David Gare has done some renovation and joinery work for me at my house in Wanaka. The renovation work was to replace some poor work done by the original tradesmen, and the joinery work was building a new window seat, with drawers and a side shelf unit in my lounge.

All the work was done to an exemplary standard, and I could not have asked for a better job. David is a very customer-oriented person and has excellent project management skills. I would recommend him highly to anyone considering using his services.

With David from ARCBuild you get the best of both worlds—design and build quality. My wish was to return the original character of my 1930's villa, but include in keeping modern features. David took on this task and if I couldn't source it David built it, the result was that my vision was realised and more. I found him to be reliable, he stayed until the job was done and kept me informed at all stages. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending David for any building or design project.

We employed David Gare to obtain resource consent for us and to start the process of designing and building a house on our land. We knew he was starting out and that he had great background knowledge of both building and design, which appealed to us. And he didn’t disappoint! David truly has a passion for what he does and was just so approachable and positive about everything we discussed and wanted out of the partnership. The resource consent was an involved one for our particular site and he revelled in the challenge. Queries and changes were dealt with quickly and plans and drawings were in front of us before the ink was dry. We just wanted to say a big thank you to him for his enthusiasm and thoroughness – bring on the next stage. Thank you