Horizons Residence
By Gibb Building
Two years ago our family purchased land in Wanaka with the objective of building a dream holiday home. A minor hurdle however, we resided in Australia and the house was to be built in New Zealand.
During the first year, working closely with our Dunedin architect we were able to create our ideal home, all we now needed was a builder to construct the house to the high standard we were hoping to achieve. At the beginning I clearly remember the architect saying, “I want this project to be an enjoyable experience from conception to completion”. We were somewhat dubious after hearing so many tales of woe from family and friends - how wrong we were!
When the plans were finalised our Architect suggested we meet with one particular builder, Nevin Gibb from Gibb Building Wanaka, whose infectious personality, enthusiasm and high standard of professionalism would be the perfect fit for us and our situation…living in another country - how right he was!
At all stages of construction we had the upmost confidence in Nevin’s professionalism. Every time we visited the site we were excited and delighted with the progress. Another secret to a builder’s success are the trades who work for him. It didn’t take us long to realise many of the best people in the Wanaka region were working on the house with the same pride and enthusiasm as Nevin.
Nevin is a perfectionist and he expects the same from all those who work for him. Every person involved with our project was polite and we always felt they had our best interests at heart.
An old builder mate from Australia holidaying in NZ visited the site at the mid way stage. He came back so impressed with the quality and standard of build and the quality of products used. Not that we needed it, but our faith was further confirmed.
For the majority of the time we were in Australia, so Nevin kept us informed of progress every week by emailing photos. Nevin was always open to our comments and would offer suggestions if he felt changes would improve the functionality and living environment of the house. Any changes made during construction were discussed in detail, quoted and then approved by us so we were always aware where we stood financially.
We are now holidaying in our wonderful home. We are so proud showing it off to family and friends, thanks to a fantastic work by Nevin Gibb and his team of professionals.
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Gibb Building Wanaka Limited (GBWL) has 20 years experience in the Wanaka area, specialising in custom-built architectural homes. We pride ourselves on our reputation of delivering homes built to the highest standard and working alongside our clients and their architects to deliver their dream property.
This includes the relationships we have built over these years with our subcontractors who also understand our client’s vision and equally set the same high standard of workmanship.
The GBWL team and our subcontractors always take pride in seeing a new home or renovations being handed over to the owners, completed to meet their vision on time, on budget and to the highest standard.
Our focus at GBWL is to work alongside the architect and clients from the early stages to understand the overall concept of the project and to work together to ensure we achieve and met all of the client’s needs, this could be also to help work thru sourcing and the using of alternative methods or materials, looking at the cost-effectiveness, using our years of practical knowledge to assist the architect and the owners in producing the perfect finished product.
Recently, Nevin and the team at GBWL have completed work on a large scale holiday home at Mt Brown for absentee owners, where work included a large scale dwelling with separate guest house. The build was completed on time and on budget. In the same year work, the team also completed work on the Hidden Hills show home; which was an architectural build of 370sqm, with many interesting features, utilising bespoke products.
Other recent projects completed, also include three new properties, one in Galloway Tce, the second in Clearview Street (Peninsula Bay) both of which were architectural builds of approx. 350 sqm. The third, is a large new project in Elderberry Cres, in Far Horizons Park, Wanaka, for a couple from Sydney, building their dream holiday home in Wanaka for themselves and their extended family.
The past few years have been busy, with a number of new homes being completed within the Wanaka area. These jobs have all resulted in happy clients, which is a driving factor for Nevin and the GBWL team, as they believe that these client relationships are what successful building is all about.
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