New home builders in Auckland. Your architect drew it, we build it as drawn.

We build high-end new homes across Auckland from your architect's drawings, at the architectural and custom end of the market. We are not a volume builder. We deliberately run few builds at once, which is how Finn stays on site through each one.

Our new homes have been drawn by EMA Architects and Bull O'Sullivan Architecture, and they range from Ema Waiheke, a 76sqm bach in dark cedar opening to timber decks and native bush, to the One Tree Hill home on Maungakiekie Ave, shingle-clad with a pool and terrace, a curved stair and a full wine cellar.

Bring us in as early as your architect will allow. The buildability questions answered at concept stage are the ones that never become variations.

On an architect-designed home, design and consent usually take months before anyone breaks ground, so the earlier the design starts, the earlier you move in. While your architect develops the drawings, we price them and raise the buildability questions, so what goes to council is something we already know how to build. Finn visits the site before anything is priced. We charge for that first visit, because it is where the drawings meet the actual ground.

Council has 20 working days to process a complete building consent application under the Building Act 2004, and the clock stops whenever it asks for more information, so getting the documentation right first time matters. Once we are building, Auckland's climate lets the work run year-round, though most trades stop for two to three weeks over Christmas and New Year. A project manager runs the day to day alongside Finn, and anything that changes is priced and agreed before it is done. Every change also adds time to the build.

Handover follows the Code Compliance Certificate, council's final sign-off on the house.

Industry averages put an architectural new build in Auckland from around $4,300 per square metre for the build alone, as a rough 2026 guide. They are not Glenbuild quotes, and every price is subject to site specifics.

On top of the build rate: add 20 to 30 percent for site works, consents, design and contingency.

Complex homes: well past $10,000 per sqm. We have had builds go beyond that because of complexity and the products used.

The design drives the number more than the floor area: structure, ground conditions, glazing, joinery and finish level. A sloping or coastal site, or long spans and a lot of glass, moves the price further than a few extra square metres. Our guide to the cost of building an architectural home goes into the detail. Send the drawings and Finn will price what is on them.

Replacing an older house is often the better answer when the existing one cannot be made to work for the site. Burrell Rd Waiheke is a 219sqm, three-storey home built to replace a bach, with views from every level: a concrete ground floor carrying timber-and-steel upper storeys clad in dark-stained weatherboards.

On a character street, check first whether a special character or heritage overlay applies, because demolition can need resource consent under the Auckland Unitary Plan. Those rules are changing, so check your address on Auckland Council's Unitary Plan viewer and confirm with a planner. If the house is worth keeping, our renovations work is the other half of that decision.

Our new builds have won at the Master Builders House of the Year in four competition years: 2009, 2011, 2016 and 2023.

One Tree Hill took Gold and Gold Reserve in 2009. Pt Chevalier took Gold and Gold Reserve in 2011. Ema Waiheke was a Regional Category Winner in 2016, with Gold and a Top 100 place. Burrell Rd Waiheke took Gold and a Top 100 place in 2023.