Basham building is a small, boutique building company that specialises in high-end residential homes, passive homes and renovations in Nelson, New Zealand.

We genuinely love carpentry and architecture and pride ourselves on doing the best job possible. We believe “if it’s worth doing, do it once and do it right!”
When we take on your project, we treat it as though we are completing it for ourselves. We aim to have the highest degree of detail and workmanship while not getting the budget out of control. This level of detail isn’t just for our finishing work. We believe our homes should be the warmest, healthiest and least energy consuming homes in the world.

Our clients deserve this! This has led us to adopt the passive house performance standard. We want our homes to be the ultimate in comfort, looks and energy performance.

There is no project too big, too ugly, or too hard for which we cannot do. Above all else we are problem solvers. 

We have experience in: 

• Passive homes
• New builds (both architectural and standard)
• Sip panel houses
• Prefab houses
• Complete renovations
• Bathroom renovations
• Swimming pools
• Decks and hard landscaping
• Timber pole sheds
• Shearing sheds
• Eco tech relocatable homes

Being a small company, there is the beauty of you being able to talk directly with the builder, who is onsite and acts as your project manager for the entire project. 

This personal touch ensures the job runs smoothly and you feel good knowing you’re not just a project number on a bigger outfits' books. This also gives you peace of mind that the passive house standard is being genuinely delivered by qualified tradesmen and not just a bunch of rookie apprentices.

We have tiny over heads compared to the big boys which keeps us extremely competitive

As a small business, we see how the local economy benefits from shopping local.

If possible, we aim to use as many local suppliers as we can. Experience has shown that quality control is better when we’re able to work directly with the supplier down the road and ultimately, we wish to keep our carbon footprint as little as possible.

Being aware of the environment includes us using materials with less chemical treatments in them. This makes for a more pleasant situation where we the builders can construct your home without being exposed to hazardous chemically saturated products. It also gives you peace of mind that your home is a safe and healthy place to live.