David Hale Building is a Wellington construction company covering everything from remedial work and structural landscaping through to residential and light commercial building. The team says no job is too big or too small, and their project history backs that up — ranging from decks and carports for individual homeowners to major multi-storey apartment developments across the city.
On the residential side, David Hale Building handles new builds, architectural homes, renovations, and remedial work including leaking homes. They also take on commercial work such as apartment fit-outs, light commercial fit-outs, retail fit-outs and office fit-outs, plus outdoor projects like decks, courtyards, landscaping, outdoor rooms and retaining walls, as well as carports, car decks and garages.
The company's completed project list includes some of Wellington's more prominent apartment developments — lead contractor roles on Republic (a 140-apartment complex on Lorne & Tennyson Streets), the internal fit-outs of 9 luxury apartments at 150 Oriental Parade, the internal and retail fit-outs of the 150-apartment Piermont & Monument complex opposite Te Papa, and the full contract on The Altair, a 50-townhouse development in Newtown. These projects show a team capable of scaling up to 50 staff onsite when a job calls for it, while still taking on smaller residential and outdoor work.
David Hale Building is a Wellington-based construction company with a hand in nearly every type of build the city needs, from remedial repairs on a single home through to full contracts on multi-storey apartment developments. The company's own description sums up its range well: experience and expertise across remedial work, structural landscaping, residential and light commercial construction, with no job considered too big or too small for the team.
On the home front, David Hale Building takes on new builds and architectural homes, renovations, and remedial work — including the repair of leaking homes, a category of building work that demands particular care and expertise. This residential arm is where many homeowners will first encounter the company, whether they're building from scratch or fixing a long-standing issue with an existing property.
The company's commercial capability is substantial. Their services list covers apartment fit-outs, light commercial fit-outs, retail fit-outs and office fit-outs, and their project history shows this isn't just a sideline. David Hale Building were the lead contractors on Republic, a 140-apartment development on Lorne & Tennyson Streets in Wellington, designed as two separate buildings sharing common car parking and services. Their contract there covered internal fit-out work — framing, doors, GIB and trims — plus office and retail fit-outs, with a team of up to 30 staff on the project.
They also led the internal fit-outs on 150 Oriental Parade, nine luxury apartments on Wellington's prestigious Oriental Bay waterfront, handling external framing, cladding and roofing alongside the internal fit-out, with up to 35 staff involved. At Piermont & Monument, two high-profile apartment complexes on Cable & Wakefield Streets opposite Te Papa Museum, David Hale Building were lead building contractors responsible for internal and retail fit-outs across 150 apartments — a nine-month project that scaled up to 40 staff.
Beyond fit-out work, the company has also taken on full contracts for entire developments. The Altair, a modern development of 50 townhouses in Newtown at 116 Rintoul Street, saw David Hale Building manage the complete build of 3 and 4 storey, 140m² townhouses, with up to 50 staff onsite at the project's peak. This kind of full-contract, large-scale residential development sits alongside their smaller residential and outdoor projects, showing the range the team operates across.
For homeowners after outdoor improvements rather than a full build, David Hale Building also covers decks, courtyards, structural landscaping, outdoor rooms and retaining walls, plus carports, car decks and garages. These smaller-scale projects sit comfortably alongside the company's major apartment contracts, reflecting their stated approach that no job is too big or too small.
David Hale Building can be reached by phone, email or through the enquiry form on their website. Whether the job is a leaking home repair, a new deck, or a large apartment fit-out, the company's project history across Wellington — from Oriental Bay to Newtown to the city centre — gives a clear picture of the scale and type of work they're set up to handle.