Our Services

Custom new homes, built finer for you

Crafting timeless, high-performance homes across Waikato and beyond that reflect your lifestyle and vision.

  • Guaranteed completion date, or we pay you $100 a day
  • One fixed price, agreed in writing before we start
  • 10-year HALO guarantee on every home
A finished Finer Builds new home in the Waikato.
$100a day if we run late

Who this suits

A new build is the right move when you want a home shaped around how you live, rather than compromising on someone else's layout.

  • Families building their forever home
  • Anyone with a section, or after house-and-land
  • Clients wanting a custom or architectural design
  • Investors after a new build for their property portfolio

What's involved

  • A free consultation and honest feasibility chat
  • Design, or building to your architect's plans
  • Council consents and paperwork handled for you
  • Engineered foundations and full construction
  • Weekly site updates and one point of contact
  • Final walk-through, handover, and 10-year guarantee

Our process

Three clear stages, from first chat to front-door keys

Building a home is a big commitment, so we've built our process to keep you informed and low-risk at every turn. Three stages take you from that first conversation to the day we hand you the keys.

Stage 1

Getting to know you

We start by understanding you: how you want to live, your budget, and what your site can take. From that first conversation we can give you a ballpark estimate and a basic floor plan drawn to scale on your section, so you can see early on whether your goals and your budget line up. No cost, no obligation.

  • A relaxed first meeting to talk through your goals, budget and site
  • A ballpark estimate to check your ideas line up with your budget
  • A basic floor plan, drawn to scale on your own section
  • A build guide, so you know exactly what building with us looks like

Stage 2

Design, de-risked

When you're ready to take it further, we bring in our consultants and architects to develop your design properly, under a preliminary contract that does not lock you into the build. This stage is built to protect you: if council ever says no, every cost involved is fully refunded. You also make all your selections here, so the price we reach is genuinely fixed.

  • A preliminary contract to start design, with no obligation to build
  • A full refund of your costs if the project is ever declined by council
  • Your concept plans developed and refined until they're exactly right
  • All your finishes and selections chosen before we price anything
  • One genuinely fixed price, with council consent lodged and approved

Stage 3

Sign on and build

Happy with your fixed price? You sign your build contract and we get underway. We manage the lot from foundations to handover, with one point of contact and a completion date we back ourselves to hit.

  • Sign your NZ Certified Builders contract, with a discount off your build for staying with usYou commit here
  • Foundations, framing, roof, windows and cladding
  • Interior fit-out, kitchen, bathrooms and finishing touches
  • Landscaping, decking, fencing and driveways
  • Final sign-off, your keys, and a 10-year guarantee
Start your build

What we build

Every kind of new build

New homes and architectural builds are our bread and butter, and we build the specialist dwellings that go alongside them.

New homes

Custom family homes from foundations to handover, at a fixed price and a guaranteed completion date.

Architectural builds

Design-led homes built to your architect's plans, or ours, with the detailing to match.

Granny flats & minor dwellings

Self-contained second dwellings for family, rental income, or ageing in place.

Garages & carports

Standalone, attached, and carport builds, matched to your home.

Iwi & papakāinga builds

Whānau and iwi housing, with the credentials iwi-led procurement looks for.

Why choose us

What sets us apart

We've built houses for hundreds of families across the Waikato. But we never lose sight of the fact that this will be the first time we've built for you.

Fixed & transparent pricing

We provide a detailed cost breakdown and a clear scope. Every dollar you'll be asked to commit to is on paper before we start.

End-to-end project management

Your build is managed by a dedicated point of contact who keeps everything on schedule and provides regular progress updates.

Quality trades, competitive rates

As a Māori-owned business connected through Waikato-Tainui's Puna Pakihi network, we bring a trusted network of quality local trades. With lower overheads than the big firms, our rates stay competitive with tier-one builders, without cutting corners on materials or finish.

Local Waikato knowledge

We understand local conditions and processes, and use our regional expertise to deliver a smoother building experience.

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Our projects

Some of our recent work

A sample of the new homes we've built across the Waikato. Every one gets the same standard: fixed pricing, a guaranteed completion date, finished right.

A finished Finer Builds new home in the Waikato.
An architectural new build by Finer Builds, with gabled form, timber and dark cladding, and full-height glazing.
A Finer Builds minor dwelling built in the Waikato.
See it all here

FAQs

Your questions, answered

Quick answers to the questions we get asked most. If yours isn't here, drop us a line, we love a curly one.

  • Most single-dwelling new builds run 7–12 months from foundations to handover, depending on size and finish complexity. The clock starts at consent, you'll get a fixed contracted completion date.

Get a fixed price,
on a date we guarantee

Talk us through your project and we'll scope it properly, then hand you a fixed price in writing along with a completion date in your contract. Miss that date and we pay you $100 for every day we run late. No cost to ask, no pressure.

Get in touch

Let's work together

Tell us about your project. We'll be in touch within three business days to set up a free site visit, no obligation, no pressure.