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What could it earn

Rough numbers. Change any figure.

Let it on Airbnb or Bookabach.

Home
$190
200 nights
30% of income
$5,000
$45,000

Your loan

20%
5.2%
30 years

Profit a year

$0

Off your own mortgage

Home loan Repayment a week Paid off sooner

Estimates only, not financial advice. Rents, bookings, sale prices and interest rates vary. Site costs depend on your section; we price yours exactly.

Get real numbers for your site

Benefits

Why it works as an investment.

01Income

Rentable from handover

  • Arrives finished and connected
  • Long-term or short-stay
02Speed

Built while consent runs

  • Built in Ohoka while consent and foundations go through
  • Days on your property
03Certainty

Fixed price

  • Fixed, itemised build contract
  • A progress schedule your lender can assess
04Exit

Relocatable

  • Sell it, keep it, or move it
  • Adds a dwelling to the title

The six paths

Six investment paths

01A second dwellingAdd a home to land you already own.
  • Rent it out or keep it for family
  • No subdivision in most districts
02SubdividingOne title becomes two, with a home already on it.
  • A finished, certified home on the new title
  • Weeks on site
03House and land packagesOne home, one section, one fixed price.
  • Home, transport, foundations and connections included
  • Lenders who understand transportable homes
04Short-stay and holiday lettingA holiday home you can let.
  • Delivered finished and furnishing-ready
  • Yours whenever you want it
05Rural and township supplyAccommodation for farms, orchards, vineyards, camps and townships.
  • Staff, seasonal and worker accommodation
  • Built in batches to one specification
06Exotic holiday homesRemote, steep, coastal or alpine sites.
  • Architectural design, delivered complete

First home buyers

Use your KiwiSaver on a Paragon home.

We can introduce you to a lending team who understand transportable homes.

  • Your KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal, into a Paragon home
  • Lending structured for a build
  • One fixed price for your lender to assess
  • Built to NZS 3604, so it is straightforward to insure and finance

An introduction to a lending team, not financial advice. All lending is subject to approval and your own circumstances.

Full project management

Project managed from start to finish

Every trade on one programme, with one person to call.

What you do

  1. 01 Choose your home Model, site and layout.
  2. 02 Sign off your selections From a shortlist.
  3. 03 Get the keys A finished home on a finished site.

You get your own client portal Programme, selections, progress photos and documents in one place.

What we do

  • Consent & engineering
  • Piles & foundations
  • The build itself
  • In-house joinery
  • Transport & craning
  • Drainage & wastewater
  • Plumbing & gasfitting
  • Power & lighting
  • Decking & landscaping
  • Council inspections
  • Producer statements
  • Final connection & handover

All of it in one fixed price.

10-year structural guarantee

On every home we build

12-month build warranty

Workmanship, from handover

NZS 3604:2011

Timber-framed buildings standard

Contract Works insurance

In place for the whole build

Licensed Building Practitioner New Zealand owned and operated

Licensed Building Practitioner · New Zealand owned & operated

Paragon Portables builds homes; nothing on this page is financial advice. Rental income, resale values and tax depend on your situation — talk to your own adviser.

Tell us what you want to do with the land.

We will tell you what the site allows, what it costs and how long it takes.

Ready for your tiny home?

Handcrafted from North Canterbury. Fixed pricing, no hidden costs. Talk to Luke about your build.

Get in touch 027 727 2466