Stable Group

29/10/2026

If 2027 is the year you want to improve your home, you do not need every answer before the first conversation.

Bring a short list of what you want the project to achieve, any drawings you already have, and an indication of the budget you want to work within. Your renovation, extension or new-home brief can then be shaped around your property and priorities.

Stable Group can help identify the appropriate first design stage and put a written scope around it. We return in early January; individual project timing depends on scope, approvals and availability.

Discuss your design brief:

https://www.stablegroup.co.nz/preliminary-services

021 769 999

25/10/2026

23/10/2026

Where do the school bags, shoes, coats and work essentials land when everyone gets home?

Those everyday habits can tell you a lot about what your next design needs. Make a short list of what you store, where you use it and how often you need to reach it. Include the awkward items as well as the obvious ones.

Bring that list to Stable Group’s design conversation so storage can be considered alongside the layout. Neda Builda is our building partner when the project moves into construction.

We design it. We consent it. We build it.

Stable Group for design and consenting; Neda Builda for construction.

https://www.stablegroup.co.nz/architectural-design-drafting

021 769 999

15/10/2026

You might love a view of the garden while wanting a little more privacy from the street or neighbouring homes.

That balance is worth discussing before new windows, doors or room layouts are settled. Walk through the spaces you use most and note what you can see from a seated position, from the doorway and after dark.

Bring those observations to Stable Group’s renovation design conversation. When your plans are ready for construction, Neda Builda is our building partner.

We design it. We consent it. We build it.

Stable Group for design and consenting; Neda Builda for construction.

https://www.stablegroup.co.nz/renovations

027 347 5555 | 021 769 999

08/10/2026

Which room do you naturally gravitate towards on a sunny morning? And where does the afternoon sun become a little too much?

Before a renovation or new-home design begins, notice how light moves through your property and when you use each room. Bring those observations to the conversation. Window positions, the site and shading all deserve consideration together.

Stable Group helps turn your priorities into a considered residential design. Our building partner Neda Builda can take the approved plans through construction.

We design it. We consent it. We build it.

Stable Group for design and consenting; Neda Builda for construction.

Explore: https://www.stablegroup.co.nz/architectural-design-drafting

021 769 999

02/10/2026

Before deciding how big your deck should be, think about what you want to do there.

A table needs space around it when the chairs are pulled out. A sunny corner might suit morning coffee, while a comfortable spot to sit may need shelter from the afternoon sun or wind. The route back to the kitchen matters too.

Neda Builda can help you work through the building options. Where design or consent support is needed, our partner Stable Group can help with that stage.

Tell us how you would like to use your outdoor space.

Outdoor Living — Neda Builda⁠

0800 273 663 | 027 347 5555 - Brad | 021 769 999 - Andrew

24/09/2026

The good news is that finding unconsented work doesn’t mean you have to panic — but it is much easier to look at while nobody’s waiting on you.

It often comes into focus when a property is being prepared for sale. That’s when what’s physically there may be compared with the property records, questions can be raised by buyers or their advisers, and insurance may need to be considered too.

So the useful move is to look at it early — and that’s work we can help with.

We’ll assess what’s actually there, review the available records and help determine the likely pathway. Where a Certificate of Acceptance is appropriate, that may include preparing drawings and supporting information for the application and working through council questions.

Well before the property is listed, rather than during a sale.

stablegroup.co.nz | 021 769 999

16/09/2026

A Code Compliance Certificate and a Certificate of Acceptance are not the same thing.

A CCC relates to work carried out under a building consent and confirms the building consent authority is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the completed work complies with the consent.

A Certificate of Acceptance is different. It can be used in certain circumstances for work that was carried out without the building consent that should have been obtained. For this type of application, the work must have been carried out on or after 1 July 1992.

The important limitation is that council can only certify the work to the extent it can establish compliance. That may involve inspections as well as plans, reports, photographs, producer statements or other supporting evidence.

So a CoA isn’t simply a retrospective CCC.

If you have building work that was never consented or signed off, it’s worth understanding what you actually have before deciding what to do next.

We can help you work through the records and determine the next steps.

021 769 999 | stablegroup.co.nz

11/09/2026

The work you’re looking at here is restricted building work.

The rafters, the bracing, the wrap sitting behind the cladding — the structure holding the house up and the layer helping keep the weather out.

Work like this has to be carried out or supervised by an appropriately Licensed Building Practitioner, and each trade LBP provides a Record of Work for the restricted building work they carried out or supervised. Those records go to the owner and council and form part of the code compliance certificate process.

The builder delivers the construction. Our role on this side of the project is everything around it — coordinated drawings and supporting information for the consent, lodging it and working through council’s questions, then handing over an organised set of approved documents.

We’ll also talk you through the inspection and record information you and your builder need to hold onto for close-out.

Planning something? Let’s talk.

021 769 999 | stablegroup.co.nz

04/09/2026

Those thresholds come from Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004 — which sets out exemptions for building work that doesn’t require a building consent.

Two things catch people out.

Exempt doesn’t mean unregulated. Work on the exempt list still has to meet the Building Code. The exemption removes the building consent process, not the standard — and the gap between those two can show up years later, particularly when a property changes hands.

And a building consent isn’t the only consent. Your project might still need resource consent for the same job, depending on the zone, any overlays, and where it sits relative to your boundaries.

Not sure which side of the line your project falls on? That’s a quick conversation.

021 769 999 | stablegroup.co.nz