About us
Renovating a home is an exciting time but it can also be stressful. We work closely with you to manage the process, particularly at the concept stage so that you have an idea of what the job is going to cost upfront.
Founder of Renovation Builders, Zane Raphael, has been building for over 20 years. His team has completed over 150+ residential renovations and new builds.
Zane has also renovated his own home which was given a 10 Homestar Award. Homestar is a comprehensive, independent national rating tool, run by the not-for-profit Green Building Council, that measures the health, warmth and efficiency of New Zealand houses. A 10 Homestar rating means you’ve built a world leading house.
Meet the team
What we do
Transform Your Home With Our Comprehensive Renovation Services.
We offer a comprehensive range of services to bring your dream home to life. Our expertise spans from design and build, to renovations and extensions, re-cladding, and installation of new kitchens and bathrooms. Whatever your vision may be, we’re here to help you achieve it with our skilled team and craftsmanship. Let us bring your home renovation ideas to reality.
Our process
Introduction
It is great if we can visit your property. This is a good opportunity to meet each other and discuss your renovation Ideas. Often when a house is first purchased it may be a good idea to move in and live in it before settling on making long term changes. However another pair of eyes can also open up ideas that you may not have considered. At this meeting we will assess whether you will need a building consent.
Concept Plans
This is the first stage of working towards the stamped council drawings. We believe this is the most critical stage of the whole design and build process. The concept plans are where you get to play around with the design, make changes and dream. It is also a critical part of the process - making sure we are working within budgets. Once the concepts are completed we will put together an estimate based on these drawings. We will charge $700.00 +Gst for this, this price also includes pricing the completed Working Drawings too.This helps you to keep a handle on the design vs budget. We prefer our clients to work with our recommended long standing Designers. We introduce you to the designers and then you deal direct - we do not take any fees for this. It is important that all parties have an open dialogue during the design and entire build. We are also happy to work with your own designer of choice too.
Working Drawings
The Concept design has now been completed - The next stage is detailed working plans. These are the Plans we build off.
These will have all of the materials to be used, Engineering information, cladding details etc. These plans cover every aspect of the build. Once the build starts there is still time to make minor changes as the project unfolds by way of a "Minor variation". We deal with these on site during the build via a combination of us engaging the designer and meeting on site with a council inspector. There is another level of change where it may require an “Amendment", This is where the designer will detail up a significant change and it will be submitted back into council and processed under the existing consent number (like a mini consent). These are generally fast tracked, however we do not encourage too many of these as the project could come to a stop if the change is significant enough.
Pricing - Once the working drawings are completed and as they are submitted into council we can put together a comprehensive price for you. You may need this if you are going to your bank. We break the pricing down by cost centre so that you can see where each portion of the build is being spent.
Council Consent - You are almost there! Finally all of your planning and dreaming can start to take shape. The council take a minimum 20 working days to process your plans. On average allow between 2 - 3 months depending on the size of the build. Once the plans are stamped we should have presented you with our Price and contract and be ready to start your build. We will see your project right through to the end obtaining CCC for you.
