Kei te hurihuri ngā whare ipu i mua i te hanga i te huarahi e whakaaro ai mātou mō ngā wāhi noho me ngā wāhi hokohoko. Ko ēnei hanganga auaha e tuku ana i tētahi kōwhiringa pūmau, whai hua hoki ki ngā tikanga hanga tuku iho, e whakamahi ana i ngā ipu kaipuke hei rauemi hanga matua. Ko ngā painga o ngā whare ipu kua oti te hanga, e neke atu ana i tō rātou hoahoa taiao; he tino āhei hoki, e āhei ana ki te whānuitanga o ngā whakatakotoranga me ngā whakaotinga kia hāngai ki ngā hiahia takitahi.
Ko ā mātou whare kōngahu e whakarāwekia ana kia kaua ngā tikanga taiao e whakawātea i te haumaru me te noho pāmahana. Ki ngā āhua pērā i te whakamau, te pāpaku, me ngā rautaki hiko kua whakauru kē, ko te noho ki tētahi whare kōngahu tāruatia he wheako kore pāpaku. Anō hoki, ko te tikanga hanga he tere ake i ngā tikanga hanga tūmatanui, ka taea ai e koe te noho ki tōu wāhi hōu i mua. Ko te whirwhiri i te hoahoa me te mahi ka tūhono atu ai ngā whare kōngahu tārua hei kōwhiringa tino pai mō ngā whāinga rereke, mai i ngā kāinga noho ki ngā toa tūturu me ngā whare whakarerea. Ina kua whanake ake te mōhio o te ao ki te noho tūmatanui, ko ā mātou whare kōngahu tārua ka tū mai hei whakautu tūmatanui e āki ai i ngā here o te noho anō ā-kaipuke me te whakaiti i te pānga ki te taiao.