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Episode 05 — How to Prepare for the First Meeting

October 25, 2026 · 18 min

Episode 05 — How to Prepare for the First Meeting | Chapter 5, Babe Let's Build a House How do you get the most value out of your first meeting with an architect, architectural designer or builder? Episode 05 follows Chapter 5 of Babe…
Episode 04 — Choosing the Right Team

October 18, 2026 · 22 min

Episode 04 — Choosing the Right Team | Chapter 4, Babe Let's Build a House Do you choose your builder first, or your architect? And what is the difference between an architect, an architectural designer and a draftsperson? Episode 04…
Episode 03 - Choosing your Site

October 11, 2026 · 13 min

Riverside description for Episode 03, plain text, 1,796 characters (limit 4,000): Before you buy a building site, there is a lot more to check than where north is. In my career I've watched a client pour their $30,000 contingency into the…
Episode 02 - What kind of Decision maker are you?

October 5, 2026 · 17 min

Building a home means making a huge number of decisions, and the way you make them shapes the whole journey. Over my 26 year career I've sat opposite couples who discovered in the design consultation that they weren't on the same page, and…
Episode 01 - Introduction

October 5, 2026 · 33 min

Welcome to the first episode of Babe, Let's Build a House, the podcast that walks you through the process of designing and building your new home, chapter by chapter, from the book of the same name. I'm Sharon Robinson, your host…

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About the show

Babe, Let's Build a House is the podcast for anyone planning to design or build their own home in New Zealand, and wanting to actually understand the process before they're in the middle of it. I'm Sharon Robinson, architectural designer, Certified Passive House Designer, and founder of Smart Living Spaces. Each episode works through my book of the same name, chapter by chapter, from the client's point of view, covering everything from understanding your site and choosing the right team, through fees, contracts, budgets, performance, and what happens after you've moved in. This podcast exists because professionals are very good at explaining things to each other, and not nearly good enough at explaining them to the people actually building the home. Understanding the process, who does what, what questions to ask, and where the costly traps are, leads to better conversations with your design and build team, and a better result for you. My approach is built around people, planet, place, and mind, and the belief that a home should be healthy, comfortable, and affordable to run, not just impressive from the street. We don't experience our homes from looking at them from the opposite side of the street, we experience them from the inside, and that's the lens I bring to every episode. Whether you're just starting to think about building, sitting down with a designer for the first time, or deep into contracts and consents, this podcast is here to help you build better, not bigger or more expensive, just more informed. Grab a copy of the book, Babe, Let's Build a House, at www.smartlivingspaces.nz/book