South Coast Home Builder

Over the past three years we have undertaken three projects with Warren Sanders totalling around $750K. The first, the rebuilding of a large carport/workshop/store after a fire, gave us the confidence to engage Warren to build the extension to the main house adding new living spaces (internal and external) and large bathroom.

The build involved co-ordinating many trades which went smoothly, on time and budget. The final project was the reasonably complex rebuilding of a chimney and new enclosed fireplace with a new 8m high masonry chimney. Each was carried out very professionally with care about the final product. There was good communication and co-operation during the tender and building process and all came in close to the original budgeted price.

As an architect I have experienced many builds and worked with many builders and Warren is amongst the best I’ve worked with over those forty years.

We worked with Warren and his team on a recent project in Vincentia. Being based in Canberra, Light House had only limited opportunity for on-site involvement during construction and much of the communication with Warren and the clients was remote. The project suffered considerable challenges through the brunt of Covid lockdowns, materials shortages and trade delays etc, all of which Warren managed with professionalism, clear communication and excellent project planning.

Warren's professional and thorough approach to detail, care for the design intent and outcome for the client, as well as his exceptional finished product was of an extremely high standard. The quality outcome, achieved despite the challenges posed by Covid, is a testament to Warren’s capabilities. The Cockbourne Place project was a complex, highly detailed project delivered in difficult circumstances. Nothing from our experience working with Warren gives me any hesitation in recommending Sanders for highly detailed projects at a significantly larger scale.

Warren and his team completed our new build home at Vincentia roughly two years ago. A heavily treed, and oddly shaped block, and an architect and clients that were aiming for the most energy efficient home reasonably possible meant that this place was always going to be a challenge. Of the three tendering builders, Warren, while not the cheapest, was the only one that actually gave us confidence that he could achieve it. We got value from every cent, because, at the end of the day, he most definitely did achieve it!

Working through the dramas and delays brought about by COVID, nothing was too hard for Warren. Problem solving was needed every step of the way, and Warren, in close consultation with our architect, worked through every detail, keeping us in the loop throughout. While the timeline for the whole process blew out from the expected 10 months to 16 months, none of that could be laid at Warren's feet. We now live in a beautiful home, that, above all, actually works really, really well.

Careful design and a careful build has given us a home that, when we drive around the corner into the street, brings a smile to the face every time.

I could not possibly be happier with both the process and end result. I always felt we were working as a team with a common goal of achieving the best result. Great communication, great attention to detail and a willingness to go beyond the brief to get a better outcome. BEST BUILDER.

Warren came highly recommended by an Architect friend so, from the outset, our expectations were very high. Yet he has exceeded those expectations in every way.

Our Architect has designed a home of deceptively simple lines which belie its precisely planned spaces and cutting edge design features. Warren’s attention to detail and ability to think through complex details has delivered a virtually trouble free build with minimal compromise to the Architect’s vision. Throughout the build, Warren has communicated to us and to our Architect everything we needed to know well ahead of critical decision points. The end result speaks for itself.

Warren Sanders Building was recommended to us by a neighbour in the next street and we were able to review his workmanship at close quarters.

Warren communicated well, his emails and texts detailed, clear and timely. We thoroughly enjoyed the build process and getting to know his crew, and subcontractors, particularly those who live in the same village.

We were pleased to find that the extensive input from our building designer, Dick and the workmanship and attention to detail of Warren, his crew and all his subcontractors had come together in a home that is wonderful to live in, warm in winter, with protection from the westerlies, cool in summer with the nor’easterlies doing their thing in the place of air conditioning and views of the water, mountains and bush that never cease to delight.