Marlborough Magazine September 2019 | Page 25

HOME & GARDEN SPOTLIGHT ON MARLBOROUGH’S BEST HOMES The best new homes and renovations in the region were honoured at the Marlborough Convention Centre last month. A t the gala dinner, the winners of the Marlborough/Nelson/ West Coast Registered Master Builders 2019 House of the Year competition were announced and celebrated by the local construction industry. Overall there were 21 Gold Award winners from Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast which will now be judged against other gold award winners from around the country to find the national top 100 Gold Award finalists. The major highlight locally was Hunt Construction winning the renovation of the year category of the year for a home in Springlands. Other top local winners were Glenroy Housing, which won a Gold Award in the New Home up to $450,000 category for a home at Thomsons Ford. Peter Ray Homes also won Gold for a home in Rarangi as did Roger Townley Construction for a home in Fairhall, both in the New Home $750,000 - $1million category. Jennian Homes and Mike Greer Homes both won silver in the GIB Show Home section while Peter Ray Homes also won Gold in the New Home $450,000 - $750,000 category. 25