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Northern NSW Awards
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Northern NSW Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards
HIA Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards provide home builders and designers the opportunity to receive recognition, and showcase their work to the broader industry. Winners and finalists not only receive extensive media promotion for their business, they also get the opportunity to promote themselves as an industry leader.
How to enter
- Choose your category - view the category choices based on your project location
- Review the photographic requirements, checklist items, conditions of entry, project price definition and winner's pathway.
- Upload all checklist items and submit before closing date.
2022 Awards now open
Entry Fees
| Housing | Kitchen and bathroom |
| $385 | $187 |
Important dates
| Entries close | Awards presentation |
| 20 June | 17 September |
Judging
Judging of entries will take place on-site from May to August. HIA staff will contact each entrant to provide a judging date and time. It is the responsibility of the entrant to provide details of the inspection time to the home owner.
The following categories are not judged onsite: Kitchen Design, Bathroom Design and Work Health Safety.
Project price definition
Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom
- Your Project Price must reflect the entire cost of the project as viewed by the judges.
- This is inclusive of your contract price + variations + all works supplied or carried out by owner/others.
- Your project price must include GST, site works, all extras, final PC and provisional sum adjustments.
- Do not include land price and the cost of removable appliances such as fridges, microwaves, etc
- The project price of kitchen and bathroom entries must include all prime cost items such as cabinets, splashbacks, fixtures and fittings, bench-tops, trades, etc.
- Your project price determines which price category your project fits into (where applicable).
Northern NSW award categories
Select the relevant category from the list below to enter the 2022 Northern NSW Awards:
Bathroom of the Year
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a bathroom in a residential building.
Specialised Housing
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a residential building or other accommodation project tailored to meet the specific housing needs.
Townhouse / Villa of the Year
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual dwelling within a low-rise multiple dwelling residential project.
Apartment of the Year
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual residential dwelling within an apartment complex, residential apartment building or other mixed use building.
Townhouse / Villa Development
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a low-rise multiple dwelling residential project.
Spec Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual home which is not built to a client’s brief nor is it on display to the public as a repeatable housing design.
Kitchen of the Year
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a kitchen in a residential building.
Outdoor Project
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an outdoor project (building or structure) built in association with an individual residential building or a multiple-dwelling residential project.
Display Home
An individual house that is currently on display to the public and is intended for reproduction as displayed or with standard variations to suit the client’s needs. The price of the category entered is to represent the r...
GreenSmart Sustainable Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a housing project (single or multi dwelling) that best incorporates cost-effective environmental performance and operational principles to its design and...
Custom Built Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual house which has been uniquely designed and built on contract specifically for the site according to the requirements and brief of a client.
Kitchen Design
This award recognises excellence in the design of a renovated or new kitchen in a residential building.
Renovation / Addition Project
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an extension, addition or renovation of an existing house or residential building(s), or the conversion of a non-residential building into a residential ...
Project Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of an individual home based on a specific display home design, whether marketed via a display home, a sales brochure or similar material (e.g. websites, dig...
Bathroom Design
This award recognises excellence in the design of a renovated or new bathroom in a residential building.
Apartment Complex
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a residential apartment building project.
Kitchen in a Display Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a kitchen in a residential display home open to the public.
Bathroom in a Display Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a bathroom in a residential display home open to the public.
Unique and Difficult Sites
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a dwelling or multiple dwellings built on-site with unique or difficult conditions such as extreme slope (a minimum gradient of 1 in 6) or onsite constra...
Innovation in Materials and Products
This award recognises innovation in the use of building materials to deliver a unique outcome in a residential building. Projects may use building materials and products in unusual ways, use materials not commonly seen i...
Residential Design
This award recognises excellence in the design of a residential building (single or multi dwelling).
Heritage Renovation
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a renovation and/or addition to an existing residential heritage building. The modifications must be in keeping with the heritage of the property and str...
Affordable Housing
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a single home or a housing development incorporating cost effective design features to deliver a high quality housing product at an affordable market pri...
Country Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a new home built in a regional or country area (outside the metropolitan area) that acknowledges the challenges of remote building activities such as var...
Residential Interior Design
This award recognises excellence in the interior design of a residential building to create functional space(s) through the use of innovative and creative interiors, space creation, furnishings and technology.
Coastal Home
This award recognises excellence in the construction and design of a home located in a coastal region which demonstrates the unique variances in design requirements and building materials that can be used to address envi...
Trade Workmanship
This award recognises excellence in workmanship by an individual trade contractor or trade contracting business within projects entered into the HIA Housing Awards. Trades include carpentry, bricklaying, tiling, painting...
Work Health & Safety
The Work Health & Safety Award recognises a residential building or development company that has incorporated leading practices in the management of workplace health and safety in a practical, systematic and achievable w...
Cabinetmaker/Kitchen Manufacturer
This award recognises excellence in the workmanship of a cabinetmaker or kitchen manufacturer.
2021 winners
Home of the Year
Winner: O'Keeffe Constructions
Custom Built Home
Winner: Toscan Homes
Display Home
Winner: Stroud Homes Port Macquarie
Project Home
Winner: GJ Gardner Homes Coffs Coast
Renovation / Addition Project
Winner: O'Keeffe Constructions
HIA Awards Program
HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards
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Professional Builder/Renovator Awards
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Greensmart Awards
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Small Business Management Awards
Recognising the vital work done by those behind-the-scenes in small businesses in the building industry.
Apprentice Awards
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HIA Apprentice Host Trainer Award
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