Your Orakei home, opened up to the bays and the family — built for the view, the schools, and the long game.
Registered Master Builder · 10-Year Guarantee · $2M public liability insurance · House of the Year Gold 2025 · Family home, kitchen, bathroom and extension specialists. Servicing Orakei, Remuera, Mission Bay, Meadowbank, Kohimarama.
Renovating in Orakei means working with one of Auckland’s most desirable family-home markets.
Orakei is the premium eastern-bays family suburb — 1950s and 60s family homes on sloped sections, modern coastal builds along the harbour edge, mid-century weatherboard, and 70s brick-and-tile homes climbing the slopes. Top schools (Selwyn College, Orakei School), close to the bays, train and arterial routes. The renovations that lift Orakei homes capture the harbour outlook, open up the kitchen-living-dining for indoor-outdoor flow, and modernise tired 60s/70s layouts. AVR has renovated across the eastern bays.
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We renovate Orakei homes across three core services.
We renovate Orakei homes across three core services: kitchens, bathrooms, and full home renovations or extensions. Each one is QS-priced before contract, built by our own team, and backed by the Master Builder 10-Year Guarantee.
Kitchen Renovations
Orakei kitchens we build are usually designed around the harbour view — opening the kitchen to dining and living, running for indoor-outdoor flow to the deck, and choosing finishes that handle the climate. Custom joinery, premium appliances.
Kitchen renovations in OrakeiBathroom Renovations
Orakei bathrooms range from heritage villa ensuites to modern master suites with sea views. Modern waterproofing, large-format tiling, frameless glass, council-signed-off, Master Builder Guarantee on workmanship and weathertightness.
Bathroom renovations in OrakeiFull Home & Extensions
Full Orakei home transformations: second-storey extensions to capture harbour views, ground-floor extensions for family flow, modernising 60s/70s family homes. QS-priced end-to-end including engineering, consents, and complete home renovation.
Home extensions in OrakeiOrakei homeowners choose AVR for renovations that capture the view and the long game.
Four reasons Orakei homeowners keep choosing us — and keep sending their friends.
200+ Auckland renovations completed since 2010
QS-led pricing — every cost upfront.
We price every Orakei renovation through a 21-section QS scope before contract. What you sign is what you pay — every cost transparent and locked in from the start.
Master Builder 10-Year Guarantee.
Every AVR renovation is backed by the Registered Master Builders 10-Year Guarantee. Structural, weathertightness, workmanship — covered for a decade. Plus $2M public liability insurance.
We know Orakei homes.
Mid-century homes on sloped sections, 60s/70s brick-and-tile family homes, postwar weatherboards, modern coastal builds — Orakei has the full range, and we’ve worked across it. We know how to capture the harbour view and which structural moves are worth doing on a sloped site.
Newmarket-based, one team start to finish.
Our office is at 110 Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket — a 12-minute drive from Orakei via Remuera Road. Same-day site visits, weekly walk-throughs, one accountable team start to finish.
Backed by our Master Builder 10-Year Guarantee.
Opening up a bungalow without losing the character: Simon & Michelle’s open-plan kitchen.
From our recent Auckland portfolio: Simon & Michelle bought a tired bungalow and wanted modern, open-plan living without losing the character. We delivered exactly that.
Simon & Michelle wanted to modernise their bungalow without erasing the character. We removed the load-bearing wall using a laminated engineered timber beam, opened the kitchen to the living and dining, and installed a bespoke shaker-style kitchen that matched the bungalow’s detail. The result: light, flow, and a kitchen designed for everyday life and entertaining — all without changing the home’s soul. Council consent, architect, and kitchen designer coordination handled end-to-end.
View this project → Full project gallery and client story on the project page. Talk to us about your Orakei home.We’ve completed renovations across Orakei and the wider Auckland area.
Every AVR renovation in Orakei follows the same three steps: free consultation, QS report, then build.
Free Consultation
We visit your Orakei home for a 30-minute on-site consultation — relaxed and helpful. We look at the property, listen to what you want, and share an honest view on scope, rough cost band, and what’s possible.
QS Report
Our QS-led 21-section scope locks in your fixed price before any contract. You get a detailed breakdown of every element — structural, materials, trades, timeline — plus three hours of on-site consultation and unlimited phone support.
Renovation
We build. One project manager. Weekly written updates. Weekly site walk-throughs if you want them. Consent handled end-to-end. Delivered on time, on budget, guaranteed for 10 years under the Master Builder Guarantee.
Below are the questions Orakei homeowners ask us most often about renovating in this part of Auckland.
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Auckland’s renovation specialists, since 2010.
Newmarket-based, servicing homeowners across every Auckland suburb. Every project QS-priced and fixed before contract — delivered through our 21-section scoped process and one expert team that owns design, build, and finish.
Let’s transform your Orakei home — view captured, family home delivered.
Book a free 30-minute consultation with Simon. Friendly, expert, and tailored to your Orakei home — you leave with a clear view on scope, cost band, and the best path forward.
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