For Property Developers
A capable builder for small residential developments.
Multi-dwelling sites, lifestyle-block subdivisions, and infill residential work across the Waikato. Phased pricing, stakeholder coordination, schedule discipline.
Talk to AJ directly
AJ Allison — Co-owner & Partnership Lead
For developer work, AJ will walk a site with you, give an honest build-cost range at feasibility, and tell you straight if we're the right scale for the project. No quote-shopping theatre.
The pitch
Why we're a good build partner.
We focus on small-to-mid scale residential development — 2–10 units, lifestyle-block subdivisions, infill developments, second-dwelling work. Not multi-storey apartment towers; not big civil. The size where attention to detail still pays.
Developers need three things from a builder: fixed pricing, schedule discipline, and quality that doesn't come back as remedial work eighteen months later. We deliver on all three and we put it in writing — we pay $100 a day if we miss the contracted handover date.
We're capable of handling the stakeholder coordination that turns small developments into a slog — council, surveyors, engineers, civil subs, planners. You shouldn't need a project manager to project-manage the builder.
What we deliver
- Single-dwelling and small-batch residential builds
- Lifestyle-block subdivisions (2–10 units)
- Infill, second-dwelling and minor-dwelling work
- Phased pricing across staged developments
- Council, surveyor + engineer coordination
- Tōtika certified for procurement-grade developers
How we work
How we work with developers
— 01
Feasibility input
Get us involved at feasibility and we'll give honest build-cost ranges per dwelling type. Better than a QS in our area because we're the ones building it.
— 02
Phased fixed-price contract
Detailed scoped pricing per stage, locked dates, clear escalation path if anything needs to change. Stage payments aligned to your funder's drawdown schedule.
— 03
Schedule-led delivery
We hit dates — backed by our $100/day late-handover guarantee. Weekly reporting, photo-documented progress, Project Manager who flags risks before they cost you.
— 04
Staged handover
Each unit walked through, signed off, and titled progressively so you can settle as you go. 10-year HALO on every dwelling.
Recent work
Where we add value on developer work
Generic examples of past developer engagements — happy to talk specifics on a call.
— 01
A Cambridge lifestyle-block — 4-unit subdivision
A Waikato developer approached us mid-feasibility for a 4-unit lifestyle-block subdivision near Cambridge. We gave a build-cost range that landed within 3% of the final contract value, then delivered all four dwellings on a phased programme that let titles issue progressively. Every unit handed over on its contracted date.
Tanya to confirm details
— 02
A Hamilton infill — 2 minor dwellings
A small developer engaged us to deliver two minor dwellings on a single Hamilton site, with the council consent already approved but the build untendered. Fixed-price contract, six-month programme, both dwellings handed over inside the contracted window with the surveyor's final sign-off in hand.
Tanya to confirm details
— 03
An ongoing developer relationship
We've worked with the same Waikato developer on three consecutive projects — a duplex, a single home, and a 3-unit infill. The pattern is the same each time: early feasibility input, fixed-price contract, no variations unless they initiate them.
Tanya to confirm details
Credentials that matter to procurement
Plus Public Liability and Contract Works insurance current on every job. Certificates of currency on request.
Next step
Walk a site with AJ.
Got a feasibility you're sizing up? AJ will walk it with you, give a build-cost range, and tell you straight if we're the right builder for the scale and timing.
Or call 027 308 8803 direct.