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Our clients wanted to make use of their large sloping section by building another home as a rental for home and income.

The build itself has been cut into the hill with a solid block base with a swimming pool backed onto the new build, taking in the sweeping views across, Omana, Maraetai and Waiheke. This has created a nice flat lawn area on a difficult sloping section.

The House

This is a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home with open plan living and kitchen with a stunning indoor-outdoor flow to take in the ocean views.

The house is clad with a mixture of Axon Panel and Shiplap Cedar weatherboards.

Details

The Pool:

The pool itself was built by Willy Jones from Precision Pools who has an eye for detail when it comes to pool building.

This is an 8×4 salt water pool with Matakana timeless stone copings, NZ pool pebble finish with the plaster colour of Kaikoura Blue and Red glass beads. It has been finished with L.E.D lighting. The pool has been designed with a hidden under deck cover.

The deck has been made with 120×25 Vitex hardwood decking and screwed off with decretive stainless dome screws. The deck is surrounded by a frameless glass balustrade to enhance the view

Pool built by Precision Pools: https://precisionpools.co.nz/

Architect is Natasha at Respond Architects: https://respondarchitects.co.nz/

G Donaldson Builders
Auckland

Professionals used in
Maraetai School Road

About the
Professional

Our Background and Experience

G Donaldson Builders Ltd was formed by Gary Donaldson who has nearly 20 years of building experience within the building industry both here in New Zealand and London.

With this much 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.

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.