Award wins started with "a great bunch of apprentices"
Master builder and business owner Ben Redmond is racking up the awards for his company's renovations and builds that House of the Year judges have called "seamless" and "special". But his first forays into competition were on behalf of his apprentices.
He answers five questions following his company's East Coast, Manawatu & Whanganui Registered Master Builders 2017 Supreme Renovation of the Year, Gold Award and Category win, earlier this month.
1: Where did you make your start in the building industry and how did you know that was the direction you wanted to take?
I started my building apprenticeship in my home town of Feilding when I finished school.
I had no intentions of being a builder I just went and helped out one of my older brother's builder friends for the day. We both quickly realised that it was something that I really enjoyed and understood. I think I asked to start my apprenticeship the following day.
I was very motivated by creating something physical and real. I remember driving past sites after hours checking out what we had created that day. I also loved hanging out with the older guys.
2: You and your team are no strangers to awards, with award-winning apprentices as well as a range of Registered Master Builder awards . . . what inspires you to enter these competitions?