Welcome to Cogan Custom Homes

Specializing in architecturally designed homes, bespoke renovations and recladding, we provide expert personalised building services across the Whangarei region, including Whangarei city & suburbs, One Tree Point, Marsden Cove, Bream Bay, Ruakaka, Waipu, Langs Beach and Mangawhai.

WHAT WE DO

Our team provides an experienced and professional end to end service. Whether building a new home, renovating an existing one, or recladding your exterior - your project is in safe hands with our solid planning, reliable systems & team of qualified trades people.

OUR SERVICES

OUR TEAM

We have an excellent team of qualified and experienced architects, managers and tradesmen, all focused on providing only the best in building services. Our business owner Craig Cogan takes great pride in understanding your vision, choosing the right building location and section through to design, construction and finishing details.

ABOUT US

OUR PROMISE

Sharing your ideas and vision early in your project means you can discuss options and cost saving methods to clearly define a budget. With transparency and great communication from the outset, we manage high quality, low risk construction projects - that are timely, on budget and hassle free. Get in touch to arrange a quote.

“Just great organisation, kept us informed all the way through the build, great co-operation and made the build easy. It ran to schedule even though the weather was unkind.”
Gordon & Liz Walker
“The whole process was just easy, everything was on time, went to budget. Craig communicated all the time giving us updates and sending us photos of the progress, all his contractors were great to deal with. The whole process was a pleasure and easy, we would recommend Craig and his team anytime.”
Sue & James Vardy
“We would recommend involving your builder as early as possible in the design stage as it would save plan changes and the extra cost involved. We appreciated the building and sub trades on our job who were highly skilled, flexible, patient, had great ideas and enthusiasm. The end result is an amazing practical and quality home - we would definitely recommend Craig Cogan and his team.”
Ian & Christine
“Craig Cogan Builder and his team were recommended to us when looking for a local builder for our new house in One Tree Point. We consider that we were extremely well advised, are extremely pleased with the final result, and with the whole process carried out by Craig and his excellent team. From start to completion everything proceeded smoothly with no problems. We were also delighted with the way we were included during the build, and occasionally asked for our input where choices where available. Now we consider we are qualified to unreservedly recommend Craig Cogan Builder to anyone who is looking for a great builder.”
Julie Gordon & Murray MacFadyen (La Point 2019)
“Craig and his team are professional, efficient, and a pleasure to work with. It was our first time building and we were cautious about placing so much trust in someone, especially when you hear some horror stories from others who have built. Craig gave us so much of his time and knowledge even before we signed a contract. Craig is a very good listener and nothing was too big to small to discuss. His team were driven to get the project completed on schedule, on budget, and to the highest quality possible. We enjoyed working with the whole team and appreciated having a local builder for our project. I can't fault Craig Cogan Builder and no-one else I've spoken to can fault them either.”
Megan & Jean Stalmann ( Mangapai 2018)
“We built a new home in 2019 with Craig Cogan Builder and the process was totally stress-less from start to finish. All the staff and sub contractors were friendly and helpful and the job was completed well within the scheduled dates. We can totally recommend them to assist you whatever your building needs.”
Bruce and Lynda Saint ( La Point 2016)
I recently moved back to New Zealand after being away for over 20 years with my overseas partner to build our dream home.
Craig was already our choice of builder as I have known him for many years and know of his quality builds and extensive experience. Right from the beginning, Craig gave us the confidence we needed to be sure that we had chosen well. All communication was very clear, precise and all aspects about building a home was covered with no stone left unturned.
During the build, him and his management team worked with us to get the exact house we wanted, guiding us throughout to make sure we were selecting the correct specification to suit our budget and style. His building team built a solid, accurate high quality home together with his regular trusted and reliable subcontractors.
Our house was finished earlier than planned, and not only was it completed for less than the original estimate, but finished to a higher spec than we had envisioned.

The regular communication during the whole process and the comprehensive online program kept us completely informed of the progress of every detail ensuring a relaxed and enjoyable time for this part of our lives.
We highly recommend Cogan Custom Homes to everybody who is considering a building project here in Bream Bay.
Roy Matheson and Ann Geboers, Marsden Cove, 2020.
I played hockey with Craig at school and being aware of his reputation for quality builds he was always near the top of our list of preferred builders for our new home. Any doubt was removed after our first meeting with him – he didn’t promise to be the cheapest but we felt confident he’d deliver a quality build at a competitive price. Our budget was modest compared to many of his other builds, and this was our first time building a house – and it was to be our forever family home. We had so many questions about all aspects of the build (it was all so foreign to us!) and they were always answered by Craig efficiently, patiently and honestly. Long before we were close to signing a contract he had provided a lot of advice and help with navigating the pre-build process, and throughout the build he made sure things kept humming along at a good pace. The communication was excellent.
We were in a month earlier than expected and all within budget. Variations were never a problem – we only paid the difference in actual costs, and also received credits when things didn’t end up costing as much as quoted. Any minor issues that cropped up were quickly dealt with, and they have kept in contact since completion to ensure everything is up to spec and to complete any touch ups required. The whole team, including his tradies, were great to deal with – they all provided great advice and were receptive to any requests from us.
All in all, what could have been a stressful and unpleasant experience was made as smooth and painless as possible because of the great team who built our home. Thanks guys, we will be forever grateful.

Nick and Lisa Pirihi - Takahiwai
Craig was recommended to us by another certified builder we had used in the past once he knew we were starting the process of looking to build at our lifestyle property in Mangawhai. We had already spoken to a couple of builders and architects but once we spoke to Craig we were impressed with his knowledge and understanding of what we wanted. Hearing that we had not chosen the architect yet, he recommended Maxar Architecture as being a good fit with us and he bought Adam along to our first meeting.

After that initial meeting we were confident that we had a team we could trust. They had building and architectural experience at the level we wanted. Craig attended all our meetings with the architect as we nutted out the design and he was an active contributor to the ideas and always offered solutions to potential design issues. We had set the budget early on and Craig worked hard to ensure that all the design features we wanted could be included in our budget.

Craig matched his building team to our personalities and the detail required on the house build and we ended up with a fabulous crew that we trusted implicitly. They were respectful, hardworking, and exceptional builders. Simon our head builder worked hard to ensure the project came in on time and on budget and to the standard we wanted. We were probably terrible clients in that we made wee changes practically every week to some aspect, but our changes were never an issue.

The project management programme that Craig uses is excellent, it allows you to see exactly at what stage the project is at, your spend to-date and any variances to budget or design. As a consequence, we felt the project was under control at all times and that we were fully informed.

This is the third house we have built, and it has been the most fun and least stressful building experience we have ever had. We absolutely love our new home, to us it is exactly what we wanted. We think it is an excellent design that has been built to an exceptionally high standard. Craig and his team know what they are doing.

Shirl Evans - Mangawhai