Our Services

Foundations, re-cladding, retaining, and concrete works

The structural and groundwork jobs that keep a property sound, foundations, re-cladding, retaining walls, and concrete works across the Waikato.

  • Guaranteed completion date, or we pay you $100 a day
  • One fixed price, agreed before we start
  • Built to code, and done once
A retaining wall built by Finer Builds.
$100a day if we run late

Who this suits

Other building works is the right call when the job is structural or below the surface, the foundations, cladding, retaining, and concrete that keep everything above them sound.

  • Owners with weathertightness or cladding issues
  • Anyone needing foundations or an engineered slab
  • Sections that need retaining or better drainage
  • Homeowners after driveways, paths, or concrete pads

What's involved

  • Foundations and engineered slabs
  • Full and partial re-cladding
  • Timber, concrete, and block retaining walls
  • Driveways, paths, pads, and remedial concrete
  • Engineering and consent coordinated for you
  • Weathertightness and structural repairs

Our process

Three clear stages, from first assessment to sign-off

Structural work is where shortcuts cost the most later, so we plan it properly. Three stages take you from the first site assessment to a job that's built to code and signed off.

Stage 1

Getting to know you

We come to your site, assess what's there and what needs doing, and talk through the practical options. Then we work up an accurate quote so you know what to expect before anything is committed. No cost, no obligation.

  • A site visit to assess the work and the ground
  • Honest advice on the practical options
  • An accurate scope and measure-up
  • A quote to follow, with no obligation to proceed

Stage 2

Engineering and consent, if needed

Foundations, re-cladding, and retaining over a certain height need engineering and building consent. We arrange the engineer, handle the council side, and build to the approved design, with a preliminary contract covering our council liaison where consent is required.

  • We tell you upfront whether your job needs consent
  • Engineering arranged where the work requires it
  • A preliminary contract covering our council liaison
  • One genuinely fixed price presented to you

Stage 3

Sign on and build

You accept your fixed quote and sign your contract, which locks in your start date and a guaranteed completion date. Then we build to code, from the groundwork you'll never see to the finish you will.

  • Accept your fixed quote and sign your contractYou commit here
  • Built to code, with NZBC sign-offs where needed
  • One point of contact coordinating engineers and trades
  • Finished on the agreed date, or $100 a day if we run late
  • A final check and sign-off
Start your build

What we offer

Structural and groundwork we take on

The below-the-surface and behind-the-cladding work that most people never see, but that every good build depends on.

Foundations

Engineered foundations and slabs for new builds, extensions, and structures, set out properly and poured to spec.

Re-cladding

Full or partial re-cladding to fix weathertightness issues and refresh a tired exterior, with the weatherproofing done right.

Retaining walls

Timber, concrete, and block retaining walls that hold ground and manage water, built to last on Waikato sections.

Concrete

Driveways, paths, pads, and remedial concrete work, solid, level, and finished properly.

Why choose us

What sets us apart

Structural work is where shortcuts cost the most later. Here's why ours holds up.

Built to code, done once

Engineered foundations, proper weatherproofing, NZBC sign-offs. We get the structural work right the first time.

NZCB workmanship

The same standard on the groundwork you'll never see as on the finishes you will.

One team, one contract

We coordinate engineers, council, and trades so you have one point of contact through the whole job.

Local Waikato knowledge

We know Waikato soils, sites, and council requirements, and build for them.

Book your free consultation

Our projects

Some of our recent work

The groundwork and structural work behind our builds across the Waikato.

A finished home resting on engineered foundations.
A finished Waikato build.
A Finer Builds tradesperson carrying out structural work.
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.

  • Yes. We handle full and partial re-cladding, including remedial work on leaky or failing exteriors, with the weatherproofing detailed and done properly so the problem doesn't return.

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.