Proven track record

Whatever the scale of work being planned, the best recommendations of good workmanship are generally those that come through personal experience or by word of mouth.

When Haydn & Rollett won the contract to build the new Metlifecare Takapuna retirement village, it called on the services of Auckland Stonemasons to construct the stone boundary walls along the main road. Haydn & Rollett had previously worked with Auckland Stonemasons when it built the stone walls at the nearby Westlake Boys High School.

For this project, Auckland Stonemasons worked with the project architect on the design, which features capped pillars, separated by steel fences, mounted on a low stone wall. The company sourced a local Auckland stone, honeycomb basalt, for the pillars and walls, and made the corners and cappings using bluestone kerbs.

Originally set up by current owners Jim and Len Lavas' grandfather, a stonemason who emigrated in 1927 from a small Dalmatian village, Auckland Stonemasons has been building stone walls throughout New Zealand ever since.

For more information, contact Jim or Len Lavas at Auckland Stonemasons, PO Box 152, Whitford 2149, phone (09) 530 8906, fax (09) 530 8907. Email: sales@stonemasons.co.nz, or visit the website: www.stonemasons.co.nz.

Story by: Trendsideas