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Building Legacy
Preserving craftsmanship and heritage. Handmade timber homes and trusses built from Hawke's Bay grown timber. Reclaimed antique barns from the U.S. Landmark venues for weddings, retreats, and premium events. Available nationwide.
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 like elm, European ash and English oak also. We fell the trees, grade, mill and dry 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 to the best of your ability.
Designs
Browse our designs to get inspiration for your own build. Our standard designs can be customised to suit your lifestyle, with pricing from $3,500 to $7,000/m².
Legacy
Heritage
Generations
Smaller homes, better living
We propose that for many people, everything you need can be found in a 80-120m² home. A timber home with all your favourite places. Rooms that work harder, for how you really live.
Architects
We co-create architectural experiences. Our expertise in mortise and tenon joinery and bespoke timber systems allows architects to deliver spaces where structure becomes art.
What legacy are you building?
More than a few people said we were crazy when we laid out our plans to build mortise and tenon barn homes around New Zealand, the old-fashioned way with a chisel and mallet.
For generations to come.
"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 make sure you love where you live.
Building nationwide.
Bespoke timber trusses can transform any space. Learn more.
An Immersive Experience
Building with us is an immersive, personalised journey. We seek out exceptional timber, typically from tiny stands on private farms throughout Central Hawke's Bay, then fell, grade, dry and mill each tree ourselves.
Many of our clients visit us here on the farm, to meet our craftsmen and spend time in the yard as their home's beams are milled and shaped. Getting to know the individual pieces of timber that will eventually become part of their home. Imagine living beneath a beam you remember seeing freshly milled, knowing its origins and the hands that shaped it.
Display Homes
We have three display homes which we open by appointment for Heritage Timbercraft clients and for those interested in the timber framing process. We warmly invite you to come see for yourself, what an authentic timber frame barn is like up and close. Each barn is completely different in style and price. All are located within walking distance of one another, as well as our sawmill and timber yard where we make our homes.
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Simple designs. Exceptional timber. Browse here.
FAQs
We design, engineer, manufacture, and install the structural timber frame for your home - including handcrafted trusses, posts, and beams. Once the frame is installed, your chosen builder can complete the rest of the home. We work with trusted build partners nationwide, or you can use your own builder. In the Hawke’s Bay region, we can manage the entire project from start to finish.
Meet the team
For more on our team, see the About Us page.
Freek
Boone
Kelvin
Jared
Peter
Nathan
Wilson
Joseph
Built by hand here on our farm in Hawke's Bay. Available nationwide.