Geoff Tune Architecture

11/10/2026

Thinking about a kitchen renovation?

It’s one of the most exciting upgrades you can make! But, it’s also one where people often get caught out.

The most common mistakes we see? Focusing only on replacing cabinets with modern versions of the same, and not how it connects to the rest of the home. The play of light and how it allows the space to be both beautiful and functional is often overlooked. A beautiful kitchen won’t feel right if it doesn’t function well or flow with your living space.

That’s where experience really makes a difference. An architectural designer looks at the whole picture, how your kitchen, dining, and living areas work together, so the result feels cohesive, practical, and tailored to how you actually live.

A well-designed renovation isn’t just about new cabinets and benchtops, it’s about creating a space that works effortlessly every day.

If you’re planning a renovation and want to get it right from the start, message [email protected] and we can help you bring your vision together!

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17/09/2026

We're stoked to get another 5* review!

Claim your consultation now to see how we can help your project come to life.

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18/08/2026

𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞?

𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇, 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇’𝗍 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌.

𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗖! 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗗!

𝖨 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌, 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖠𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 (𝖢𝗈𝖠’𝗌) 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗏𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.

𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁:

• 𝖠𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀
• 𝖱𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌
• 𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌
• 𝖨𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝗋 𝖢𝗈𝖠 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗐𝖺𝗒
• 𝖶𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅

𝖠 𝖢𝗈𝖠 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒 𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗌.

𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖢𝗁𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝖼𝗁 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾, 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾.

𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈@𝗀𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖼.𝖼𝗈.𝗇𝗓

𝖫𝖾𝗍’𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎’𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾.

16/08/2026

𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤?⁣
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Perhaps you’ve inherited an extension, an altered kitchen, removed walls or an added room that doesn’t appear in the council records.⁣
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𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜! 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝!⁣
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I specialise in residential architecture, including alterations, additions and Certificates of Acceptance (CoA’s) for existing building work.⁣
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The first step is to establish exactly what was done, what council records show, and what pathway is available.⁣
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I can help with:⁣
• Assessing the existing building⁣
• Reviewing council records⁣
• Preparing accurate architectural drawings⁣
• Identifying the appropriate consent or CoA pathway⁣
• Working through the process with Council⁣
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A CoA isn't automatically the answer in every case. The important thing is getting the 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬.⁣
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If you’ve discovered unconsented work on your Christchurch home, send me a message with the address and a brief description of what was done - 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜.𝐜𝐨.𝐧𝐳⁣
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Let’s work out what you’re dealing with and what your options are.⁣
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𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜.𝐜𝐨.𝐧𝐳⁣

13/08/2026

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞?

Making an existing home warmer doesn’t have to mean a major renovation. There are a number of simple improvements that can make a real difference:

• Check for draughts around doors, windows and other openings. Sealing gaps is inexpensive and often worthwhile.

• Look at your insulation. If your ceiling insulation is old or inadequate, topping it up can be one of the better investments you can make. Underfloor insulation may also help with cold floors.

• Use your curtains well. Good curtains reduce heat loss through windows. Open them during sunny winter days, but close them before the house starts to cool down.

• Review your heating. Make sure your heating system is appropriate for the space and that you’re heating the rooms you actually use.

• Deal with moisture. Condensation and dampness make a house feel colder. Good bathroom and kitchen extraction, sensible ventilation and fixing leaks all help.

The important thing is knowing where to spend your money. Not every improvement will be worthwhile in every house.

At Geoff Tune Architecture, we work with existing homes and understand that clients often want to improve comfort without taking on a major project. Our experience helps identify practical changes that suit the house, the budget and the way you live.

Sometimes a few well-chosen improvements are all that’s needed to make an existing home warmer and more comfortable.

Follow us for more tips!


𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜.𝐜𝐨.𝐧𝐳

27/07/2026

Design freedom through performance modelling

Architects and designers shouldn't have to compromise good design to achieve H1 compliance.

With the recent H1 changes moving the industry away from the Schedule Method, many architects and designers are facing more complex compliance requirements. The opportunity is that calculation pathways and energy modelling provide far greater flexibility than prescriptive schedules.

At Geoff Tune Architecture Ltd, we help architects use the NZGBC ECCHO energy modelling methodology and H1 calculation pathways to optimise building performance without compromising design intent.

Rather than redesigning a project to meet prescriptive requirements, we assess the building as a whole. This can allow larger areas of glazing or more complex designs to be balanced with practical, cost-effective solutions elsewhere in the building envelope, helping clients achieve better value without sacrificing performance.

If you'd like to discuss how energy modelling can support your next project, get in touch.

[email protected]

13/07/2026

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧!

I'm excited to share that I've successfully completed the 𝐍𝐙𝐆𝐁𝐂 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 course and am now officially qualified!

I'm passionate about creating homes that are not only beautiful but also comfortable, healthy, and built to perform well for the people who live in them.

Becoming a qualified Homestar Designer means I can now offer clients even greater expertise in designing homes that are warmer, healthier, more energy-efficient, and more sustainable.

By considering Homestar principles from the earliest stages of design, we can make informed decisions that improve comfort, reduce energy and water use, lower running costs, and create homes that stand the test of time. Whether you're building a new home or planning a renovation, these principles can add real long-term value for both your family and the environment.

Sustainable design is about more than reducing environmental impact, it's about creating better homes to live in. I'm looking forward to bringing this additional knowledge to future projects and helping more clients achieve homes that are high performing, future ready, and a pleasure to live in!

Follow us to find out more.


𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐜.𝐜𝐨.𝐧𝐳

12/06/2026

09/06/2026

Designing spaces. Simplified process.

For a growing family, space and warmth was a priority. How could they add on to their existing house in a way that met their needs while still maintaining outdoor play space for the kids?

It was a pleasure working with these clients to provide a solution that they were super happy with, and the whole family enjoyed. A simple use of cladding types also added value to the property!

Not sure where to start with your renovation project? Talk to the experts and let us de-stress the process for you!

Contact us now to book your no-obligation consultation.
e - [email protected]

Designing spaces. Simplified process.

For a growing family, space and warmth was a priority. How could they add on to their existing house in a way that met their needs while still maintaining outdoor play space for the kids?

It was a pleasure working with these clients to provide a solution that they were super happy with, and the whole family enjoyed. A simple use of cladding types also added value to the property!

Not sure where to start with your renovation project? Talk to the experts and let us de-stress the process for you!

Contact us now to book your no-obligation consultation.

e - [email protected]