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Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset
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The Haven Design - Kitset, a log cabin kit from Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood), has no published price and covers 646 square feet.
Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) does not publish a wind rating, a snow load, anything about fire or a price for this model, so 38 percent of the fields we score are blank.
None of that tells you whether it works on your land. Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance are site specific engineering, so the only useful answer comes from running this kit against your address.
Completeness
62 percent of the fields we score are backed by something Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) published. Why completeness is never part of the grade.
The thing nobody else will tell you
This kit cannot be scored on its own. Nothing on this page tells you whether it works on your land.
Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance come from your address, not from this kit. Put in an address and the gates run against the real requirement at that point.
Free, and it stays free.
Against our own kit
The owner of this site makes a kit home too. Rather than hide that at the bottom of a policy page, here it is at the top of every kit page, on published data only, with the same eight questions in the same order every time. Where a maker publishes nothing, this says so instead of guessing.
| Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset | The Octolithic ours | |
|---|---|---|
| Can you order one today? | Yes | No |
| Published price | Not published | Not publishednot yet. see our target |
| Size | 646 sq ft | 400 sq ft |
| Design wind speed | Not published | Not publishednot yet. see our target |
| Snow load | Not published | Not publishednot yet. see our target |
| Wall R value | R-Value 2.1, described as 'achieved consistently throughout the exterior board' (NZ R-value convention, m2K/W), published at https://lockwood.co.nz/our-system/ | R-19.3 for the finished exterior wall. One panel, one thickness, no options: a 5 inch core, 7 and three quarter inches finished, with 1 inch of structural mortar on each face. Tested on the … |
| Foundation | Suspended timber subfloor included in the kitset | Two options, and they are not an upgrade path, they are a question about the lot. On a slab at grade, or raised on its own eight sided garage story with a structural elevated floor. In a FEM… |
| Where it ships | New Zealand | Florida only. The engineering stamp is state specific. |
Both publish 2 of these 5 measurable figures. We publish no design wind speed and no snow load, which are the two figures that decide whether any kit can be permitted on a given lot, so on the numbers that matter most we cannot yet prove anything. A blank is a maker who has not published a figure, and it is not a fail. How this conflict is handled.
The Octolithic Kit Grade
Rubric v1.0, August 2026. Site fit is not in this grade, because it depends on your land rather than on the kit. Every weight, and what we refuse to grade.
What the maker publishes
Everything here came off Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood)'s own pages, cited at the bottom. A blank is a blank: we never fill one in.
| Build type | Log cabin |
|---|---|
| Structural system | Lockwood interlocking solid timber system: the 107mm exterior board comprises cladding, insulation and internal lining in one; joinery is integrated in custom-built subframes; tie rods run through the walls and provide lateral bracing. Built from radiata pine. Wall and joinery components arrive numbered. |
| Finished size | 646 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Wall R value | R-Value 2.1, described as 'achieved consistently throughout the exterior board' (NZ R-value convention, m2K/W), published at https://lockwood.co.nz/our-system/ |
| Roof R value | Not published |
| Foundation types | Suspended timber subfloor included in the kitset |
| Lead time | Not published |
| Delivers to | New Zealand |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Build difficulty | Hand tools and helpers Assembled from parts by hand. Slow rather than technical. Read from the construction method. |
What the maker says it resists
Design capability as published. Not a certification, not a rating of your house, and not proof against anything.
| Engineered wind speed | Not published |
|---|---|
| Roof snow capability | Not published |
| Seismic | The system page claims strong performance in the Edgecumbe, Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes and quotes a Kaikoura owner ('47 houses red stickered so far, but we're fine'). These are anecdotes, not a design seismic load or zone. The mechanism given is that tongue-and-groove boards move and absorb energy while the home retains structural integrity. Note: NZ MBIE CodeHub carries a 'Lockwood Wall Systems' generic-method document, which is worth chasing for real numbers. |
| Fire | Not published |
Price
Not published
This maker publishes no price. That is the single most common gap in the Index, and it is the first thing to ask them.
| What that number covers | Kitset includes exterior walls, windows and doors; interior walls, doors, wardrobes and cupboards; suspended timber subfloor; roof framing timbers; sarked timber ceilings; full building plans for site-specific consent; and an allowance for preparation of site-specific consents. |
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What else we found
Haven Design 60 m2 (=646 sq ft, converted by me at 10.7639), 2 bed, 1 bath, described as meeting 'the new granny flat rules'. Other kitset plans published with areas: Lakeview 70 m2 2/1; Vacationer 99 m2 2+/1; Sunview 105 m2 3/1; Seaview 128 m2 3/2; Lifestyler 131 m2 3/2; Homestead 140 m2 4/2; Riverview 142 m2 4/2. No prices are published - brochure download only. Thermally broken joinery with high-performance double glazing is offered but no window R-value is given. Claims of performance in 'Cyclone Tracy in Darwin and Hurricane Michael in Florida' are marketing anecdotes, not ratings, and no wind zone number is published.
Questions to send this maker
Generated from what they left blank. Every one of these is a thing they could answer today and have chosen not to publish. Copy them into an email. If they answer, tell us and we will update this page with the citation.
- What does this cost, in dollars, and exactly which build stages does that number cover?
- What design wind speed is this model engineered to, in miles per hour, and at what Risk Category and Exposure Category?
- What ground snow load can the roof carry, in pounds per square foot, and is that the ground load or the roof load?
- What is the roof assembly's fire classification, and are the vents ember resistant?
- What is the roof R value, and is it nominal or whole assembly?
- What is the lead time in weeks from deposit to delivery, right now?
Across the whole Index, the average kit publishes about a quarter of what a buyer needs. This maker is at 62 percent.
Questions people ask about the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset
Answered from what Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) publishes, including the answers that are "they do not say".
How much does the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset cost?
Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) publishes no price for this model. Across the whole Index only about a third of makers publish a price in dollars at all.
What wind speed is the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset engineered to?
Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) does not publish a design wind speed for this model. Only about one kit maker in ten publishes one. Note that "hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, so a page using that phrase without a number has told you nothing.
What snow load can the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset roof take?
Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) does not publish a snow load for this model. Around one maker in twenty does.
Can you actually buy the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset?
Yes. Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) takes orders for this model today.
What foundation does the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset need?
Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) publishes: Suspended timber subfloor included in the kitset
How well does the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset stand up to a hurricane or a wildfire?
The honest answer is what it resists, and under what conditions. No kit home is proof against either, and any page telling you otherwise is selling. "Hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, no house can be tornado rated, and whole building certifications like LEED, Passive House and HERS all require a built, sited, inspected home and cannot be attached to a model from a spec sheet. What a maker can honestly tell you is what the design resists and under what conditions. For this model, they publish nothing at all.
Will the Lockwood (ReadyBuilt by Lockwood) Haven Design - Kitset work on my land?
Nothing on any spec sheet can answer that, including this one. Wind, snow, seismic, flood and soil requirements come from your address, not from the kit. The Octolithic runs every kit in the Index against the published hazard data for your point and shows you what survives and why the rest did not. It is free.
Compare
Nothing here is ranked by what anyone pays us, because no kit maker has ever paid for placement on this site.
Other log cabin kits in the Index
How it compares
It documents more than the average log cabin kit, 62 percent against 24, and more than every other log cabin kit we hold.
Computed across all 515 kit homes in the Index, 45 of them log cabin. Recomputed on every build.
Sources
| Where these values came from | https://lockwoodreadybuilt.co.nz/collection/kitset-homes/ |
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| Maker's site | https://lockwood.co.nz/ |
| Last checked | 09 October 2026 |
Values are what the maker published on the date above. Makers change pages without notice. If you find something out of date, use the contact form and we will recheck it and re-cite it. Members can dispute any figure on the page, and the dispute and its resolution are both published.