A pole shed on a hill block: round timber poles, timber bearers and rafters, steel bracing and profiled steel cladding, with the front bays left open for machinery. Phil builds all types of sheds, from pole sheds, lifestyle sheds and rural sheds to habitable sheds, garages and pool sheds, across Christchurch and throughout Canterbury.
Larger sheds on steel portal frames with timber wall framing: one going up on a new slab, another at lining stage with a mezzanine floor over one end.
Whatever your needs and your budget, Phil can create a unique customised lifestyle shed to suit your needs and your style, from the shell through to a lined and carpeted interior. Multi-bay storage, workshops and hobby spaces sized and sited for the block, with doors, windows, lining and finishes planned as part of the job.
A habitable shed in cedar weatherboard under a gabled steel roof, with aluminium double doors and a window to the finished end and an open lean-to bay running off the side for covered storage.
Garages built to suit the site: a three-bay garage in charcoal profiled steel with a personnel door and shallow-pitch roof on a levelled pad against a shelterbelt, and a timber-framed garage going up on a new slab on a hillside section.
Two separate storage builds. A timber-framed carport with translucent roof and wall sheeting, alongside open firewood bays behind a slatted screen; and a cedar-clad garden store finished with black trims, spouting and downpipes.
Post-and-beam pergolas built over new decking and paving. One photograph shows posts set out and braced over a boxed and reinforced slab before the pour; the other, a finished cedar pergola with clear roof sheeting over a new deck.
A covered outdoor room built over a spa pool: timber posts and beams, exposed rafters with a lined ceiling and clear sheeting to one pitch, cedar balustrade infill and stained decking. Photographed over five weeks as it was lined and finished.
A dark oiled hardwood walkway and shallow ramp run from the path along the cottage wall to a raised deck, sheltered by a white powder-coated pergola.
A custom-made deck adds value to your home as well as improving space and quality of life. Whether you want to enhance a patio, porch or courtyard or create the perfect entertaining deck for your Kiwi barbecue, Phil builds them all, with handrails and screening where the site needs them.
A hardwood surround built around a pool and spa, with wide steps up to the water and a level platform for furniture.
Timber retaining walls are a preferred choice for their flexibility and durability. Timber adapts to soil pressure and provides good drainage, stabilising the land and preserving the soil on sloping sections while creating an attractive backdrop to your plantings. Terraced where the fall is too steep for a single wall.
A standard garage turned into a lined, insulated bar and games room. Phil handled the build and coordinated the electrical and joinery trades.
From small to large, internal and external, Phil plans and completes all the building work required: here a relocated house set down on new foundations, and built-in wardrobes and joinery as part of an interior refit.
A freestanding pavilion with an outdoor fireplace, built to shelter a dining and barbecue area year round. Framed, clad and finished on site by Phil. The more complicated and interesting the project, the more Phil and his team enjoy it.
A standalone room built alongside the house, clad to match and fitted with arched french doors. The kind of one-off job that has no standard plan to follow.
A tidy weatherboard enclosure that hides the wheelie bins without looking like an afterthought. Built to match the house cladding and paint.
From architecturally designed homes to full package homes, Phil provides all the building services required to turn your dream home into reality: planning, pricing, consent management and construction through to handover. Shown here, a new home finished with a full-width timber deck, a new home with covered outdoor living and a pool deck, and new stairs inside another build.
Tell Phil what you have in mind. Early conversations make for better builds and better prices.
Phil is a Licensed Building Practitioner and a current member of the New Zealand Certified Builders Association.