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for a local to help with their building projects.
And business is just as busy at this home
decorating store. “Winter was traditionally
the quiet season, but not lately”, Rachael
says. “Looking ahead, we’re relocating to
larger premises, have expanded our team,
and invested in new systems for efficiency.
Businesses need to ‘resource up’ to deal with
the demand of this current market!”
The lift in both demand, and in quality of
service, across the building industry
is coming as more people choose
to move here.
They are finding the traditional DIY-
er perhaps doesn’t have the time,
or is choosing to prioritise other
things, and seems to have
the funds to get someone else
to ‘do it’. This nationwide trend
among home owners toward
‘DIFM’ (do-it-for-me) is also driving
demand for tradespeople and the
support industries.
There is also less need to search
out of the area for speciality
products and services. Guthrie
Whether building or renovating, there’s a wealth of reputable and well-qualified local
tradespeople on the Coromandel – many recognised nationally and awarded for the excellence
of their work.
The calibre and reliability of those in the Coromandel building industry has greatly improved,
especially over the past decade. Gone are the days when some believed they had to rely on
contractors outside the peninsula, whether due to a shortage of skilled locals or the belief –
perhaps mistaken – that they would save a few dollars.
We now have many highly experienced operators in a variety of fields, giving more choices to
homeowners with just about everything you’ll need available here, and at competitive pricing.
We asked some of our long-time advertisers in the building trade and associated businesses for
their take on the positive changes they’ve seen in recent years.
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COMING SOON
We are welcoming Spring
with a colossal supply of plants
and incredible edibles.
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Rachael and Julian Lee, owners of
Guthrie
Bowron Whitianga
, have for years invited local
tradespeople to leave a business card on the
store’s ‘Find a Tradie’ wall to help them drum
up local business.
The response of late is telling.
“Some ‘tradies’ have taken their cards off the
wall stating they have more than enough work
to get on with,” Rachael shares. This won’t be
a surprise to anyone on the peninsula waiting
An Outdoors Covered Bowron Bowranda installation in Tairua.
Guthrie Bowron helping clients with those little
important details.
Bowron recently became a distributor for a
patio roof product, Bowranda, and opened
Outdoors Covered
as a separate business
to augment their stock of exterior blinds,
awnings, shutters and umbrellas. In the
past, one would have to travel to Hamilton,
Tauranga or Auckland to even see a Bowranda
showroom, then use outside contractors for
the specialized installation. Not now. It’s all in
Whitianga (see left).
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