Why Wellbuilt

Who We Are

Wellbuilt is a Wellington-based builder specialising in residential renovations and new builds across New Zealand.

25 Years
Experience

We have an experienced team dedicated to delivering your building requirements.

Wellbuilt specialises in residential renovations and new builds. We have the expertise to take care of your most important asset.

We’re committed to excellence, and we work hard to provide an efficient, friendly and affordable service that’s customised to your building needs.

Building and renovating can be stressful – there’s a lot at stake in any building project. Our team takes the worry out of the process, from discussing your preliminary plans to assisting with code of compliance.

Communication is key to the way we work. We will regularly report and update progress during your project to ensure you’re aware of every milestone.

Please feel free to contact us to discuss your project at hand.

Have any question?

027 327 2844

Matthew Pankhurst

Managing Director

Matthew has worked in Wellington’s building industry for almost 25 years, bringing a practical, hands-on understanding of construction from the ground up. He is a Qualified New Zealand Carpenter and holds a current Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) licence in Carpentry, including Site 1, Site 2, and Site 3.

With broad experience across both residential and commercial projects, Matthew is well placed to lead teams, manage complex builds, and ensure quality and compliance are maintained at every stage.

Approachable and easy to work with, Matthew’s positive, solutions-focused style helps keep projects running smoothly for everyone involved.

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Our Completed projects

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What clients say

Testimonials

Matthew Pankhurst of Wellbuilt has completed interior construction work for Little johns Buildings Limited, the work was completed to a high standard, on time and on budget. He has also attended to some other maintenance and building work. He is responsive to instructions and is proactive in thinking about the best and most cost-effective options to on site building issues.

MARTIN BONIFANT

OWNER, TORA BAY WINES

Wellbuilt did a fantastic high quality job on our build. Our project was a complicated one, in a house over 100 years old with several complex repairs. Matt was a great communicator about what was going on at each stage. And he helped us get through all the consent processes. At the final stage Matt checked multiple times to make sure all the small things were completely finished. The outcome was brilliant.

CATHERINE TRUNDLE

MOUNT COOK

Matthew and his team adapted well to some very difficult challenges brought on by architectural issues outside of their control. They communicated well while adapting to the new challenges with as little disruption to the project and timeline as possible. Their workmanship was very good and we have no hesitation recommending Matthew and his team.

SARAH AND ROBERT WALA

KELBURN

Matt Pankhurst is straightforward to deal with and he has a great team of people that share his commitment & customer focus on a job well done. Open to ideas. Returns telephone calls. Always pleasant. We are very happy with the quality of the work they did for us.

IAN & SESUKO KENNEDY

KHANDALLAH

Matt has now done numerous jobs for me or my clients over the past few years. I have found Matt and his team to be excellent. There have been no problems with quality, keeping to budget, or timing commitments. Matt is honest, open, easy to deal with, takes a logical and sensible approach to his contracting and I recommend him to anyone needing work done.

REX NICHOLLS

ORIENTAL PARADE

Our architect introduced us to Matt and we readily engaged with him because of his enthusiasm to build our sunroom and deck. He organised the sub-contractors harmoniously, and kept us informed daily of the progress. The project was finished on time in spite of wintry weather. The result is clearly a Master Build of which we are very pleased. Thank you Matt, Well done.

JUDITH & RON BRENNAN

BROOKLYN

Professional and reliable builder. Focused on a quality result and a pleasure to deal with. Our car deck wasn’t an easy job but Matt made sure that the build progressed as smoothly as possible, dealing with council and keeping us informed throughout the process, while keeping a close eye on quality and timelines.

ROY HOOGMOED

HATAITAI

MARC BAILY

ARO VALLEY

Straightaway we knew we were dealing with a professional, it was excellent knowing we could trust the process because we were always updated throughout the project. Our building jobs were completely within time and budget and it was completely stress free. We are looking forward to working with Matt and his great team again soon.

JOANNE THOMAS

GRENADA NORTH

Matt recently renovated my bathroom. I am delighted with the result. Matt, and the sub-contractors he recommended, were reliable, a pleasure to have in the house and produced high quality work. Matt was happy to go the extra mile to fix a couple of small problems that were not of his making. I would definitely use him again.

LORRAINE BANKS

BROOKLYN

A builder who is friendly, knowledgeable, efficient, prepared to give an honest opinion, able to identify building issues and provide a solution that has a successful outcome.

DAYLE JACKSON

BROAD MEADOWS

Matt did work for a friend of mine who was overseas for an extended period. He was most accommodating, skilled and trustworthy. I would have no hesitation in recommending him. He would always be my first point of call if I needed a builder.

TRISH HEUSER

KARORI

Matt completed our boundary fence earlier than the timeframe he had specified and was very helpful and knowledgeable with all matters and was willing to go the extra mile to ensure customer satisfaction. A pleasure to deal with.

CHARLOTTE COLLINS

JOHNSONVILLE

Matt really went the extra mile and did a fantastic job. I have already recommended him to several friends and have no hesitation in doing so again.

ANNA INGLETON

ISLAND BAY

WHY WELLBUILT