Riva Homes

About

A building company you can trust: We’re family people, and we know how important a good home is to every Kiwi family.

Story

Meet Gerad and Danielle, your family team: We’re family people, and we know how important a good home is to every Kiwi family. That’s because we ‘ve been there ourselves. We built the home we live in, and we know what a complex and worrying business building your own home can be.

Trustworthy, clear, and helpful—our foundations: We decided that we’d want to have a builder we could trust. That’s key. We’d also want to be given all the information we need in a simple form we could understand. We’d want to work with people who really listened to us, and were genuinely helpful. So we set out to make those values the foundations of Riva Homes.

Treating customers as people, not numbers: Riva Homes was born when Gerad, a Master Builder with 20 years’ experience under his belt, saw a gap in the market.

‘I had always loved building new homes for customers, but I felt uncomfortable with how some of the bigger companies treated their customers. To some, customers were like numbers, rather than people who needed different things. And I hated seeing good people being taken advantage of, or not getting what they really wanted’.

Friendly approach and open information: Gerad’s a practical, honest builder—a man of action. He has always loved working with his hands, and takes pleasure in doing high-quality work. He is proud to do the best job possible for his customers, and believes in being straight-up and friendly. He knows that people’s trust is something you have to earn.

Danielle, Gerad’s wife, is the business end of the company. She backs Gerad up with solid systems, and clear communication.

‘Good information is important to me, and I think to anyone who’s investing their time, effort and hope into building a new home. You want to be able to get all the information you need easily and simply'.

Our team—part of the extended Riva Homes family: Part of building trust is having a team of contractors and tradespeople we know and have complete confidence in. Our team forms part of the Riva Homes family—people who share our values of treating our customers with respect, of being open and honest.

We build our reputation on exceeding expectations: Most of our business comes from happy customers who refer us to their family and friends. We’re proud of our reputation for building people homes they love—for not only meeting customers’ expectations, but exceeding them.

‘All the homes we build are our show homes, and we are as proud of them as our customers are,’ says Gerad. ‘Our homes are designed for real people to live in—and how well they work for customers is the real test of their success’.

At Riva Homes, we believe in freely giving you all the information you need to get a great home. We’re confident in our expertise, and we’re happy to pass it on to you.

We’d love to work with you to create your dream home, just the way you want it.