Hawke’s Bay

Servicing Hawkes Bay – Napier, Hastings and Surrounding Areas

At Navigation Homes, we are a family-owned and operated business who have a small but highly productive team working together to coordinate the best possible build experience for you.

We would love to know more about the ideas you have for your new home so please find the contact details below.

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Contact Julian Safina

Director
Ph: 027 459 5406
julian@navigationhomes.co.nz

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Navigation Homes

Introducing the Team

At Navigation Homes Hawkes Bay, director Julian Safina leads with experience, integrity, and a genuine passion for helping clients bring their dream homes to life.

With more than seven years of experience designing homes alongside his clients, Julian has successfully brought over 60 houses from concept to completion. This experience gives him a strong understanding of the practical side of building and the design choices that transform a house into a home. His hands-on approach ensures every home is thoughtfully designed to reflect each client’s lifestyle, vision, and budget.

For Julian and his team, building isn’t just about the end result — it’s about making the experience enjoyable, exciting, and stress-free along the way for the client. He stays deeply connected to the project and is easy to reach from start to finish. With clients consistently attesting to Julian’s high level of communication, strong design expertise, in-depth industry knowledge, and exceptional customer care, clients can have the peace of mind to know they’re in good hands.

As a proud family business, Navigation Homes Hawkes Bay is built on strong values — delivering bespoke homes with a quality finish at an honest price. Every build is supported by a reliable team of skilled tradespeople who take pride in their work and share the same high standards.

Whether you’re building your very first home or adding another to your journey, we’d love to help bring your ideas to life and create a home that is truly designed with you and for you.

Get in touch with Julian to begin your build with confidence.

Phone 027 459 5406 or email julian@navigationhomes.co.nz

Testimonials

We are currently building with Navigation homes. We have built several times before and knew what we were looking for, including our non-negotiables. We kept returning to the Navigation homes because of the quality of the build and the level of inclusions. I had a spreadsheet of relative costs across a similar builders from the few builders we had identified on our shortlist. What really closed the deal was when we met Julian at one of the Navigation Homes show homes. After speaking with two other builders who had showhomes in the same subdivision, asking them questions and getting the usual, ‘we will find out and get back to you’ response, we had quite a different experience with Julian. Not only could he answer our questions, but he also knew what he was talking about! He explained about roof struts as we wanted solar panels, offered a floor plan design that could meet our needs, and a cost effective way to have a raked ceiling in the open living area. Julian’s knowledge meant that we got to have more of our Wishlist then we could have ever imagined. Throughout the design process Julian’s professionalism remained consistent. He was helpful, incredibly patient and very responsive. We knew Navigation Homes were building a multitude of homes but we always felt like we were the only customers - the open, honest, understanding and as mentioned patient relationship has been really important throughout to us and highly appreciated.

Lisa & David

I had an excellent experience working with our sales representative Julian, at Navigation Homes. From start to finish, his communication was outstanding. Julian always kept us informed, responded quickly to our questions, and made sure we understood every step of the process. Julian positive personality truly stood out. He was friendly, approachable, and genuinely enthusiastic about helping us design the right home. It made the entire experience enjoyable and stress-free. Julian was also extremely time-precise and professional. Every appointment, update, and deadline was handled promptly and efficiently. We always felt like we were a priority. I highly recommend Julian and Navigation Homes to anyone looking for a smooth, professional, and positive home-buying experience!

Kathy and Mike

Working with Julian from Navigation Homes was hands-down the best decision we made in our building journey. From our first conversation, Julian stood out compared to the other people we spoke with, he actually listened to our vision and he brought creative, practical solutions that made our dream home feel achievable rather than impossible. His strengths really shone through: exceptional communication (quick responses, clear explanations, no jargon overload), genuine patience in walking us through every option, and a proactive approach to problem-solving over the months it took to finalise everything. Unlike others who seemed rushed or dismissive, Julian was consistently supportive, transparent about costs and timelines, and went the extra mile to tailor the house and land package to our specific needs and budget. What influenced our decision most was how Julian made us feel confident and excited rather than stressed, he treated us like partners in the process, not just another client. The end result? Our beautiful new home, built exactly as we'd hoped, with no nasty surprises. If you're considering Navigation Homes, ask for Julian, you won't regret it. Highly recommended!

Hayden and Abigail