What we do

Four ways
to work with us

Whether it's a new build, an hour of advice before you commit, or a building that needs strengthening, the same crew and the same standard turn up. Start wherever you are.

Services

Where most
people start

Most projects use more than one of these, and plenty of owners bring us in partway. Tell us where you are up to and we will point you at the right starting line.

Building

Architecturally designed new homes on demanding coastal sites, estimated in detail, with the option of the Master Build Guarantee. It's the reason why clients recommend us by name.

  • Detailed pricing
  • Site works and foundations
  • Structure and weathertightness
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Consultancy

Early-stage input on buildability, budget, and site while your plans are still on paper, from a team who'll tell you the truth before you commit. It's the cheapest hour you'll spend.

  • Home design
  • Choosing your land
  • Exterior products
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Project management

One point of contact for consultants, council, and sub-trades. Regular correspondence for owners who live three hours away. It's the kind of oversight our high-end clients expect as standard.

  • Design and planning
  • Consents and feasibility
  • Quantities and materials
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Seismic upgrades

Strengthening existing homes and buildings to meet today's standards, assessed with our engineers and carried out by the same crew, not a subcontracted add-on.

  • Seismic assessment
  • Earthquake-prone building assessment
  • Strengthening design
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Why pick us

The Ohlson +
Whitelaw difference

Three things owners tell us made the difference — and the reasons we have not needed to change how we work since 2005.

Registered Master Builders

A trade qualification on its own was never going to be enough. Master Builder registration takes building experience, trade qualifications, workmanship references and financial scrutiny — we've held it since 2005, and every new home we build has the option of the 10-Year Master Build Guarantee.

One point of contact

Craig is your contact from the first conversation to the final inspection, and he doesn't hand that off. If you're managing this from Auckland or further, you deal with one person who knows the answer.

A hand-picked team

Every member of the crew was chosen by Craig for their qualifications and their time on the tools. We take on a limited number of jobs at once so the people who priced your work are the people doing it.

Start yours

Not sure which
one you need?

Most people are not, and that is fine. Tell us about the site and where you have got to, and we will tell you which of these is the right place to start — before anyone commits to anything.