01 · Owner-occupier
Add a duplex to your section
Own your home on a generous section? A duplex at the front unlocks value without asking you to move. One of our most common briefs — and one we've refined.
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Multi-unit specialists
Two, three, four homes where one used to stand.
The duplex on the front of the section. The terrace of four. The small development that makes the numbers work without wrecking the street. Multi-unit is what we're best known for — and what we've built our process around.
Duplex2 attached dwellings
Terraced3–6 unit rows
Standalone ×NDetached on one site
MixedFront duplex + rear
Why Ashcroft for multi-unit
Yield matters. So does the street.
We've seen a lot of Auckland sites in the last few years where the plan was to cram the maximum dwellings on and hope for the best. Our approach is different: we work the site hard, but the finished development has to feel considered — for the buyer, the neighbour, and the owner looking back on it.
- Feasibility modelled before you commit — so the numbers are known early
- Design that respects sun, orientation and outdoor living per unit
- Specification chosen to sell or rent well, not just to pass CCC
- Subdivision managed in parallel with the build — titles ready at handover
- Consistent team and open-book pricing across every unit on site
Who we work with
Three types of client, same process.
02 · Small developers
3–6 unit developments
For first-time or repeat developers: full-site builds with design, consent, construction and subdivision run under one contract and one team.
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03 · Landowners & investors
Unlock a bigger holding
If you hold a site with yield potential, we'll run feasibility, design options and realistic numbers — so you can decide whether to build, sell consented, or hold.
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The build
Specification that sells and rents.
Multi-unit isn't standalone with copies. The specification, the outdoor spaces, the storage, the acoustic separation — all of it gets chosen to perform as investment stock without feeling like investment stock.
Every unit on site gets the Ashcroft process: open-book pricing, the same project manager across the whole development, and the same quality of finish you'd expect on a standalone build.
- FramingTimber or light-gauge steel to specific design
- AcousticInter-tenancy walls engineered for privacy
- CladdingMixed palettes avoid the "same-same" look
- OutdoorUsable private space per unit, where site allows
- ParkingDesigned in early, not added last
- TitlesSubdivision ready at handover
From owners who built multi-unit with us
Open-book pricing, in their own words.
Ashcroft built a duplex for us at the front of our property. From start to finish, the team has been outstanding. They have an open book policy when it comes to pricing so there are no surprises. Sarah, Phil, Mitchel, Deepa, and Chris Marshall were a great team to work with.
From attending an Ashcroft Homes seminar to Resource Consent to construction to subdivision, Ashcroft Homes have helped, guided, and supported us every step of the way. We now have two beautiful homes to show for it.
Start with the numbers
Want to know what your site can do?
Send us the address and a short note. We'll come out, walk it, and come back to you with honest feasibility — dwelling counts, likely costs, and whether the project makes sense.