Client Testimonials
John McFadden – Christchurch
Gareth Davis Builders have undertaken a number of alteration projects for me over the years, both residential and light commercial in nature.
Gareth is an excellent communicator, is extremely approachable and keeps me informed throughout each project. He is always willing to work with me to achieve the desired outcome and nothing is ever too much trouble to him.
His team are professional, reliable and efficient. They are excellent problem solvers and use their extensive knowledge to offer recommendations and solutions throughout the build. They run a tidy site and have exceptional attention to detail.
I can confidently recommend Gareth Davis Builders to anyone who wishes to take on their next building project.
Riki & Claire – Woodend
It is the second time we have used Gareth Davis builders; first for an expansive deck and this time for kitchen, dining, living room reno.
They are a great skilled team, and the subbies they used were also fantastic.
They are flexible, nothing’s a problem and builders listened to what we wanted and completed the job to a high standard. We are super stoked with the results and we will definitely use them again.
Jamie Young – Laser Plumbing Rangiora
We have supplied plumbing service to Gareth Davis Builders for a number of years. Gareth and his team always produce their work to a high standard and we are proud to work alongside them.
Gareth always settles his accounts promptly and is excellent to deal with.
Josh & Nicole – Christchurch
Gareth and his team are absolute experts in their craft.
We engaged them to undertake a complex renovation on a 1950’s property, which included relocating a kitchen, creating a new bedroom, two new bathrooms, a new roof and re-cladding a garage. Throughout the process communication was clear and efficient, with Gareth managing multiple scope changes and a series of different subcontractors with ease. The quality of the work was top notch and often above and beyond expectation.
We will definitely be using Gareth again in the future and would highly recommend him to anyone looking to take on a similar scale renovation.
Thank you for all your hard work!
Michael and Stacy – Fernside, North Canterbury
We were lucky enough to build our dream home with Gareth and the team. We couldn’t be happier with the standard and quality. Every step of the way was well communicated and made so simple for us .
Such great guys and such a beautiful home thanks to Gareth.
Aaron & Kate Harris – Aaron Harris Electrical Ltd
Gareth and his team are fantastic to work with. Gareth is the ultimate professional, he takes pride in his work and serves
his clients with respect and integrity. We are proud to be associated with his projects.
David McKay – Ohoka
Having been a Registered Architect for more than 30 years, I have worked with a lot of builders, some good, others not so good.
When the time came to carry out earthquake repairs and completion of our own house, I wanted a builder who was trustworthy, honest, a good communicator and open to a challenge or three. And preferably someone who would be on site and on the tools not just the phone.
Gareth had built a small house for some clients in Pegasus a few years earlier and I was impressed by his attention to detail and the tidy site.
Our own project was a different story. It involved some fairly new building products and systems, a few unusual materials, and as you can imagine with an architect’s house some tricky detailing. Gareth took it all in his stride, thought it through and came up with some good solutions. Nothing was ever a problem, and he went the extra mile on several occasions when unexpected weather and other events occurred.
We are very happy with the end result, and I have no hesitation in recommending Gareth and his team to any discerning clients.
Straton & Vicky – Christchurch
Gareth Davis and his team made our investment property renovation an enjoyable experience.
We wanted to be actively involved (get on the tools). In the planning phase we met with Gareth and sought guidance in how involved we could be and what work we could do to help save on some costs. Thinking this may be an issue we were pleasantly surprised to see how at ease Gareth was with us being involved.
Gareth project managed other trades and also kept us well informed of where we were at and what had to be done. Gareth and his team took around 7 weeks to do their part of the renovations so that we could start the exciting task of painting inside and out.
They were professional outfit who are flexible and will do their upmost to tackle any challenge. Thank you Gareth, Dan and Harry. You guys were great to work with and we will most definitely work with you again as well as be recommending you to others.
Tim & Brittany – Waikuku Beach
Gareth and his team built our home in 2020. We had no experience in building previously and was able to make the process as stress free and seamless as possible. The build ran ahead of schedule and we are absolutely thrilled with our house.
We would highly recommend Gareth to anyone looking to build or renovate!
Karen and Jim – Strowan, Christchurch
In 2013, following the Christchurch earthquakes, Karen and I engaged Gareth Davis Builders to rebuild a home on the site of our severely damaged former house.
The new home was architecturally designed to be built of timber weather boards to both replicate the home we lost and reflect the homes in the street. The design required a significant amount of detail finish particularly in the exterior weatherboard cladding. Gareth’s skills and the skills of his preferred sub trades have given us a superb executive home while retaining the classical character lines on the exterior to mimic the surrounding homes. A tribute to his building skills is really summed up from the comments of two other builder acquaintances who have seen the finished product and both have commented on how well the finish work has been carried out. That is a tribute from other builders about a peer…there is no better recommendation.
In 2016, Karen and I decided to build our holiday home and it was a no contest decision to contact Gareth once again to build this house for us. The house has already attracted huge attention and has been entered in the
Architectural Designer’s Awards both for the design and build quality.
We can’t recommend Gareth and his team highly enough. If you are looking for a competent, quality building company who can handle the construction of your new home along with the changes you know you will make along the way, quietly, competently and with the minimum of fuss, Gareth is the man to call.
Mike and Sandy – Merivale, Christchurch
Gareth and his team have done a number of jobs for us over the years – added an extra bathroom, built a fabulous deck, a new fence and now have just ripped out our kitchen and oversaw putting in a new one.
He is fabulous, very tidy, always willing to go the extra mile (took all the rubbish to the dump) and does a wonderful professional job every time – he has an expert eye for detail. He also has a raft of skilled tradesman at his fingertips too! We have no hesitation in recommending him no matter how big or small the job is. He will be there when he says and we would never use anyone else.
Neil – Yaldhurst, Christchurch
I contacted Gareth on recommendation from a family member. I had purchased a number of pre-fab classrooms from earthquake damaged schools that I wanted turned in to transportable homes. Gareth not only carried out the transformation of these buildings, he also offered input and solutions in the design phase and provided direction on ways to stay within my tight budget. Gareth and his team are quality builders who I will certainly use in future and would not hesitate to recommend to others.
Darren and Kerry – Waikuku Beach, North Canterbury
We took Gareth on to undertake our first real renovations that required fairly substantial work. Like many people, we employ professionals to do work that we just don’t know how to do. This however, can be unnerving as you are putting total trust in someone else.
From the moment Gareth and his foreman Dan arrived to assess what work was required, throughout the whole build and until completion, there was never a time we did not know what was going on. Further still, we were always told why something was being done. In fact, we learnt an awful lot about different construction methods and why it was done in a certain way.
In our case, we needed exterior windows replaced with double glazed units that were now stacker doors, external brickwork replaced with a modern cladding and resizing of windows in the kitchen area. In fact many of our decisions were based on reasoned advice given by Gareth.
The finish, both inside and out is quite exceptional. Advice was even given to us on how to complete part of the work that we wanted to undertake ourselves.
It is often said that any sort of building is a huge upheaval. This is correct to an extent but this was always kept as minimal as possible.
We would have no hesitation in recommending Gareth and his team to anyone considering building or renovation work. We know we have a great renovation and a builder we can trust for the future.