Accommodation & Hiring

Thomas House consists of eight major buildings plus other attached units:

The Administration Block houses the Director of Boarding and the Residential Manager's offices, staff lounge, laundry, sick bay, kitchen and dining room
Jubilee Wing sleeps 11 in single rooms but in an open format.
Oxford and Manning Wings are houses with a lounge, kitchen and three bedrooms that sleep 7.
Lindsay Wing consists of three modern motel style units, each sleeping 4 students in twin rooms. These facilities provide senior accommodation.
Fraser Wing is the main accommodation and ablution block and houses 80 boarders. Years 9 and 10 sleep in eight and twin bunk rooms. Year 11 sleep in four and twin bunk rooms.
Oxford Wing and Raymond Wing are used for Housemaster accommodation. Additional Housemaster accommodation is provided in four separate flats.
The Director of Boarding’s accommodation is located at 3 Oxford Street

Other facilities include Senior and Junior Common Rooms, Games Room, Meeting Room, Sky Television, DVD players (available in common rooms house and motel units).

Hiring Thomas House Facilities

A brief overview is given below. Full details are given in the Hiring Thomas House document which is available by clicking here.

The hostel is available for hire during the school holidays to parties of 30 or more, up to a maximum of 120.

Miscellaneous

There are NO cooking facilities available for the use of the hirer except in the motel units, which have microwaves and tea and coffee making facilities. All meals are prepared by hostel staff and served in the hostel dining room. The Continental breakfast is a self-serve meal. Casual meals are available for visitors with reasonable notice to be given to kitchen and payment is to be made to kitchen staff after the meal.

A bond of $250 is required one month prior to hiring of facilities. The hostel premises will be inspected immediately following the hiring, and in the event of damage or misuse of the hostel, the damage bond will be forfeited and the full costs will be sought.

Hirers are required to supply their own bedding or sleeping bags, and towels. The hostel can arrange hire of these for you at cost. Pillows are supplied. Domestic laundry facilities are available to the hirer at a small charge... A laundress can be supplied under separate negotiation at an additional cost. Common rooms and TV are available. Persons wishing to hire additional facilities such as the gymnasium, hall or classrooms must negotiate these with the Director of Boarding.

The Director reserves the right to revise these prices. Any necessary increases will be advised prior to confirmation of booking.
If a confirmed booking is cancelled within 21 days prior to the commencement of hiring, the hirer will be charged a penalty of 20% of the total tariff, or the actual costs incurred, whichever is the greater.
Confirmation of numbers is required 14 days prior to the end of the school term. This is particularly necessary over the Christmas holiday break. Hirers must confirm numbers before the school closes in December as staff are not on site and often cannot be contacted over the holiday.

Contacts for further information:

Ross Smith - Director of Boarding, 03 687 7169/027 222 5458, smithro@timaruboys.school.nz

Paula Cross - Residential Manager, 03 687 7560, crosspa@timaruboys.school.nz

Carolyn Bunting - Administration, 03 687 7560/ Fax 03 688 8219, buntingca@timaruboys.school.nz

Justin Holman - Catering Manager, 03 687 7169/Fax 03 688 9295, cateringma@timaruboys.school.nz

Thomas House Postal Address: Private Bag 903, Timaru 7940

Street Address: Oxford Street, Timaru