16 August 2008 - HDH Winner @ HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) & Climate Friendly have teamed up to offer an innovative option with every new home - the ability to lower the carbon impact of your new home - using the ability for clients to purchase Carbon Credits as part of the building contract. See climatefriendly.com.au for more information.

8 August 2008 - HDH Display Home Open

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) & Design Studio 22 have opened a new display home - for a limited time only. The home is just 8 mins out of Coffs Harbour at 122 Smiths Road, Lake Russell, Emerald Beach and open until the 24th of August. Please come as see this magnificant home 10-4 weekends or 1-4 weekdays.

23 July 2008 - HDH Winner HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) announced as finalist in the "Industry Innovation Award" View our Award Details.

15 Jan 2008 - Low Carbon Option

In collaboration with "Climate Friendly" we now offer clients the option of building a low Carbon emission home. This has been available since December last year, across all of our homes whether custom design or from our architectural plan range.

This is more than keeping up with trends, this is about giving you the option to lower the impact of the construction of your home on the environment.

28 Aug 2007 - More Design Options

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) is pleased to announce that we have teamed up with the leading local design firm "Design Studio 22". This partnership will allow HDH to bring another custom design option to our customers.

"Design Studio 22" is a unique collaboration between national award winning Designer Richard Malcolm and Colour Consultant + Building Professional Lyn Malcolm, and together have formed a dynamic and creative architectural design and building advisory team. Check out their website

25 Aug 2007 - HDH Winner HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) wins best Renovation and Addition under $600k at the annual HIA Regional Housing Awards. View our Award Details.

13 Aug 2007 - HDH Finalist in HIA Regional Awards

Nominated for the North Coasts best Renovation and Addition under $600k. View our Award Details.

28 Feb 2007 - Historical Redevelopment

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has been selected to redevelop the Promenade in Harbour Drive.

New owners were looking to put their stamp on the long standing retail development. The scope of the works is to upgrade the general facilities to suit the tenants changing requirements.

Through the use of clever architectual design and colour selection, the Promenade will be given a fresh new image that will also blend with the earlier look and feel of this historical development.

15 Jan 2007 - Hughes Design

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has formed a relationship with local designer Michael Hughes from "Hughes Design". Michael brings many years of design and drafting experience to our custom design offering. Michael offers competitive rates and can be contacted directly on 0404 804 373.

12 Dec 2006 - New Plan Range Available

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has teamed up with leading design firm "Mondo Living". This award-winning Brisbane based architectural & design company allows us to bring affordable architect designed homes to the Coffs Coast - designs that are at the leading edge of house design.

The mondo living design range includes products for first home buyers through to the largest project homes available. The products have been created by the most advanced design studio in Australia, mondo architects - under the direction of architect Ray Sweeney. Check out the designs here

26 Aug 2006 - New look HDH Website

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) website now contains an easier navigation menu and more information to better inform you about us and the building process.

12 Aug 2006 - HDH Winner HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) wins best custom design under $300k at tonights HIA Housing Awards.

1 Aug 2006 - HDH Finalist in HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has again been nominated as a Finalist, this time in the 2006 HIA Regional Housing Awards. View our Award Details.

22 Oct 2005 - HDH Winner HIA State Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has again been successful at the state level at the recent HIA Housing Awards. View our Award Details.

5 Aug 2005 - HDH Finalist in HIA Regional Awards

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has again been nominated as a Finalist in the 2005 HIA Regional Housing Awards. View our Award Details.

16 Jan 2005 - HDH New Office Opens

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) has moved. Our office has moved to 3/160 Pacific Highway opposite the Coffs Harbour Showground. View our Contact Details.

24 Dec 2004 - HDH Web site Launch

Harbour Design Homes (HDH) brand new web site is launched. Offering a contemporary yet relaxed feel, www.harbourdesignhomes.com.au will be the main internet presence for the HDH organisation, forming an integral part of future marketing plans. The site design characterises the lifestyle we all hope for.

The web site was developed by Coffs Harbour based IT Consultancy Wassup Aust. email: info@wassup.com.au

11 Dec 2004 - Big Boys' Toys (Craig McTear, Coffs Coast Advocate)

Steve Brown, Paul D’Olier and Darren Digney are Coffs Harbour boys who will take their ‘big’ toys to play with the ‘big’ boys in one of Australia’s popular ocean-racing events.

Steve Brown and co-owner/skipper Paul D’Olier, and owner/skipper Darren Digney are the local hopefuls in the prestigious 24th Strathfield Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race which starts on January 2.

The race and associated series has developed into one of the most popular events of its type in the nation.

Mr Brown and Mr D’Olier have Harbour Design Homes B52, a Sydney 41 which they bought specifically for the big race and for use at their Holiday Coast Yachting School. They will have up to 10 aboard during the race and they have high expectations.

"We’re hoping to finish in the top 20," Mr Brown said. "The boat has done quite a few Sydney to Hobarts."

Mr Digney will be at the helm of Mistress Again, a Farr 11.04 which has also contested several Sydney-to-Hobart races.

"She’s 20 years old now and was very successful when she was a new boat," he said.

"We’ll be competing in our division and we’re going in the race to take some local people on board.

"There will be some who have done it before and some who haven’t. I figure we’ll have about eight on board."

A top-class fleet of more than 60 boats will negotiate a new course, which means a new race record no matter what the race conditions will be like.

The race is extended from the traditional 226 nautical miles by about eight miles, with a seaward mark a couple of miles north-east of Barrenjoey and another rounding mark off Palm Beach.

The facilities of the Coffs Harbour International Marina will be maximised as usual to handle the demand on berths when the fleet arrives, while the city council is negotiating with local boat owners who may want to temporarily relocate their vessels.

03 Dec 2004 - Locals square up for this year’s Coffs Harbour Race
(Joanne Dixon & Rob Kothe, Sail-World.com News)

Two yachts and their crews from Coffs Harbour will line up to compete in the 2005 Strathfield Pittwater and Coffs Harbour Offshore race series. This is exciting news for Coffs Harbour Yacht club as it is the first time in a number of years that the club has had two locally owned and crewed yachts enter in the race.
Both skippers are local business operators; Darren Digney taking the helm of his Farr 11.04 ‘Mistress Again’ and Stephen Brown and co-owner Paul D’Olier entering their recently purchased Sydney 41 ‘Harbour Design Homes B52’.

Both are keen to compete in this year’s race, not only against the other yachts in their respective divisions, but also as an added bonus to race against one another creating a race within a race for locals to follow.

Mistress Again: She competed in the Queensland ocean racing classic, the Brisbane to Gladstone race, four times.

Over the last 12 months, she has been reconfigured, with a new racing keel and Darren and his all local crew including females, will be racing her to Coffs Harbour for the first time. The yacht is being sponsored by MBT, Advisernet Australia and Westlawn Finance.

Harbour Design Homes B52: Has had good results in the Gosford to Lord Howe race and has raced in the Sydney to Hobart four times, the most recent in 2002.

The original crew is from the Coffs Harbour boat ‘Talofa’ (Northshore 38). The all local crew including two females, will be racing her for the first time together, in order to deliver her to Coffs Harbour. Once in Coffs Harbour she will be utilised as a Sail Training/Offshore sailing boat and known as ‘Holiday Coast Yachting’.

The race, which started out in 1981 as a sprint from Sydney up the coast to South Solitary Island and return to Pittwater, is now in its 24th year and has grown to be one of the largest races of its type in Australia.