All homes at Bushland Park have been designed with high value placed on privacy and sustainability. This has been achieved by careful placing of the homes within the overall subdivision and with clever architecture.  

A limited selection of materials has been chosen for their timelessness and to avoid trends that date the architecture. Subtle variations between the houses will create interest and delight without competing with the surroundings. It will complement the landscape while providing site-wide consistency and ensuring a cohesive high-quality development. Rather than a series of individual designs, this is a master-planned European type development. 

All houses are to be two story dwellings which decreases their footprint to under 15% of Bushland Park’s total land area and delivers a subdivision of large open spaces. 

The first two houses at Bushland have been built by certified Passive House builder Ethos Homes and have successfully achieved “Passive House Plus” certification. The next two homes, currently waiting for building consent, are again targeting Passive House certification.  
Passive Houses are designed, built and certified to perform for their owners. These homes are airtight, well insulated, and mechanically ventilated with thermally broken triple-glazed recessed window and door joinery. The airtightness of every home built is measured to be assured of their performance. 

While we would hope that most houses in Bushland Park would be Certified Passive, it is not an absolute requirement. But a high-performing dwelling of some level is certainly strongly encouraged.  

Bushland Park aims to be a Zero Carbon Subdivision within its ongoing electricity needs. Apart from a well-insulated and airtight building, a substantial solar panel array on every roof including a 10kW battery, is required to cover most of the energy consumption of the homes. 

Bushland Park supports Electric Vehicle usage and the parking spaces and carports on every house are planned to have EV Chargers installed. 

The parklike setting has been enhanced by making use of “wooden post and rail” and “pool-type” aluminium fencing no higher than 1.2m. Privacy screening is achieved with vegetation and hedging.

Bushland Park has been planting over 3000 native trees every year over the last few seasons and the subdivision will eventually be surrounded by native bush.

This season’s plantings will once again, encompass over 4000 trees. This will extend our existing plantings, joining up with the new 100ha Christchurch City Council’s Te Kuru Park and newly re-naturalised Cashmere Stream, windings its way through Bushland Farm.