Relocatable Homes Taupō, Built in Cambridge and Delivered to the Lake

Yes. Taupō is a familiar run for us from our factory at Hautapu near Cambridge, straight down State Highway 1. Our Taupō district jobs include a 100 m² transportable bach at Kinloch, a 108 m² relocatable holiday home at Omori, a 117 m² lake-living home in Taupō, and commercial modular builds for Tokaanu Marae and at Orakei Korako. Each home is built under cover in the factory, so the weather at the lake doesn't hold up construction, and it arrives near-finished for the onsite team to connect services and build the decks. If your section is further around the lake or off a rural road, send us the address and some photos of the access and we'll talk you through how delivery would work for your site.

The price depends on the plan you choose and what your site needs, so it's worth looking at the whole budget rather than the house alone. We give you a guaranteed fixed price for your new home, delivered to the gate. On top of that sit the onsite costs, such as the piles, the council onsite permit, service connections, decks and any crane work if the transporter can't reach the building platform. We prepare and quote all of those onsite trades for you, so you know the full figure before delivery day. Our guide to transportable home prices explains each of these costs in more detail, and the team can give you a figure for your own Taupō section once they know the address and the access.

Most of the waiting is on the paperwork and the site rather than the house. On our ready-built homes, the published timeline allows roughly four to six weeks for the onsite permit from the council. Once the permit is issued, we truck the home down and place it on its foundations, then allow about three to four weeks for the services, connections, decks and final sign-off. A home built to order also needs its factory build time, which the team will confirm when you choose your plan. Because the build happens under cover in Cambridge, a wet week at the lake doesn't push the programme out the way it would on a site build.

It can be either. Our homes are complete, insulated houses with full kitchens and bathrooms, built for long-term living, so the same plan can be a weekend bach now and a permanent home later. Around Taupō we've delivered both: the Kinloch and Omori homes are holiday homes, while the 117 m² lake-living home in Taupō is a full family home. If the home is likely to become permanent, it's worth thinking about storage, heating and a second living area at the plan stage, because those are easier to build in at the factory than to add later.

Yes. The closest show home to Taupō is the Te Mata at our factory, 215 Hannon Road, Hautapu, near Cambridge, where you can also walk through the ready-built homes in our yard. If you're heading to Hawke's Bay, our Bay View show home at 45 Pandora Road, Napier, is open too. Seeing the finish, the joinery and the room sizes in person is the quickest way to decide which plan suits your Taupō section, and it's a good chance to talk through delivery with the team. Call 07 823 5951 to book a time.