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Proven track record

A new resort-style retirement village features natural stone boundary walls built by the experienced team of craftsmen from Auckland Stonemasons

View of the stone wall with metal sections architecture, building, facade, fence, guard rail, handrail, home fencing, house, infrastructure, iron, lane, neighbourhood, outdoor structure, residential area, road, structure, walkway, wall
View of the stone wall with metal sections surrounding the Metlifecare in Takapuna built by Auckland Stonemasons.

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.


View of the stone wall with metal sections building, facade, fence, handrail, home fencing, house, iron, neighbourhood, outdoor structure, property, real estate, residential area, walkway, wall, black, gray
View of the stone wall with metal sections surrounding the Metlifecare in Takapuna built by Auckland Stonemasons.

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.

View of the stone wall with metal sections building, facade, fence, handrail, home fencing, iron, outdoor structure, structure, walkway, wall, gray, black
View of the stone wall with metal sections surrounding the Metlifecare in Takapuna built by Auckland Stonemasons.

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

04 Sep, 2009