Pope Home
New Build · Blenheim, Marlborough
Silver Award & Regional Lifestyle Award — Environmental & Sustainable.
Award-winning design, from the ground up.
The Pope Home is a landmark new dwelling featuring a swimming pool, outdoor bar, and a level of finish that earned two awards at the 2023 Master Builders House of the Year: Silver in its category, and the Regional Lifestyle Award for Environmental and Sustainable building.
From the locally quarried Pukaka rock fireplace to the sunken lounge and sustainable Abodo cladding, every element was chosen with intention and executed with precision.
Views of Warbirds Over Marlborough from every angle, and easy, seamless indoor-outdoor flow. A home built for Marlborough's lifestyle: for entertaining, for family, and for the landscape it sits in.
Type
New Build
Location
Blenheim, Marlborough
Scope
Full New Dwelling + Pool & Outdoor Bar
Awards
Silver + Regional Lifestyle, MBOY 2023
Inside the Pope Home
What makes this build stand out
Pukaka Quarried Rock Fireplace
A statement interior chimney in locally quarried Pukaka rock, featuring a rebated TV area and extending to an exterior chimney stack, a centrepiece of the home.
Sunken Lounge
A step down into a sunken lounge creates a distinct sense of occasion and intimacy within the open-plan living area, a feature that genuinely sets this home apart.
Abodo Cladding
Sustainable Abodo timber cladding, a key contributor to the home's environmental credentials and its Regional Lifestyle Award (Environmental and Sustainable) at the 2023 Master Builders House of the Year.
Outdoor Entertaining & Pool
A full outdoor bar and kitchen, heated swimming pool, and covered entertaining area designed around the Marlborough climate and the Warbirds airshow flight path views.
Three Large Tiled Bathrooms
Three generously proportioned bathrooms finished in large-format tile: precise, clean, and built to the same exacting standard as every other room in the home.
Underfloor Heating
Whole-home underfloor heating for year-round comfort, an invisible luxury that underpins the sustainability and liveability of the build.
The details that only experience can deliver.
The step-down lounge was something different. You don't see that every day and it required careful coordination across multiple trades to get right. And the ensuite toilet may have been designed by NASA.
Ben Grady, Discovery Homes