Relocatable house park plans

Te Puna company Modcon Portable buildings is to build ten relocatable homes for flood relief. Photo: Supplied.

UPDATED:5.30pm. Te Puna company Modcom Portable Buildings Limited is going to be supplying 10 relocatable homes for use by Edgecumbe people displaced by flooding.

The units will form a ‘relocatable house park' at the Whakatane Holiday Park and will meet flood-related, temporary housing needs for up to one year.

Modcom (part of the Supermac Group) specialises in producing transportable/relocatable homes and commercial buildings - offices through to classrooms.

The one and two-bedroom units being supplied will be built in Modcom's factory and then transported to site. They are structurally engineered and built of fire-resistant panel, which provides excellent insulation, comfort, strength, durability and low maintenance qualities, says Modcom managfing director Rex McIntyre.
Modcom will not only be using its design and build capabilities to supply the buildings, but will use the resources within the Supermac Group to transport and crane the homes into place, to provide a complete service for the temporary housing development at the Whakatane Holiday Park.
'It is great that we can utilise our expertise and experience in the many homes we have built over the years to supply a solution that will give the Council the outcome they are looking for within the tight timeframes for delivery.

"Our focus is on working with the Council to supply buildings that will provide a comfortable environment for people who have been displaced by the flooding.”

The development is a joint initiative between the Whakatane District Council and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The council will buy the units and keep them for future tourism accommodation.

MBIE will contribute $700,000 to cover transport and infrastructure needs; road access, water, wastewater and power connections for the relocatable house park.

The Council budgeted $850,000 to purchase the units, but accepted Modcom's tender for $861,732 at last week's extraordinary council meeting.

Council places and open spaces manager Mike Naude says four tenders received had been evaluated on price and non-price attributes, which confirmed that Modcom's offering provided 'the best overall value”.

Modcom will supply six two-bedroom units and four one-bedroom units. The mix of two- and one-bedroom units is also a good fit for both temporary housing use and the Holiday Park's longer-term tourism accommodation needs, says Mike.

Councillors voted to increase the project budget by $50,000 to $900,000 to cover additional purchase costs and provide a contingency for any unexpected costs that may arise.

Taking into account depreciation, debt servicing costs and projected income, the net cost to the Council over a 10-year period is expected to be just over $65,000.

A resource consent for the project is been approved and the Council expects building consents for the foundation design to be lodged this week. If the development proceeds as expected, the first of the units should be ready for occupation by the end of July.

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Posted on 28-06-2017 10:10 | By milka

More of these settlements are needed to provide low cost housing, the problem is everyone jumps on the bandwagon,( not next to me , slums ect.ect.) but not all of the population can afford a $500000.00 house. we need to find property near city centres where more of these can be built.


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