We have just been contacted by the lawyers for Build 7

I hired Gavin Laird (GML Builders, Langana builders) and Peter Stewart (Peter Stewart Ltd) to build my new house. They said they would be working together, hiring Peter Stewarts builders. However from the onset I had only Gavin and an inexperienced apprentice. Gavin then built the steelwork in the wrong places and badly, the framing severely out of plumb and not level, the cladding so badly I had to get another building company to rip it all down and re-do it from scratch! I am out of pocket badly as I had to fire him and find a new builder to fix all the bad workmanship. Please don’t hire these people as you will get very bad workmanship. If I had not fired them my house would have been an even bigger disaster, they are seriously cowboys! Next I hired Craig Paterson, of Buildplus to fix my house and finish it. He was a friend and I thought I could trust him as I was so stung by liars and A-holes already. Craig came on our build and started the job without a contract, until I said he won’t get paid til the contract is sorted. Over time I came to understand that Craig never actually scoped the job, time managed his builders, or cared about the budget. His method was to just go charge up and it costs what ever. His builder Greg Paterson was capable as a builder. Even when we stopped Craig about the costs he never offered to have a budget or scope everything properly. The amount of work that still needs doing is substantial! Buildplus has gone into Liquidation owing a lot of money to creditors, however If you hire Craig in the future you will also need to hire your own Quantity Surveyor, a project manager, an estimator, someone to watch the budget. Oh you will need to get all the contractor’s to bill you directly so they will get paid… We are still trying to figure out what Craig is actually good at.

Not content with Build 7 (AKL Construction Ltd) and Build Plus Ltd going into liquidation I see that Craig Paterson has now re-surfaced with one of his previous companies the PROPERTY CHANNEL LIMITED. He has a new 2017 website http://www.propertychannel.co.nz/ I’m sure that this posting should be OK as the information is publicly available. I do agree with Mark’s comments that any complaints re Craig Paterson be forwarded to the Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs)

Jo Public should carefully checked out before using any of their build companies. Having had dealings with Mr Butcher at a supply level, his use of colourful language on first meeting he is a ‘different kind of home builder’ and left me absolutely stunned as to why anyone in their right mind would choose them as a build partner. Due diligence people and keep posting factual comments to ensure no-one else gets taken by any unworthy builders.

To all those that have been affected by the lawyers letter to Mark. I received a similar letter or threat from the same lawyer last week. I forwarded the letter to the liquidator because as far as I have knowledge of the law, when a company goes into liquidation, all of the affairs of the company shifts to the liquidator. The liquidator got in touch with the lawyer and myself confirming that Enterprise Law ( the sender of the letter) has not been authorised to act for AKL Construction (previously known as B7 Construction Ltd) . Therefore the authority stated in the letter is void. Further Build 7 is not a company and therefore it does not have any directors. It’s just a trademark/logo. So, the characters mentioned to be directors of Build 7 is a musconception. I just thought I let everyone know the status of the ‘threatening letter’ sent by Enterprise Law.

Hey guys, be very careful about latitude homes wellington they falsify there paperwork