Builders · Franklin, South Auckland & North Waikato
Built right.
First time.
New homes, extensions and renovations.
A small builder that finishes what it starts.
Backline Construction is family-run out of Glenbrook, with two decades on the tools behind it.
Ring the number on this page and one of us picks up. Whoever comes out to look at your job is there while it gets built, and is still who you ring if something needs sorting afterwards. A bathroom gets the same treatment as a whole house.
We price properly before we sign, we do the exploratory work on renovations rather than guessing, and we put the awkward findings in front of you early. It means far fewer surprises later on.
- 01Site
- 02Foundation
- 03Floor
- 04Frame
- 05Roof
- 06Cladding
- 07Handover
A house, from the ground up
Every job runs through the same stages in the same order. Scroll and it builds itself.
Read the full processEight things, done properly
One contract for the whole job, and we do the chasing.
Nothing about it
should be a mystery
The same stages apply whether you are building a house or rebuilding a bathroom. Here is the whole path, including the parts most builders skip past.
Read the full process- 01
Free site visit
We come to you, look at the site, and ask the questions that decide what this job actually is.
- 02
Scope and design
We work to your drawings, or bring in a designer, and settle what is in and what is out.
- 03
Contract and price
The price, the programme and the exclusions, agreed and signed before anything starts.
- 04
Building consent
We prepare and lodge it, then manage council through to approval.
- 05
Site establishment
Fencing, protection, services located, and the neighbours told what is coming.
- 06
Foundations
Set out, dug, engineered where it needs to be, and inspected before any pour.
- 07
Frame, roof and weathertight
Structure up, roof on, wrap and cladding closed in. The build stops being an idea.
- 08
Services and linings
Plumbing, electrical, insulation, then the walls go on and the rooms appear.
- 09
Fit-out and finishes
Joinery, kitchens, bathrooms, tiling, painting and the hundred small decisions.
- 10
Final inspection and handover
Council's final, our snag list closed, then the keys and the paperwork.
- 11
Code Compliance Certificate
The council certificate that says the work complies with the consent. We apply for it.
- 12
Twelve month defects period
You ring us, we come back. That is the deal, and it is also the law.
Coastal build, deck and balustrade
Half an hour from the yard, most days
Based in Glenbrook, working across three regions and two councils. We know which one you are dealing with before you ask.
You already know
what goes wrong
Everybody has heard a version of these four, usually from someone at a barbecue who is still angry about it years later.
None of them is bad luck. Every one is what happens when nobody actually owns the job from start to finish.
- 01
The price moved
The number on the quote was not the number on the final invoice, and nobody could tell you exactly when that changed or who decided it.
- 02
Nobody was answering
The person who sold the job was not the person on site. After a while neither of them was picking up, and you were the one chasing subbies for a start date.
- 03
Council became your problem
The consent sat somewhere for months. The questions came back to you rather than the builder, and nobody could say what was holding it up.
- 04
It was nearly finished for a very long time
The last ten percent took longer than the first ninety. Things were still on the list a year after you moved back in.
So here is what we do about it
Four answers to the four things above. Every one of them is something you can hold us to.
Priced before we start
We do the homework before the number, and the exclusions are written in plain words rather than buried. Variations get priced and signed before the work happens, never invoiced after it.
One number to call
Whoever prices your job is on it while it is being built, and is still who you ring afterwards. Nobody hands you over when it gets hard.
Consent handled
We prepare it, lodge it, and answer council's questions. Auckland Council or Waikato District, we work to both and know where they differ.
The list closed at handover
We walk the job with you, write the snag list together, and close every item before you get the keys. Then we come back for twelve months if anything moves.