FEATURE DIVERSITY IN FENCING
A Custom-ised business 11th November 2011 is a bit of a big deal in my business life. It was on this day that Custom Fencing Ltd had its first day of trading. Then 9 years later little did I know that a new venture called Custom Construction 2020 LTD would have its first day of trading also. How do you go from fencing to building I hear you ask? Well, it’s not by getting good at doing stays and then applying for your LBP licence I can tell you that for sure! The idea of Custom Construction came about by employing a mate (Tame) who I had met though playing rugby. He had already been building for around 9 years with 6 of those working as a qualified builder in the same area as myself. Work for his old employer had dried up a bit and he had found himself doing jobs that he wasn’t really enjoying. So, as we were sitting down having a beer (where most good ideas come from) I said “Come and do a few weeks for us, help us catch up on a few residential jobs”. One thing led to another and then he was asking me for a job.
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As the grapevine did its job, word got
around that I had a Qualified builder on staff. Next thing I found myself getting asked to price out decks and house
renovations, to which I had no idea about where to start: how long it was going to
take, any variables etc. So, as you do, the two of us sat down for a beer (Speights, if you were wondering) and had a work
out of materials and labour etc and put
our first price in. All this was taking place
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So, as we were sitting down having a beer (where most good ideas come from) I said – come and do a few weeks for us, help us catch up on a few residential jobs. One thing led to another and then he was asking me for a job
while Tame was driving up a driveway
to complete a building job in a ute with
“Custom Fencing” written on the side…
So Custom Construction was formed and
The only real way to fix this problem was
and the responsibility of the day to day
not the best look in the world.
to form another company. Not a lot of
point in a fencer solely owning a building company though, because if the builder
left, I would end up with jobs on the books I couldn’t complete, letting down clients.
Tame was given a share in the company
running of the company. With there being a massive shortage of builders around our area I could see that as long as we provided a good service, then work
wasn’t going to be too much of an issue. WIRED MAGAZINE
