How can we help?

It pays to get your builder involved early on. Simple advice from a Certified Builder when making critical decisions such as choosing a section, deciding on architectural style or selecting building materials can save you a lot of hassle later on.

A Certified Builder is trade qualified and offers the protection of building contracts. With a Certified Builder you will also be provided with the Home first 10 Year Builders Guarantee.

If you are carrying out building work you may need to apply for a building consent. Below are some examples of work that requires consent:

• Structural building including new buildings, additions, alterations, accessorybuildings e.g. sheds,and re-piling
• Plumbing and drainage
• Siteworks for a building
• Retaining walls higher than 1.5 metres, or a retaining wall with a building or driveway near the top
• Fences higher than 2.5 metres and any swimming pool fence
• Swimming pools
• Decks more than 1.5 metres from ground level

Yes.The full Homefirst 10 Year Builders Guarantee will cover you for:

• Loss of deposit
• Plumbing and drainage
• Structural defects for 10 years
• Non-structural defects for 2 years
• Alternative accommodation

We recommend entering into a full building contract which will enable you to know exactly the cost of the project and what you will get for this.

We welcome any changes you would like to make to enhance your home. Any requests incurring extra labour and/or material costs will be treated as a variation to the contract. All variations will be costed and presented for your approval, authorising the builder to carry out these changes before any such work can start.