Testimonials

 

Award winning Projects:

  1. 1.Lloyd House - 2012

  2. 2.Wallin House - 2011

Hear what our clients have to say about us:

Principal
Neville Saunders
B Arch ANZIA NZCD(Arch)

Neville Saunders has done architectural design work for projects I have been involved in, and for me personally, over a period of almost 30 years.

Over this time, projects for which he has done the design work include several homes, 4 town houses, 21 new early childhood centres, several renovations, a church and office facilities.

I enjoy working with Neville, appreciate his advice and his willingness to listen and incorporate my ideas. I value our professional relationship.

While I have worked with other architects, Neville is absolutely my first choice. His architectural flair is demonstrated in the easy and convenient flow between rooms and between indoors and outdoors, and in creative solutions to site challenges, features and limitations. He also recommends stunning use of colour and lighting. These attributes apply whether the work is residential or commercial in nature.  And when construction is complete I invariably feel that I have more than I asked for because there’s the wow factor.
 
Best regards,
Glennie    
Founder of Kindercare Learning Centres
http://www.kindercare.co.nz/current-locations/shapeimage_4_link_0

Hi Neville,

Impressive.  I didn't know you had done such a wide variety of work.

I hope that lots of people (who need a good architect) notice it so you get some more good projects.

Cheers

Robin


Hi Neville,
Congratulations on a great article. I endorse everything in it. I still love my new home. The only problem is that I enjoy being here so much that like to stay home most of the time. It is so lovely and warm too. Even doing housework is a pleasure. Thanks so much for creating a home that meets all our needs so well. We appreciate the work and creativity that you and your team put into our home.
Keep up the great work.
Blessings,
Rosemary Paris
Paris House in the Portfolio
http://www.saundersarchitects.co.nz/SA/Portfolio/Pages/RESIDENTIAL.html#37shapeimage_5_link_0

Neville was great to work with. He listened carefully to want we wanted and offered practical solutions and had an easy to follow process laid out for us to avoid making the task to overwhelming. We made various minor tweaks along the way and these were always accommodated. Finally being colour

challenged males Neville also chose for us the colour scheme to integrate the whole building. We are also happy with this and haven't made any changes to this (in 10 years).

Dr. P Leary

Co-owner of Devon Medical Centre

Neville, a job well done, and you can be proud of your achievements, and the website will give confidence to prospective clients (even over the world with a website!). Wish I could build now !!

Marianne

To whom it may concern.

 

In 2003 we were looking for a qualified, creative and visionary architect to interpret our ideas for a dream home.

 

 The style of architecture was relevant, but most importantly, we wanted a professional and talented individual whom we could like and trust with such an important project.  From the outset we were impressed with how Neville and his team interacted with us. At all times he was enthusiastic, positive and patient .He was receptive to our concerns with no hint of frustration, gently benefiting us with his expertise, creativity and humour while dealing with a demanding brief.

 

 Neville proved to have great conceptual ability and empathy.  He has a huge depth of experience. His suggestions and adaptations resulted in satisfying solutions without compromising our original concept.  As the building evolved he demonstrated many acts of professional diligence and technical knowhow. The resulting home is unique, beautiful and functional.

 

It is with great pleasure that we recommend the services of Neville Saunders.  He is a fine architect and a lovely person whose talents and friendship we greatly value.

 

Rick & Rose Lloyd

The Lloyd’s home from Portfolio

The first time we used Neville Saunders as our architect was because of his user friendly web-site.

There was a breakdown of the fees in a progress payment type arrangement which we thought was a good idea.


We have used Neville on 2 occasions now & have been more than happy with the end result.


Firstly we had an ensuite added to our previous existing home & we were delighted with the result. Therefore when we contemplated doing another renovation we contacted Neville again.


Neville listened to what we wanted & came up with a plan we thought was amazing. He was easy to work with as we worked through the original plan together & made changes where they were needed to accommodate things we thought of as we went along in the planning stages. Because this was a renovation Neville was guided by the floor plan of the original building but with a second story on top this allowed a whole new concept to the build. The bathrooms became a bit of a problem because of space but together we were able to work things out so all needs were met.


Right from the start we liked Neville's design & that is the reason we went with him. He could visualize the light coming through windows in the atrium which we are  seeing the effect of now that we are living in the home.


Another of Neville's specialties is lighting & colours. We had a good idea of what colours we wanted inside knowing what furniture we had to fit in but the outside colours were Neville's ideas.Together we spent a lot of time going over colours, tiles & interior fittings.


Neville's service has been over & above the cost of his fees. He has on numerous occasions gone the extra mile for us.


Everyone that has visited our home thinks it is amazing & we always recommend Neville as our preferred architect.


We are really happy with the end result & are now enjoying living in our architecturally designed home.


Thanks again Neville.


Kind regards

Wendy & Roy Wallin