News and Testimonials

Rave Reviews

Parkwood has been in the transportable homes business for many years. Here, BuildHome has revisited a couple of the company’s homes and invited their satisfied owners to offer insights into their particular Parkwood Homes’ experience.

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Heaven Sent

Parkwood Homes was a godsend for a family whose home was destroyed by fire.

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A Blend of Old and New

When you are presented with such stunning natural beauty as the Hawkesbury River, you want to create a dwelling that makes the most of the surroundings.

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Lifesaver

IN A BID to ease the state’s rental crisis, the NSW State Government is attempting to convince local councils to approve more secondary dwellings. Parkwood Homes has a range of designs that meets this potential solution.

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An easy way to build

With a trend away from traditional brick-and-tile construction, designers are seeking construction methods to take advantage of the new innovative materials now being introduced into the Australian housing market.

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Durable Design - Beachside Living At It's Best

WHEN THE TEAM at Parkwood Homes won the contract from The Department of Sport and Recreation to construct a cluster of cabins at Lake Ainsworth in Lennox Head, NSW, they were given an opportunity to think outside the square. It was a ‘Design & Construct’ tender and Sport and Rec’s brief was for a
design that would last, attract a strong rental return and which would be durable and hard-wearing.
Tucked in behind the primary.

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Innovative Architecture

Parkwood’s new factory-built homes incorporate the best in up-to-the-minute design and materials.

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A Smarter Way To Build

To coincide with the production of their 2000th home, Parkwood Homes has just released a new range of stunning designs.

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Innovative Architecture

In the blink of an eye Parkwood Homes has pulled together yet another amazing design.

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Parkwood Homes scoops building awards for turning impossibilities into realities at challenging sites. Gosford relocatable home builder wins 4 awards culminating with the
major award for Best Commercial Project for 2002.

Newcastle Master Builders Awards Won Were:

• Best Commercial Project under $3million
• The Judges Awards for Environmentally sustainable development
• Best construction of a detailed or innovative project
• and the Major Award on the night - The Best Commercial Project (open division)

The misadventure of a lost architect has seen Gosford Construction Company; Parkwood Homes win four awards at this year’s Newcastle Master Builders Awards.

Architect, Mik Ilet inadvertently walked into Parkwood Homes office instead of a nearby kit home manufacturer only to discover that their manufactured homes presented a better solution to a challenging project that he had undertaken for the NSW Department of Works. The challenge was to supply nine accommodation units to the NSW Department of Sport & Recreation’s Milson Island and Broken Bay facilities, both of which had difficult building sites and were only accessible by water. On site construction was to be no more than eight weeks and provide five star accommodation for a medium budget.

The units were completed at Parkwood Home’s Gosford factory including bathroom and kitchen fittings and ceiling fans wired and ready to go. Each unit was then split into four major and minor sections ready for transportation which involved no less than a low loader to the boat ramp; a barge across the Hawkesbury River; two tractors to drag the sections up the beach; and a 30 ton all terrain all wheel drive crane (which itself was barged to the site) to lift each section onto the hillside sites.

Despite the fact that the units had not originally been designed to be transportable, Parkwood Homes turned architect Mik Illet’s vision into a reality completing the installation in just five days and with no variations or additional costs. There was no compromise on quality or construction method with the units boasting features including select Brush Box timber flooring, blue mini orb metal ceilings, Tallow Wood Timber Decking and angled veranda railings in stainless steel.

Parkwood Homes Managing Director, John McDougall was thrilled with the opportunity that the project presented, “While we are well known for our work creating transportable homes, this project created an opportunity for us to expand our horizons and demonstrate our expertise with leading edge designs and versatility and applications in other markets.”

The accolades given to the project at the Newcastle Master Builders Awards will no doubt have people seeing portable building projects in a new light.

Despite the total project only costing $1.3million, it won the Award for Commercial Projects Under $3 million against other projects which were more than double the cost. It was also awarded the Judges Award for both the Best Construction of a Detailed or Innovative Project and the Best Environmentally Sustainable Development with the judges commenting,

“This project highlighted the government’s brief for minimum impact in a highly sensitive island area and resulted in less than one trailer load of rubbish being removed from the site after the project was complete.

The builders attention to environmental considerations was a tribute to what can be achieved by the industry”.

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