I contacted Andrew Maroulis for some advice on our home renovation/alteration as a friend of mine…read morerecommended him. I found Andrew to be very knowledgeable and helpful and he offered new ideas too. We haven't got to the stage of doing the actual build yet, but I'll be sure to post a review based on the quality of building work. Based on just the consultation though, I'm sure the building work will be finished to a high quality. They are Auckland based and not far from us, located in Avondale. Cheers!

The Home Ideas Centre is a like a strange vision of the future, where some sort of terrible…read moredisaster has forced people to live in giant windowless warehouses, but the high level of prosperity has meant these warehouses are appointed with luxury fittings such as restaurant grade extractor fans and artisan skirting boards. It's really very strange here: it's a big warehouse, where people who make various home related items hire a space and then install a display. That's all fairly straightforward, but the strange part is that there's no people: if you want to know about an item you have to take a flyer, or register for more information, or go online; there's no one to talk to. Furthermore, because of the way the place is laid out, you very rarely see any other customers so it's quite eerie. I get that it's a useful place if you are doing a big home reno, but the whole place is unsettling so I just wanted to leave when I went there.

I popped in to look at kitchen cupboard door and drawer handles but they only had one range…read moreavailable. As it happened they had stuff I liked. I asked about prices and the staff member at HID gave me a brochure which didn't have prices in it but there was a website address so I went home and emailed my quest for further info. Within an hour the prices were on my screen so no complaints there. Home Ideas Centre is not what it used to be. Sure it still has a range of products you can touch and measure and feel but there are lots of big gaps in the displays. Nice that's the centre's open at the weekend though. Good on you.

We absolutely loved our experience with Cabjacks from start to finish. 10 out of 10! Excellent! The…read morecustomer service is friendly and helpful. The website is easy to use and looks clean, modern, and just great! Thank you guys for making such a positive impact on our kitchen renovation!

Am I impressed with the service I had today on my heat pump! That would be by far, the most…read morethorough one I have ever had. I will certainly be recommending your company! Dilshan is a credit to your company. Not only did he do such a great job but he explained everything to me in a manner I understood. Please pass on to him. Pauline Williams

One man's junk is another's treasure, literally at a demo yard…read more Thank goodness this place exists when we renovated our garden studio for eldest teenager to move into we had some rotten windows to replace. That's where the Demo Yard came in handy because we were able to source matching windows from here at a fraction of the cost of new. After a scrape and paint, they came out looking like new and working a treat in the renovated space. These guys have stacks and stacks of recycled buildings supplies, windows, doors, planks of wood, fittings for bathrooms including bathtubs, or kitchens including the sink, right through to landscaping like garden tiles or fencing, you name it they might just have it. They'll also take your old stuff, even demo an old structure.

After hunting round for the right size & type of pebble we wanted for our garden. After showing…read morethese guys a rough layout and size of our garden, they were delivering a truck later the same day. We shall return for stage two of the garden renovation.

We wish to thank your consultant Lucy for her help with colours for the interior of our rebuild at…read moreLake Ohau. We appreciate her suggestions after listening to our preferences and then her prompt email confirming the colours for walls, ceilings and cabinetry throughout the house. Although our builder will be purchasing the paints at a South Island Resenes outlet, we would like you to know that credit should go to Lucy. Thank you Jill Stone

After wasting a bus trip based on the recommendation off a previous Resene location, all I…read moreencountered at this Resene store location was unprofessional excuses and INCOMPETENCE! I needed a color-matching to a sample I brought with me, and the color-matcher '"professional" on hand, named Andrew, was incapable of being able to help me. Apparently, Resene is NOT well-equipped or capable of meeting customer needs at anytime of the day. Their lights are not well-calibrated and apparently they rely on sunlight for optimum results. My, how ancient! In the United States -- where I'm proudly from -- color-matching paint is NEVER an issue at places like Home Depot or other paint retailers. But New Zealand continues to struggle without success to catch-up with the 21st century! And today made me realize I can NEVER count on most New Zealand services to be prompt, efficient, or satisfactory to any degree! As Andrew rambled on about the poor quality of surrounding light, I just stood there dumb-founded realizing I was, yet, encountering another Kiwi excusing himself from being in any form effectual with his job. Without any further acknowledging of him, I just turned-around and left. His incompetence couldn't even halt me half-way to exclaim some other resolution to my issue. Truly, what POOR customer service! Ladies and gentlemen... HR professionals of the world: This is the so-called illustrious "Kiwi Experience" New Zealand employers expect of their native employees, and if you as a foreigner living in New Zealand don't possess these "qualifications," consider yourself excessively unemployed! "Kiwi Experience" expects you practice effectively: Laziness, incompetence, excuses, lack of fore-sight, not being proactive, thinking squarely and never outside of the box, quitting on customer service before even trying, and volley-balling customers from one salesperson to another in order to avoid - that's right - working. Avoid this Resene store. If not, avoid all of them!

Received a quote via from Albany Heat Pumps and their owner/director actually made the time to…read morecome to our property to see our needs and gave us a written quote on the spot. Had 2 other quotes and AHP were the best the price. Job was booked in and the two young guys that did the install were awesome! Were half an hour EARLY to the the time they said they were coming (unheard of these days!). Shoes off every time they came in the house - drop sheet on carpet to catch the small amount of mess and cleaned up and took all the packaging away when finished. Did an excellent job (commenting as a veteran tradie), set up the wifi unit - talked us through all that was needed to know. Job done in less than 3 hours. Love our new Mitsubishi Heat Pump. Thanks team! - Ross and Sue Beach Haven