Nils Rock from Strawhome, is a german trained master carpenter who also has training in eco and passive house architectural design. Nils and Pat created RM Strawbale together several years, and houses, ago… we were indeed double blessed.
It’s great fun to work with Nils and he applies his skill and craftsmanship in everything he does - he cares.
Everett joined the RM Strawbale team in 2019, and brought with him experience building tiny houses in New Zealand and building strawbale houses in Australia.
Everett landed running, we enjoyed every minute working with him and greatly appreciate his contribution to getting us into our new strawbale home
Kenny Geenty from Advanced Plumbing, made plumbing to our challenging spec’s look easy, we know it wasn’t.. it took great attitude, skill and plenty of effort, we are so lucky that he’s family.
We also adopted Ayden from Advanced Plumbing for several weeks, and wish he was part of the family now too...
Byron Cash is passionate about concrete, he loves working with hard stuff, concrete, rocks etc.. to create things of beauty – it’s art and it’s also fully functional. Byron and his team at Polished Flooring Solutions finished our beautiful black concrete floors through the whole house.
He was recommended by a trusted friend and after deciding to go with Byron we had ongoing validation of that decision every time we responded to the question “who’s doing your floor?”, he’s a local living legend.
Solid foundations are key to any building, they are critical for the effective passive solar performance of our home.
MPT Concrete, excellent teamwork and care.. leadership from Mike Teddy and Simon, Dave, Tim, Shane, Ethan, Bill, Matt, Jessie and Brendan all working to create a great concrete slab.
Cupolex Solutions, smart concrete slab technology (pods and thermal wrap) to maximise thermal efficiency and minimise waste, brilliant product, with great marketing and follow through service from Malcolm Cottle
Martin had been travelling across the world solo on his bike from Europe to Bali, 23,000km’s and was wintering over in NZ before heading off again for more bike adventures in the Southern Hemisphere..
His wintering over choice of Hawkes Bay was our gain, as he came out to lend a hand and learn from the RM Strawbale team.
Martin has built his own strawbale house and assisted with building many more in Europe - his plaster work and his presence are both beautiful.
Bob and Geoff Tuck are much loved family (father and uncle) who supported our house build from the very beginning. They have organised the power for our caravan accomodation*and for the build itself, as well as completing all the house wiring and fit-off.
We are super lucky to have their combined experience, with great care in design and build and a huge time commitment from them both.
*Bob and Phyliss also lent us their caravan as our on-site accomodation.