futuro at Saint Ouen

In what is probably the definitive reference document on the history of the Futuro House "Futuro - Tomorrow's House from Yesterday By Marko Home and Mika Taanila" guest contributor Paul McNeil writes [page 123 refers] that with a promising looking future Futuro Homes NZ Ltd. had plans to open a second factory on the North Island by 1977. There are no further details but perhaps this plan involved Orbital Homes Ltd. [then Thames Homes Ltd.]. - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

In what is probably the definitive reference document on the history of the Futuro House "Futuro - Tomorrow's House from Yesterday By Marko Home and Mika Taanila" guest contributor Paul McNeil writes [page 123 refers] that with a promising looking future Futuro Homes NZ Ltd. had plans to open a second factory on the North Island by 1977. There are no further details but perhaps this plan involved Orbital Homes Ltd. [then Thames Homes Ltd.]. - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

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 abandonned futuro

In what is probably the definitive reference document on the history of the Futuro House "Futuro - Tomorrow's House from Yesterday By Marko Home and Mika Taanila" guest contributor Paul McNeil writes [page 123 refers] that with a promising looking future Futuro Homes NZ Ltd. had plans to open a second factory on the North Island by 1977. There are no further details but perhaps this plan involved Orbital Homes Ltd. [then Thames Homes Ltd.]. - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

In a blog post dated 052306 The Tomahawk Kid provides some historical information about the Futuro though still no indication of its current whereabouts. The Tomahawk Kid indicates that on a visit to Thames he tracked down the original owner of the Thames Futuro [one of the original Futuro franchise owners in New Zealand]. The Futuro had at some point been traded to a man named Mike Peti. Apparently the trade included the original moulds used during manufacture. In a subsequent sale the Futuro [and presumably the moulds also] became the property of one Mike Zero, owner of a [now defunct as far as I can establish] shop called "Hunters and Collectors" in Auckland. Rumor has it that at some point Zero lost everything he had, including the Futuro, because of a drug problem. The Tomahawk Kid adds that the current owner of the Futuro lives in Auckland but provides no further information. In his post The Tomahawk Kid also writes that New Zealand Futuros were manufactured in Christchurch by Orbital Homes Ltd. Opencorporates.com indicates that this company was incorporated [as Thames Homes Ltd. see Certificate of Incorporation here] in 1967 and dissolved in 2001. Over the course of its life the company traded under the names Thames Homes Ltd. [1967 to 1971], Peninsular Builders Ltd. [1971 to 1996] and finally Orbital Homes Ltd. until it was dissolved. Shareholders and directors of the company were Stewart Graham Harris of Thames, New Zealand and Ashley Gavin Harris of Mission Viejo, CA, USA. Interestingly in among a series of documents available from the New Zealand Companies Office website [access the documents as a PDF file here] it appears that in 1999 the s - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

In a blog post dated 052306 The Tomahawk Kid provides some historical information about the Futuro though still no indication of its current whereabouts. The Tomahawk Kid indicates that on a visit to Thames he tracked down the original owner of the Thames Futuro [one of the original Futuro franchise owners in New Zealand]. The Futuro had at some point been traded to a man named Mike Peti. Apparently the trade included the original moulds used during manufacture. In a subsequent sale the Futuro [and presumably the moulds also] became the property of one Mike Zero, owner of a [now defunct as far as I can establish] shop called "Hunters and Collectors" in Auckland. Rumor has it that at some point Zero lost everything he had, including the Futuro, because of a drug problem. The Tomahawk Kid adds that the current owner of the Futuro lives in Auckland but provides no further information. In his post The Tomahawk Kid also writes that New Zealand Futuros were manufactured in Christchurch by Orbital Homes Ltd. Opencorporates.com indicates that this company was incorporated [as Thames Homes Ltd. see Certificate of Incorporation here] in 1967 and dissolved in 2001. Over the course of its life the company traded under the names Thames Homes Ltd. [1967 to 1971], Peninsular Builders Ltd. [1971 to 1996] and finally Orbital Homes Ltd. until it was dissolved. Shareholders and directors of the company were Stewart Graham Harris of Thames, New Zealand and Ashley Gavin Harris of Mission Viejo, CA, USA. Interestingly in among a series of documents available from the New Zealand Companies Office website [access the documents as a PDF file here] it appears that in 1999 the s - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

In a blog post dated 052306 The Tomahawk Kid provides some historical information about the Futuro though still no indication of its current whereabouts. The Tomahawk Kid indicates that on a visit to Thames he tracked down the original owner of the Thames Futuro [one of the original Futuro franchise owners in New Zealand]. The Futuro had at some point been traded to a man named Mike Peti. Apparently the trade included the original moulds used during manufacture. In a subsequent sale the Futuro [and presumably the moulds also] became the property of one Mike Zero, owner of a [now defunct as far as I can establish] shop called "Hunters and Collectors" in Auckland. Rumor has it that at some point Zero lost everything he had, including the Futuro, because of a drug problem. The Tomahawk Kid adds that the current owner of the Futuro lives in Auckland but provides no further information. In his post The Tomahawk Kid also writes that New Zealand Futuros were manufactured in Christchurch by Orbital Homes Ltd. Opencorporates.com indicates that this company was incorporated [as Thames Homes Ltd. see Certificate of Incorporation here] in 1967 and dissolved in 2001. Over the course of its life the company traded under the names Thames Homes Ltd. [1967 to 1971], Peninsular Builders Ltd. [1971 to 1996] and finally Orbital Homes Ltd. until it was dissolved. Shareholders and directors of the company were Stewart Graham Harris of Thames, New Zealand and Ashley Gavin Harris of Mission Viejo, CA, USA. Interestingly in among a series of documents available from the New Zealand Companies Office website [access the documents as a PDF file here] it appears that in 1999 the s - See more at: http://www.thefuturohouse.com/Futuro-House-Lost-Locations.html#sthash.8iag2kc9.dpuf

futuro at Saint Ouen

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