G Donaldson Builders
About us
Our Background and Experience G Donaldson Builders Ltd was formed by Gary Donaldson who has 20 years of building experience within the building industry both here in New Zealand and London.
With this much award winning experience, you can be sure your building project is in safe hands.
As the director of G Donaldson Builders, Gary’s key role is client management, quality control, quoting and project management. Gary takes a hands-on approach across the business to ensure our clients' needs are being met, so it's not uncommon to find him on the tools helping our his team when needed.
We take pride in our workmanship and excellent customer service with the majority of our work coming from word of mouth referrals from our clients. And this is something that we are very proud of.
Our aim is to help our clients with their dreams of having the home they desire
We understand the importance of developing a personal relationship with each and every customer.
Communication is important to us so regular check-in meetings are held to ensure the project is running smooth. This is very important to us and this helps us maintain the best possible relationship during the course of the project and beyond.
We offer honest advice about the best building solution for you, always taking your personal specifications, budget, and property restrictions into account.
We only work with quality subcontractors with whom we have formed long term relationships and managed across all projects.
We also work closely with landscape designers, architects and draftsmen so we can assist your whole project from conception to completion.
Our services
Our services include:
- Custom home builds
- Architectural Homes
- Renovations
- House Recladding
Custom Builds
Do you already have a plan for your new home or do you need help with design?
Ready to build and have the plans?
Our team can take over the project management and get your dream home underway. Our team will take care of all the planning, dealing with the council and all the subcontractors to ensure your project runs to plan.
We will have regular check-in meetings with you to ensure you always kept in the loop. We believe in openness and clear communication with all our clients no matter the project.
No matter what your first step is we can help by:
- Working with your architects' design
- Connect you with an architect
- Fully project manage your new build with care and consideration
House Recladding
Weather tightness can be an issue especially in the older homes and unfortunately with the leaky homes in NZ some older homes have had a bad rap.
Recladding is a big job and can be costly if not done right. It requires time dealing with council and inspections and managing the different Sub-Contractors.
If you are having issues with a leaky home or need to update your tired looking cladding our team can help.
Our Team Can Help You With The Following:
- Planning and project managing
- Booking in Sub-Contractors, and scaffolding
- Organise for your home to be wrapped to protect it from the weather
- Removal and disposal of existing cladding
- All Council inspections
- Repair work to any damaged components of existing cladding
- Install new cladding
- Re-paint of new or repaired cladding
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Business details
- Category:
- Builders
- Business focus:
- Residential
- Verified ArchiPro member since:
- 2019
- Award winning professional:
- 5 awards
Awards
Gold Award for Bunnings Renovation $750k- $1.5m
Master Builders House of the Year
Bach to Contemporary Masterpiece
Gold award & Top 100 Carters New Home is $1m - $1.5m
Mast Builders House of the year
Maretai New Build
Gold Award House of the Year 2026
Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards
Award Winning Shelly Park Renovation
Category Winner House of the Year
Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards
Award Winning Shelly Park Renovation
Top 100 Nationally
Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards
Award Winning Shelly Park Renovation
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