Timaru

26 Arthur Street, Timaru, South Canterbury 7910

About Timaru

South Canterbury consists of three districts – Timaru, Mackenzie and Waimate. The region offers residents and visitors a wide array of natural attractions, including Caroline Bay in Timaru – named one of New Zealand’s Top 10 beaches and Aoraki Mount Cook – New Zealand’s highest mountain. There are countless pristine rivers and lakes for swimming, kayaking or fishing and the walking/hiking/cycling trails are some of the most stunning in New Zealand. In winter, skiing, ice skating and soaking in hot pools are the favoured activities.

South Canterbury is rich in history and has a thriving arts culture. Residents and visitors can explore the many museums, historic sites and galleries throughout the region. Timaru’s main street and heritage buildings are famed for their Edwardian architecture, while the Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre offers guided tours to iconic Māori rock art sites and Bush town- a replica Edwardian town in Waimate- commemorates the pioneers who milled the Totara tree forests.

There is an array of family-friendly activities throughout the region, including interactive exhibits at South Canterbury Museum, the Aigantighe Art Gallery and Chipmunks Playland. The Pleasant Point Museum and Railway operates steam locomotives and one of only two Model T Ford railcar replicas in the world. At the Caroline Bay Trust Aoraki Centre (CBay), patrons can enjoy the three indoor heated pools, a 50m outdoor heated pool, two hydroslides, a children’s water play area, rapid river, bombing tower and chillax area with steam, sauna and spa facilities.

 

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About Timaru

South Canterbury consists of three districts – Timaru, Mackenzie and Waimate. The region offers residents and visitors a wide array of natural attractions, including Caroline Bay in Timaru – named one of New Zealand’s Top 10 beaches and Aoraki Mount Cook – New Zealand’s highest mountain. There are countless pristine rivers and lakes for swimming, kayaking or fishing and the walking/hiking/cycling trails are some of the most stunning in New Zealand. In winter, skiing, ice skating and soaking in hot pools are the favoured activities.

South Canterbury is rich in history and has a thriving arts culture. Residents and visitors can explore the many museums, historic sites and galleries throughout the region. Timaru’s main street and heritage buildings are famed for their Edwardian architecture, while the Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre offers guided tours to iconic Māori rock art sites and Bush town- a replica Edwardian town in Waimate- commemorates the pioneers who milled the Totara tree forests.

There is an array of family-friendly activities throughout the region, including interactive exhibits at South Canterbury Museum, the Aigantighe Art Gallery and Chipmunks Playland. The Pleasant Point Museum and Railway operates steam locomotives and one of only two Model T Ford railcar replicas in the world. At the Caroline Bay Trust Aoraki Centre (CBay), patrons can enjoy the three indoor heated pools, a 50m outdoor heated pool, two hydroslides, a children’s water play area, rapid river, bombing tower and chillax area with steam, sauna and spa facilities.

 

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South Canterbury’s economy is strongly influenced by its agricultural heritage, with dairy farming, horticultural production, cropping and sheep and beef farming prevalent in the region. It is also home to a number of manufacturing, engineering and logistics businesses including Fonterra Clandeboye and Studholme Dairy, Oceania Dairy, Holcim Cement terminal, McCain’s food processing plant, DB Mainland Breweries, NZ Light Leathers, Alliance Group Smithfield meat processing plant and Barker’s of Geraldine.

South Canterbury has an array of private and public schools, while the Ara Institute of Canterbury specialises in applied tertiary training and offers courses in business, engineering, architecture, nursing, creative arts, hospitality, computing, science, languages, outdoor education and broadcasting. Ara has six campuses in Canterbury and North Otago (three in Christchurch and one each in Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru), making it the largest tertiary institute in the South Island.

South Canterbury is an extremely affordable region to live in – the average price for a property in Timaru is $506,000 as at July 2024.

Stonewood Homes Timaru subdivision

Meet the team

Stonewood Homes South Canterbury (also known as Stonewood Homes Timaru) truly is a family business, co-owned and operated by Amy and Nigel Hollamby, Amy’s brother Chris Karton, and highly experienced New Home Consultant Karl Winter. Together, they have proudly led the Timaru franchise for the past 12 years.

Backed by a dedicated team of nine staff members — five of whom are trade qualified — the business brings a wealth of knowledge to every project. Collectively, the team has built more than 370 homes across the South Canterbury region, cementing Stonewood Homes Timaru as one of the most recommended names in the area.

Karl Winter brings invaluable expertise as a New Home Consultant, guiding clients through the design and building process with a focus on creating tailored solutions that suit their lifestyle and budget. His knowledge and client-first approach complement the building experience of the wider team, ensuring a smooth and stress-free building journey.

The franchise is passionate about combining experience with quality. “Along with experience, the team is all about building quality homes for our clients and we are proud to be locally owned and operated,” says the ownership group. This local connection, combined with hands-on leadership and deep building expertise, ensures every home is crafted with care and designed for South Canterbury families to enjoy for years to come.

Stonewood South Canterbury Team

House and Land Packages

Lot 10, 56 Mahoneys Hill Road, Timaru - in construction now

From $799,000

Address Lot 10, 56 Mahoney's Hil Road, Timaru, Canterbury
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Lot 6, 56 Mahoneys Hill Road - in construction now

From $890,000

Address Lot 6, 56 Mahoneys Hill Road, Timaru, Canterbury
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Turn Key Package at 249A Otipua Road, Timaru - $799,000

From $799,000

Address 249A Otipua Road, Timaru
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Satisfied Customers

Thank you for building a wonderful home, we look forward to many great memories here. It's been a pleasure and a blessing to meet Karl and Nigel, you're a wonderful team and you've made our experience a totally positive one for us! We will never forget that Stonewood team, especially Karl and the directors delivered a tailored solution for our dream home.

Riel & Glaisa Lei

We planned our custom design with Stonewood Homes from the comfort of our lounge during lockdown. We loved the communication and ease during the design process. The advice and personalisation provided showed how knowledgeable the Stonewood Homes staff were and we loved how well they knew the weather conditions in our area. Within months our plans were at council and we were breaking ground on our dream home. Our builder was absolutely amazing and took care with everything he did. Our project manager kept everything flowing and answered our questions with ease. We love our final product and Stonewood took the stress out of building and made it an amazing adventure. If you are looking at building we highly recommend making contact with Stonewood Homes.

Courtney & Scott McKenzie

Building a new home is challenging, but when dealing with Stonewood Homes you can confidently cast all the worries to them. They will work beside you seamlessly from start to finish. From our experience, we can certainly say our home was built to a very high standard and in just under 6 months! We are now enjoying the warm and cosy house, a perk of a newly built home. A huge thanks the to the Stonewood Homes Timaru team, Nigel, Chris, Amy and those working behind the scenes.  If you're thinking of building a new abode...think Stonewood Homes!

Elbert and Flora

Thank you Nigel, Amy, Chris and the Team at Stonewood South Canterbury for our newly built home. We have had a great experience from start to finish with the design process, selecting the interior options and seeing it all come together on time and to the budget. We would highly recommend Stonewood South Canterbury to anyone looking to build a quality new home.

Harry & Awla Dupont

Thank you to "all the team" at Stonewood we are enjoying our new home very much and appreciated your support and guidance all the way from start to finish - our new home makes us feel relaxed and on holiday so feel free to pop in anytime - thanks to all again.

Ang and Craig Climo

From start to finish this was a great, stress free experience for us. The Stonewood team were faultless; from Richard at the design phase through to Chris at the project management stage, they were professional and went out of their way to help us achieve the best house for us. Thanks to Richard, Chris K, Nigel, Amy, Kelley & Chris M! Would 100% recommend them to build your house!!

Rachael Milne

Building with Stonewood was an exciting and good fun experience. The team were always friendly, considerate and helpful. We love our new house and all the many features, some we would never have thought of ourselves. The personalised online system - Stonewood Connect - is so good, it shows all the trades and the expected timeline start to finish. Many photo's all the way though also stored on line.

Allister Todd

We were lucky enough to build a house with Stonewood last year, we cannot speak highly enough about them. From the first contact with Salesperson Richard to moving in, we could not praise them all enough. They made our experience enjoyable and carefree, nothing was ever a problem and we would not hesitate to recommend them or to build with them again.

Graham and Lyn Milne

Absolutely delighted with our new Stonewood home. As a company you guys have more than met our high expectations with regards to professionalism, attention to detail, customer service etc. Look forward to working with you all again soon on our next project.

John, Bernie, Emily, Olivia, Kirsty McBride

A huge thank you to all the staff at Stonewood, from start to finish it has been a fantastic experience. The first day I walked into your showroom, saw the home desings and ‘fell in love’ with “Forest Park” I have renamed the house “Cooper Park”. Special thanks to the Cooper Brothers Builders and all the other contractors. Stonewood Homes has been a pleasure to work with “slick”, professional. warm and friendly. Thank You Team

Cheryl Blanchard and Murray McMurtie

Our awards

  • Stonewood Homes South Canterbury - Franchise of the year

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