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BuildingLegacy
Modern and traditional designs for timber-framed homes, trusses, and custom barn homes across New Zealand.
Barn Homes for all Seasons
We hand select the finest trees available from plantations near our farm in Hawke's Bay - Douglas-fir or Macrocarpa often, but various exotic and specialty species also. We fell the trees, then mill and dry and the timber in our yard. When a design is settled on, our team hand craft every piece of timber to the finest degree. We live and breathe timber. Tradition is in our blood. Simplicity and heritage are how we live. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing as best as you possibly can.
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Legacy
Generations
More than a few people said we were crazy when we laid out our plans for a barn home building company based on the old-fashioned way of handmade timber carpentry.
"From start to finish, the experience has been outstanding. Even now, every time we walk through the doors, we’re still struck by the wow factor. With our strong affinity for Japanese design, we wanted to merge that aesthetic with Kiwi and Scandi influences – and Heritage Timber Craft brought that vision to life beautifully. We honestly don’t think we would have achieved this result through a traditional building company. The craftsmanship, creativity, and attention to detail exceeded our expectations at every step."
Esther, Raglan
Love coming home
You spend most of your life at home, so you should probably love where you live. If you're comfortable at home, you'll be comfortable anywhere, knowing you have your beautiful personal space awaiting your return.
Bespoke timber trusses can transform any space
Our farm and workshop is between Taupo and Napier. We warmly invite you to visit us; see our carpenters at work, get to know us and walk through the various handmade barm homes we have built here. If you're really interested, take one of our log-to-home tours.
Exceptional timber. Open Minds. Hard work.
When you love doing something, it rarely feels like work. That's how it typically feels here on the farm. But it is work, nonetheless, and we do it tirelessly. We love the feeling of giving it our best, and passing on the joy to anyone who chooses to work with us. We enjoy access to New Zealand's finest plantations. Using the best timber gives us that unfair advantage we want for our customers. We are always learning; we don't need to be the best carpenters in the world, but we strive to be the best we can be and that requires a sincere openness to ideas and knowledge - old and new.
Pete and Tammy
Freek
Eddie and Rachel
Boone
Kelvin
Noah
Douglas-fir
Douglas-fir is native to North America, and has been grown here in New Zealand commercially since the late 1800s. New Zealand's forestry industry employs a considerable amount of people, absorbs a lot carbon from the atmosphere, and provides people like us with a remarkable natural material to build beautiful homes with. Macrocarpa is another favourite of ours. We have access to select plantations in Hawke's Bay and closely monitor them. Every step of the process - from log selection, to felling, to milling and drying - is done by us, with our hands. We are incredibly proud of New Zealand's pioneering heritage, and in our own small way do our very best to keep the tradition alive.
Built by hand here at Mohaka River Farm.