Hand the whole thing overOne contract, one project manager, bare land to keys.
Tell us the budget before you tell us the dream. We’ll say what it builds, where the money earns its keep and where it doesn’t. After that, we appoint and manage the designer, the engineer and the surveyor, we run the council process, and we guarantee the programme and the price.
Which one are you?
Four starting points, four different scopes for us to take on. Pick the one that sounds like you and we’ll tell you the first step, roughly what it costs and roughly how long. We price it against the budget you actually have, not the one we’d like you to have.
I own a section and want to build on it
You’ve got the land. We run it from feasibility through design, consents and build, and you get a fixed price before anyone lifts a hammer.
First step: free site visit→My old house sits on a big section
First we work out how many lots it carries and whether it’s worth doing. Surveyor, engineer, resource consent and building consent are all ours to run. The report is in writing and it’s yours to keep, even if you end up building with someone else.
First step: feasibility report→Standalone or terraced development
We use the same trade teams on every job, so we control the programme and can commit to it. You get weekly progress and drawdown reports.
First step: development plan & budget→Lifestyle block or rural section
Wastewater, water supply, access and firefighting supply all fall under rural rules, which are nothing like urban ones. We’ve been through them before.
First step: site & planning advice→Everything on this list
becomes ours to run
Run it yourself and you’re holding six relationships at once: designer, structural engineer, surveyor, geotech, council and builder. When any two of them disagree, you’re the one standing in the middle. Hand it to us and you deal with us alone.
Eleven items, all of them ours to run
- Feasibility & budgetwhat the land carries, and what it costs
- Architectural designdesigner engaged and managed by us
- Structural engineeringappointed and coordinated
- Survey & title workscheme plan through to new titles
- Geotechnical reportground conditions before design locks in
- Resource consentprepared, lodged and followed through council
- Building consentincluding responses to any RFIs
- Constructionour regular trade teams, weekly reporting
- Council inspectionsbooked and attended by our site manager
- Code Compliance Certificatechased until it is issued
- Guarantees & maintenance12 months defects cover, plus Building Act statutory warranties
“Efficient with Top Quality” is a claim
we would like you to check
One stage straight into the next
Our speed comes from scheduling. Geotech and consents are ordered before design begins, long-lead joinery is ordered at consent stage, and the next trade is booked before the current one finishes, so nobody on site is waiting on the trade in front of them. The crews picking up that work are the same ones job after job: they turn up in full numbers, they work fast, and they know our rhythm. Because the work is sequenced properly and done fast, we can put the programme in the contract.
Quality
Judged by third parties, not by us
Once the walls are closed you can’t see the quality, so don’t take our word for it. Auckland Council inspects at every stage from foundation to finish, and every result is on record. An independent chartered engineer signs the PS4 construction review on the structure. At the end, council issues the Code Compliance Certificate, and a house without one can run into serious problems when it is sold or mortgaged. We mark none of those three ourselves. You can also bring an independent building inspector on site at any stage to check the work.
When the consultants disagree, we sort it out
One contract, one project manager, one number to call. If the engineer and the designer contradict each other, or council comes back with an RFI, it stops with us and never reaches you, and it doesn’t become a variation.
Tell us the budget.
We build the best house it buys.
We build for more than one kind of client. Our work over the last few years runs from three-bedroom townhouses built to sell to first-home buyers, through to a six-bedroom house with two kitchens and a self-contained flat. The trades and the standard on site stay the same; what changes is where the money goes.
Budget first, drawings second
Most jobs go wrong because the design is finished before anyone checks the number. We ask what you have to spend at the first site visit, and put a written cost range in front of you before a designer is engaged. That way you choose how the money is spent instead of finding out afterwards.
Where the money earns its keep
Structure, weathertightness, insulation and joinery are expensive to fix and impossible to see once they are covered. If the budget needs to come in, we help you put every dollar where it does the most. We flex on the parts that don’t affect build quality and don’t economise on what you can’t see, so the same budget buys the best house it can.
The range is the proof
19–25 Sagitta Drive is a 100 m² townhouse built for the first-home market. 14 Seagreen Avenue is a 304 m² house with two kitchens, two master suites and a self-contained two-bedroom flat. Both are ours, both are in the project list, and both took about five months on site.
There is no house type we push and no price bracket we hold out for. Tell us what you have to spend; we will tell you honestly what it builds, and then build it properly.
Recently delivered
5 Ivy Lane, Karaka
Five bedrooms plus an office over two levels, with 305 m² of floor on a 350 m² site. Five months on site.
48–56 Adamson Road, Flat Bush
Five two-level residences, three bedrooms each, master with private balcony. All five sold.
17 Kaitiaki Drive, Clarks Beach
Five-bedroom coastal home, 284 m² on a 440 m² site. Five to six months start to finish.
Promises written as terms,
not just as attitude
Every one of these appears in the contract you sign. We will walk you through them line by line, and you are welcome to bring your lawyer.
Fixed Price Guarantee
The contract price is the final price. Any variation is quoted in writing and signed off by you before the work happens, so no hidden extras turn up later.
Programme Guarantee
You get a written programme before we start, and it goes into the contract. If we run late for reasons within our control, we pay you at the weekly rate written into the contract, a figure you see before you sign.
Independent Inspection Guarantee
At any stage of the build you may bring in an independent building inspector at your own cost, with no notice to us and no conditions from us. The best moments are just before the walls and the roof are closed, and we will tell you when those days are coming.
12-Month Defects & Maintenance Guarantee
For a year after handover we fix anything that is not wear and tear, at our cost. You make one call to us, and we do not pass you on to a subcontractor.
Materials Transparency Guarantee
Brands, models and grades for principal materials are listed in the contract. If something has to be substituted we tell you why and get your agreement first. We will not swap in an “equivalent” without telling you.
Six steps, and most of them
ask very little of you
Site visit
We walk the land and listen. It’s free, and nothing is payable up front.
Feasibility & budget
How many dwellings, what it should cost, whether the numbers work. You get it in writing, and the report is yours.
Design & consents
We appoint and manage the designer and engineer, then run both consents.
Fixed-price contract
We go through price, programme and the materials schedule before you sign.
Build & weekly reports
Our regular trade teams on site. Progress photos and drawdown detail every week.
Handover & CCC
We attend the final inspection and chase the CCC, then the guarantees start.
Let us look at the land before we talk about price
The site visit, and our first read on whether the project stacks up, are both free. Send us an address, or just a screenshot of the title. If the numbers don’t work, we’ll tell you not to do it. We’ve said so more than once.