Auckland Builders | Bakers Builds - Royal Oak

David and the team are absolute legends! They are among the most professional, communicative, and timely people we have ever dealt with. Turnaround time on viewing and quoting was great and the whole job was sorted quickly (exceeding expectations). Before photo was when we had emergency plumbing work done a while ago. After was the stellar job done by Bakers Builds. Any work requirements in the future and we will definitely be coming back! Thanks heaps.

I was really happy with the work done. Really friendly and you can sense a pride in their work done. Prompt and responsive, really happy to ask answer question so so what you want done fits to to the work completed.

Thanks to David, Nick and team for the replacement solid carport to replace our broken, leaking original. From first visit for a quote and discussion of options through to choices for replacement, demolition and rebuild we were given advice and options. We were aware there may be delays with some products, which made a short break before the last stages were completed.

Beware of David Baker and his company Bakers Builds. Incompetent builders and contractors who are led by a dishonest and unorganised director who fails on every promise and delivery target. Just empty promises and meaningless apologies. Their work is both unsafe and the poorest workmanship in the industry, failing to meet even the simplest building standards. I contracted Bakers Builds to put up an internal partition wall with doors next to my lounge. A seemingly simple and quick project that should have take just 7 days to complete as advised by David himself. Right from the start there were many issues including the wall not being aligned, damaging my floorboards, lack of studs and timber used for support which caused flexing and bowing of the gib boards. Rather securing the gib boards on the proper way, the Bakers Builds team decided to just use discarded cut out pieces of gib boards held together with PVC glue, and foam insulation which of course failed. The most serious problem was the framing was not structurally sound. The bottom of the frame was never fixed down to the floorboards, no glue or bolts were used. It was just sitting there and with a small nudge with the foot the entire wall moves, or worse may have collapsed over. I had several other qualified builders come look and remedy the work and they were all both amused and appalled at the job carried out by Bakers Builds. I went back and forth with David and his contractors for 6 weeks. David made excuses how his contractors and managers let him down from the start and how their other jobs delayed my project. However, my job was under David’s direct supervision for 4 more weeks but had very little to no progress anyway. Every time they either did not show up or when they did but did not have the skills required to complete the job or fix the existing issues. They left my job less than half complete with all issues not fixed. They have very poor communication both to clients and internally and are unorganized. I went through 5 different builders within their team, each time I had to go over again what the issues were and what needed to be fixed. Even one of his own builders complained to me how the company was being poorly managed. In the end I had no choice but to get another company to finish what bakers builds could not. The new builders completed the project in 5 days only. Bakers Builds has been given countless opportunities and extended time to make things right. Now to make things worse I am now told by David he is unable to afford to pay the remedy cost as he is having cashflow issues. I offered him a payment plan and splitting the sum, unsurprisingly he has shown no real commitment. Unfortunately after months with them, I will now be taking legal action against Bakers Builds. I will provide an update here once the proceedings have concluded.

David, Nick and their team deserves more than a 5 star. I had a bad experience with another company so had to find alternative, lost my trust in people. David & Nick went above and beyond to accommodate me in every way to help me overcome my trust issues due to my bad experience previously. Not only they changed their conditions for me, they started the job a week earlier and finished it ahead of scheduled date. They did everything to bring my vision to life adding a beautiful deck onto my new property, at the same time gave me back my trust in people. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart for all that you’ve both done to make my deck project process a successful one this year, you’ve achieved what I nearly gave up on, appreciate you guys more than you’ll ever know. Highly recommended, keep up the great work, the world needs more guys like you both for your honest amazing work ethics.

Our high deck had a lot of movement, the balustrade was below a safe height and also in need of replacement, additionally we wanted a a privacy screen added, and needed a carport removed. David from Bakers Builds visited our site the day after I contacted him, discussed what could be done and sent through an estimate that evening. After deciding to proceed I heard from Nick who discussed the options and then sent through a detailed fixed price quote. Work commenced two weeks later after a week delay, and took 3.5 days with with Des and Thomas. Des cleaned up the site each day, checked with me on key details as work progressed, and was both friendly and hard working. Nick visited the site to check on progress and that it was as I expected, saw an unrelated structural issue that needed remedy and sorted it. Both David and Nick visited on the final morning to check I was happy with the outcome. The final day was under time pressure to complete which resulted in a couple of minor finishing details (if you have a discerning eye), but overall I am happy with the experience, and the result which is a rock solid, safe and better looking deck, and will look to use Bakers Builds for any future building projects.

David and Nick were fantastic. Super quick to get back to me, incredibly thorough, and really helpful. David spent a lot of time walking us through the options for our deck and garden fence based on the ideas we had, managed the project seamlessly, and his team were incredibly friendly and helpful when we had a few questions. The quality of the work was fantastic too, which is always a bonus! I'd absolutely recommend them. We've a few other projects in mind for later in the year and will be using them again without hesitation.

We used BB to help fix up our deck. This included replacing some boards and strengthening the foundations. Great communication. Was communicated what would and would not be done and everything was done as was communicated. Deck looked great and was overall happy. Job took 1.5 days. Very punctual and pleasant to be around. Overall was happy but was disappointed with the finishing where there were gaps left between the timber (was advised due to pine shrinking within a couple of weeks of install).