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June 17, 2025

Urban Homes is growing its team.

Left to Right – Jan, Baylee (Gateway Student), Rena, Luke (at the back), Casey (budding apprentice builder – we start them young!), Nathan, Tanya and Dan.

If you’ve noticed Urban Homes popping up more around the Coromandel, it’s no coincidence — the Thames Coromandel team is growing, and they’re doing it the local way.

This Matariki, as we reflect on whānau, new beginnings, and the connections that shape us, Urban Homes Thames Coromandel is proud to be building more than houses.

They’re growing a team rooted in the region, supporting local trades, and helping families build new lives here.

Take Rena, for example. With over 20 years’ experience as an architectural designer, she’s now the team’s New Home Consultant and Designer. Originally from the Bay of Plenty, she made the move earlier this year – drawn in by the lifestyle and the people.

It’s not every day you can walk into a design and build company and sit down with the very person designing your home. “It’s great to be involved first-hand with what people want to achieve, and then make their design a reality,” says Rena.

Also new to the team are Luke, a foreman based in Whitianga with strong family ties to the region, and Nathan, a builder who recently relocated from Tauranga.

And then there’s Jan. She and her husband Kevin relocated from Auckland to their new home built by Urban in Wharekaho.

“We loved the experience so much, I joined the team!” says Jan, who now plays an integral part of the office team.

Dan and Tanya may have started as a two-person operation, but today, Urban’s local presence supports dozens of subcontractors and services across the Coromandel – keeping business, skills, and heart right here at home.

Pop into the office and design centre in Blacksmith Lane, Whitianga to see how their family can help yours make the Coromandel home.

Imagine, build, LIVE. – with Urban Homes Thames Coromandel.

Contact Tanya on 021 744 197 or email tanya.jones-blok@urban.co.nz