For Real Estate Agents

A builder you can recommend without the worry.

Post-sale renovations and pre-listing upgrades for your clients across the Waikato. Honest scoping, fast turnaround, work that reflects well on the agent who referred us.

A property in pre-purchase inspection — the kind of pre-listing assessment we help agents with.
AJ Allison on site — co-owner and partnership lead at Finer Builds.

Talk to AJ directly

AJ Allison Co-owner & Partnership Lead

For agent referrals, the fastest path is a quick chat — AJ will explain how we engage with your clients, how fast we move, and what we charge for the kinds of scopes that come up post-sale.

The pitch

Why we're a good build partner.

Agents recommend trades for the post-sale phase all the time: clients who've just bought a renovator and need to scope work, clients selling who want a pre-listing cosmetic refresh, owners with a defect that surfaced at inspection. The trade you recommend reflects on you.

We're the builder you can refer without checking back to see if we turned up. Honest quotes, fast turnaround on the small-to-mid scopes that come up at handover, and we'll tell your client straight if the budget they're imagining doesn't match the scope they want.

We also offer NZS 4306-compliant pre-purchase building inspections written by Licensed Building Practitioners — useful when a buyer's report comes back unclear or the listed builder's report is light on detail. 24–48hr turnaround.

What we offer agents

  • Post-sale renovation scoping for buyers
  • Pre-listing cosmetic refreshes for vendors
  • Quick-turnaround quotes (24–48hrs typical)
  • Honest budget-vs-return advice on pre-listing work
  • NZS 4306-compliant pre-purchase building reports
  • Referral arrangements available on request

How we work

How we work with agents

  1. 01

    Refer your client

    Send your client our way (or pass us their details). We'll be in touch within three business days to book a walk-through.

  2. 02

    Honest scope + quote

    Walk-through, honest assessment of what's worth doing vs what isn't, fixed-price quote inside 24–48 hours for the standard scopes.

  3. 03

    Fast delivery

    Pre-listing cosmetic work runs 1–3 weeks typically; post-sale renovations longer. We schedule to fit listing dates or settlement.

  4. 04

    Settlement-aligned handover

    Final inspection and invoicing aligned to settlement timing or open-home dates. We keep your transaction moving.

Recent work

What agent referrals look like in practice

Generic examples of the work agents typically refer to us. Happy to provide reference contacts on request.

  • 01

    A buyer's post-sale renovation

    A Cambridge agent referred a buyer who'd just settled on a tired 1970s home. We walked it the same week, gave a phased renovation scope across kitchen + bathrooms + repaint, and delivered the priority Stage 1 inside six weeks so they could move in.

    Tanya to confirm details

  • 02

    A pre-listing refresh

    A Hamilton agent had a vendor sitting on the market without offers. We walked the property, identified $18k of cosmetic work (paint, deck stain, kitchen handles, garden tidy) that we estimated would lift the appraisal range. The work took two weeks; the property sold inside a fortnight of being relisted.

    Tanya to confirm details

  • 03

    A pre-purchase building report

    An agent's buyer wanted a second opinion on a builder's report that came back vague. We did an NZS 4306-compliant inspection inside 48 hours, gave the buyer a clear written report with photos, and the sale settled with the buyer's eyes open.

    Tanya to confirm details

Credentials that matter to procurement

  • Licensed Building Practitioners
  • NZ Certified Builders
  • HALO 10-Year Guarantee
  • Amotai Registered
  • Waikato-Tainui Puna Pakihi
  • Tōtika Certified

Plus Public Liability and Contract Works insurance current on every job. Certificates of currency on request.

Next step

Refer your next client.

Send a buyer or vendor our way, or grab a coffee with AJ to figure out how a referral arrangement works. Either way we'll make sure the work reflects well on you.