For bach & holiday-home owners
Your bach, warm when you arrive.
And dozing when you're not. WattDodger runs the heat pump on the night rate and your own solar, coasts through the expensive evening peak on the heat the building already holds, and wakes up in time for every booking.
The problem
A bach is empty far more often than it's full.
Empty midweek, empty off-season
Heating it all winter so it's never cold is expensive. Not heating it means a long, damp, miserable first evening every time you visit.
You're not there to manage it
Somebody has to remember to switch the heating on the day before — and to switch it off again after everyone has gone home.
Peak power is dear
Baches often sit on time-of-use plans with a cheap night rate and a punishing evening peak, and many already have panels on the roof doing nothing useful.
The answer
It knows when you're coming.
Link the bach's calendar — Book a Bach, Airbnb, or your family's own — and WattDodger works backwards from each arrival. It starts heating early enough, on the cheapest power of the week, that the place is warm and the hot water is ready when you walk in. Between visits it idles at a frost-guard setpoint.
Because the bach is empty most of the time, almost all of its heating can wait for the cheapest, sunniest hours — which is exactly where the savings live.
- Made in New Zealand, tuned to NZ tariffs — night, off-peak, peak, and spot pricing.
- Calendar sync for Book a Bach, Airbnb and your own bookings.
- Arrive to warmth and hot water, every time, without a phone call to a neighbour.
- Uses your solar instead of exporting it for a few cents and buying it back for many.
- Remote peace of mind: see what the house is doing from anywhere.
- No new hardware. The storage is the building and the cylinder you already own.
WattDodger
Certified
WattDodger Certified
Let the bach explain itself.
Put the Certified plaque by the door. Whoever is staying — family, friends or paying guests — can scan the QR code and read why the place was already warm, what it costs to run, and how much carbon its heating avoids.
Early access
Sync your bach's calendar.
WattDodger is rolling out to baches and holiday homes across New Zealand. Tell us where yours is and what heats it.
Prefer email? lee.mauger@kiwicollaborative.com