Taranaki proud
f you’re looking for exceptional and affordable builders who are proud to be local, look no further than Adan Larsen Builders.
Locally owned and operated by Adan and his wife Kelly since 2004, Adan Larsen Builders was created after taking a leap of faith to operate their own carpentry business following Adan successfully completing his apprenticeship with Brad Gibbons to become a qualified contracting builder, and successfully building a new home for his inlaws – the ultimate test of skill...and patience!
After almost two decades delivering quality service and workmanship, they’re here to tell you why you should consider building or renovating with them.
Firstly, we love working in Taranaki, especially around the Stratford area. We provide a wide range of building work from new homes, renovations and extensions, implementing sheds and farm buildings, roofing and small concrete and landscaping projects. This allows us to train apprentices in a wide range of skills which enables them to be good carpenters.
When we first started our business, we employed one trainee builder but as the amount of work grew it allowed us to take on an apprentice. This is one of the values we pride our business on – taking good young local people and teaching them the art of being a well-rounded carpenter.
We’ve had our apprentices take part in many New Zealand Certified Builders challenges over the years, all of them doing very well and even representing Taranaki at national events. This year our current apprentice Michael Craig represented Taranaki at the Nationals in May, making this the sixth time our company has made it to the finals, which we are incredibly proud of.
Since starting our business, we have established an office/workshop on Juliet Street growing our team to six with three qualified builders, including Adan, two apprentices and Kelly as our administrator.
Adan is also an active member of New Zealand Certified Builders where he has held the role of Taranaki President for five years. As a business we really value this association who offer a support network and a guide to best business practice within New Zealand’s building industry.
Taranaki has really served us well over the years and we enjoy being part of the Stratford community. We live on a great property just five minutes from town where we are raising our three boys aged 16, 13 and 10 who go to school locally and are involved in many sports clubs.
One of our goals is to give back to the community where we can, and we run our business based on a model of supporting local. This means using local building supply merchants, electricians, plumbers, plasterers, painters and excavation companies on all our projects, including local solicitors and accountants. By supporting local we can help our community survive when times are tough and also thrive when times are good.
We’d like to acknowledge the people that have enabled us to stay in business over the last 19 years and we say a huge thank you to our wonderful clients who have entrusted us to complete many fantastic projects for them during our time servicing the area.