John Anderson Architect / Architects in Westmere

Having outlined my thoughts to John on what I wanted, I felt John and I could work together to achieve the best result and a home I would be proud to own and live in.

In August 2010 I moved into my new home home.

I would have no hesitation in recommending John Anderson to future clients.

At all times John communicated… with me in a professional manner including the difficult resource consent process and heritage requirements and all aspects of the job.

John also worked well with the builder on this project, who was also experienced in villa renovation. I am delighted with the result."

The first stage of the planning started with a double garage and a couple of rooms and a bathroom… underneath.

The next stage was to build the house on the opposite side of the hill.

We soon realised we did not have enough money to carry on with the next stage, so together with John it was decided to change the use of the garage:

It became a beautiful living room!

A couple of years later, John planned the second stage of the house, which was to build a floor on top of “the garage”, with stunning views of the sea, bedroom, bathroom and a lovely sitting room.

Our house has been completed some years ago, and we have been living in it, very happily.

From my description, it is possible to think that, adding and changing the original brief, would not have had a positive result on the overall house.

In fact it is the opposite!

The house is situated right on a cliff edge, close to a stunning public track that goes to Taylor’s Mistake beach that a lot of people use every day. Our house has been admired for years by these passers-by, with a number of them knocking at our door to compliment us for its style and design.

John has done a great job for us: his professional manner, creativity and vision have been really appreciated, not only for our own project.

We have been lucky to follow John’s other projects with great interest and admiration.

Maria Fresia"

Together we worked through design options and John was amazingly thorough to work with and communicated well throughout the whole process of the design and build. Budget was a consideration and we were… grateful that John understood our needs whilst at all times giving us the best possible solutions to fit our budget. He is totally professional in his manner and approach, and as clients we knew exactly what to expect and when.

A few years later we added a 2 room bathroom studio in our back yard – a building which John also designed.

This studio is wonderful, multifunctional and has completed our home and enhanced our living 100 percent.

And now in 2010 we have once again commisioned John to design and oversee the build of a holiday house in Rarotonga. Budget has been a big consideration all the way on this project and he has been understanding of this, whilst maintaining the integrity and style of the building that we all want. We communicate regulary on this project and John is clear and presise on the needs and structure of this build. We are working to a very tight time frame and there is no problem dealing with him on this basis.

For us John offers great value for money, not only with regards to the fees but also in the overall project.

The outcome for us is a fantastic home and space that we love to be in. Not too mention ongoing positive feedback from people who come in to the house.

Julie Smith

Ariki st

Grey Lynn"