About us
Kevin O’Connor began his building career in 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand, and went on to complete many varied projects which included the construction of his own first home.
Most of the construction he undertook was referred by architects on behalf of their clients and included restoration work to old villas, adding a second storey to existing single level homes through to architecturally designed new house construction. A technically difficult but notable bathroom renovation to a large villa perched above Oriental Bay was featured in a copy of Trends Magazine at the time.
Commercial construction experience includes concrete formwork to high rise buildings, foundations and interior finishing and fitouts of showrooms, offices, shops and restaurants. Kevin ran his own construction company for many years, employing several builders and labourers and was a member of the Registered Master Builders Association.
A supply of work from some well known interior designers included commercial office and showroom fitouts such as the ECC Lighting showroom in Newtown, re-fitting of the James Cook Hotel Restaurant, refit of the Titahi Bay Tavern and the interior demolition and refit to the ground floor of the old Kodak Building in Porirua for an indoor market to name but a few.
In the early 1990’s, Kevin also trained to become a licensed ‘Insulclad’ installer and trained up his team to become proficient plasterers who went on to complete many successful plaster finished claddings to both existing and new homes. He has extensive experience in Plaster/Monolithic type cladding systems, roof maintenance issues and Council Consent & Building Permit issues.
After moving his family to Auckland in the late 1990’s, he spent some time assessing roofs for a roof refurbishment company.
Kevin’s training with this company added to his already extensive knowledge of various types of roofing and their flashing systems requirements.
A couple of years was spent working for a well known nationwide building company, where meeting with prospective clients, assisting with their plan drawings, preparing and presenting these to Council for Building and/or Resource Consent gave him good experience in dealing with Council and Consent issues of all the varied methods of the different City Councils across Auckland. The new ‘super-city’ has largely removed some of these variables.
Since 2002 he has been involved in the House Inspection Industry and the documenting of maintenance issues for prospective home buyers and vendors and has enjoyed working with investors, real estate agents, lawyers, and lending institutions.
He has also been trained and periodically engaged by the Earthquake Commission (EQC) to carry out earthquake damage assessment and estimating for repairs to earthquake affected land and buildings around New Zealand including the 2007 Gisborne earthquake. He was amongst the first called upon to attend the Canterbury Event after the first earthquake in September 2010 and assisted in the setting up and running of two field offices followed by 15 months continuous service in Christchurch as both a Team Leader and a member of the Land Damage Assessment Team.
Kevin has a wealth of knowledge and is available should you have any queries or concerns with a property you may be considering purchasing.
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I have had the fortune to use the services of Kevin O’Connor twice recently. Both times he was prompt and did a thorough evaluation of the properties, taking the time to explain his findings both verbally at the time and in the written report that followed. I appreciated his willingness to do the inspections at short notice, which is becoming increasingly important in the fast paced Auckland market. I have no hesitation in recommending Kevin to anyone needing a pre-purchase inspection.
Dear Kevin,
Thank you very much for the detailed inspection report and for being so efficient.
The Real Estate Agent was singing your praises saying “I’ve never seen a builder do such a thorough job of checking all areas of a house.” He also said he would happily recommend your services again and so would I.
Thank you for the inspection and report your company carried out on our behalf. I found the report very detailed and well presented. It is good to have the ‘Peace of Mind’ I now have moving into our new house; I would highly recommend your services to anybody.
Just a quick note to thank you very much for your services over the last 15 months. I have had several clients and friends who have had you complete building inspections for them and they have all been extremely satisfied. Many of them have commented on your thoroughness, professionalism and your ability to get them the completed building report in time for them to either be in an unconditional situation for an auction or to put an offer in on a property. It is a pleasure doing business with you.
Thank you for the report, we found it to be very thorough and were most impressed in the time it took to complete the job and have the report to us. We would be happy to use your services again in the future should we need to.
Thanks again
Hi Kevin,
I have to say I think your service has been fantastic. Really thorough and efficient with a really detailed report. Hopefully I will secure the property, but if not I will certainly call you again.
Thanks and regards
Thank you for getting the report to us so promptly. Much appreciated. I must say I am impressed. I will be recommending your services to others who need a builder’s report.
Kevin is one of the most professional assessor’s that I had the pleasure of working with at the Earthquake Commission in Christchurch, New Zealand. Kevin has high standards and is well respected by his peers. Would not hesitate to work with Kevin again, it would be my pleasure.
I wish to advise that I requested Kevin O’Connor to inspect my townhouse in St Heliers. Mr O’Connor was very meticulous in his work and also helpful in suggesting any repair work that was required to be done. I would recommend Mr O’Connor for inspections to any future property.
I just wanted to thank you for the house inspection and your promptness at getting the report to us – it is very much appreciated. I also appreciated that the report was in laymans terms so I could easily understand it! We have made note of your recommendations and will action them as soon as we can.
Hi Kevin, thank you very much for getting that report through so quickly. We have gone unconditional on the house and are very happy with our purchase. Thanks again for your help with this matter.
Thank you for the great service Kevin, you got yourself another happy customer.