Northland's Donovan Group offers solution for NZ housing crisis

Prime Minister Bill English (centre) during his visit to Donovan Group NZ with Whangarei MP Dr Shane Reti, Donovan Group Director Tim Williams and staff from Donovan Group (right).

A Northland engineering company could have the solution to New Zealand's housing crisis.

Donovan Group NZ is to launch a new residential housing franchise later this year which offers a housing system to rival the current industry standard.

The building system incorporates a patented innovative steel skeleton structure, with the company's own unique, patented Structural Insulated Panel System. Together these elements provide an energy-efficient, affordable, eco-friendly and fireproof home which can be erected in record time, the company says.

The system is backed by custom-built software that allows customers to design, walk through and price their dream home online, in real time.

Our Home Direct General Manager Jeremy Parkinson.

"Our Home Direct will be launched later this year and we're confident that it will be a game changer in the New Zealand residential building industry," said Jeremy Parkinson, general manager, Our Home Direct.

"The speed at which we can take a residential customer's concept from design, through to completion is a huge advantage. The system has also created huge opportunities for multi-storey, commercial housing developments."

Prime Minister Bill English visited Whangarei last Friday and took a tour of the manufacturing facility where the new residential construction system is being developed.

"Our Home Direct franchise opportunities are now available nationwide and I encourage any interested parties to get in contact via our website," said Mr Parkinson.

Donovan Group NZ is a New Zealand owned and operated company which is best known for their commercial steel building franchise success story, Coresteel Buildings.