HRV Features on
The Drawing Board

A wealth of information all in one place

This website is the first port of call for those who want to renovate but don't quite know where to start. It offers advice and resources to help homeowners through the often-taxing renovation process and they can keep coming back to it time and time again as they progress through their project.

The Drawing Board caters for all experience levels, from young couples doing up their first home to seasoned renovators doing their tenth. Visitors can get product information, design tips - as well as sharing their own tips and reading about other people's experiences.

Where renovators used to spend hours trawling the net, looking for info from many different sources, now it's all on one website: www.thedrawingboard.co.nz - the one-stop shop for renovating.

The website comes at a perfect time for homeowners - there is renewed confidence in the building industry but most are still proceeding cautiously. The Drawing Board gives them a free resource to help them get underway and covers everything from dealing with architects to getting building consents and code of compliance.

Users will be able to sign up to an e-newsletter keeping them abreast of new content and products. They will also be able to fire questions at the experts and submit their own renovation projects to be featured on The Drawing Board.

The first video following the featured couple, Matthew and Rowena, who are renovating their bathroom first up. The Drawing Board will follow them while they overcome obstacles and deal with the unexpected - with lots of tips for renovators along the way. Following shortly afterwards, there will be a kitchen renovation and a room extension for renovators to sink their teeth into.

This is a James Hardie initiative but they're not going it alone and have enlisted the help of several other industry players. These include Dulux, NRG, HRV, Home Plus, Smith and Sons and many more.