement housing design has been declared.
Over 250 designs have been considered by the awards secretariat. One of the finalists in this category is shown above.
A Waikato home built using a dozen steel shipping containers that made international headlines and accrued thousands of Facebook followers has hit the market again.
The current owners Esther and Warwick Sargisson fell in love with the grand 320sqm container home at 32 Ranby Road, in Ōhaupō, after David Wade put his passion project up for sale in 2021.
Warwick spotted a write-up about the five-bedroom, three-bathroom house that had been constructed using new shipping containers in the newspaper and showed his wife.
The couple, who were naturally drawn to different houses, decided to go and have a look at it. “We’ve always bought unusual houses,” Esther said.
They took their two granddaughters, who along with their mum were living with them, and they all instantly fell in love with it. “We were just being nosey really.”
One of the granddaughters had saved up $3 and offered to give it to them if it would help, Esther recalled.
The Global Award winner will be announced in November in London. (Globals)
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- The five-bedroom, three-bathroom home on Ranby Road, in Ohaupo, was built using 12 steel shipping containers
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- The large symmetrical staircase and fire station doors that open the entire front of the house to the outside are standout features of the house
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- The large open-plan living has a high ceiling and includes a kitchen made from stainless steel and shipping container offcuts
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- The master bedroom has serene views out to Lake Rotomanuka
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- A separate cottage on the property could be rented out long-term, run as an Airbnb or even used as an office space
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- The two-bedroom, two-bathroom cottage provides a lucrative rental income for the current owners
