Access Foundations and Houselifting

I had a saggy and split bearer which need to be fixed. I also had some uneven floor of the extention part which I thought might be the result of some foundation problem. Then Aiden came，with his professional and honest opinion. His explanation was clear and easy to understand. He provided two options for me to choose for the bearer，and asked me to just watch for the extention part rather than do the job right now. The work is finished clean and tidy now. Feel very lucky to have Aiden from Access Foundation to do the job. Strongly and highly recommend with no hesitation. Thank you Aiden！

Aidan and Ryan were awesome, they leveled our house and replaced few piles in the process. Such professionalism in their job. Left the site clean and tidy.

We had Aidan and team repile our house, and they did a fantastic job. They are hard working professional guys and communicated the process easily for us. I highly recommend Access foundations.

Really happy with the results and the whole process. Aidan was realistic about our job and was very professional. Overall he was really helpful and I would recommend.

Very pleased with the work done by Aidan and his team to remove and replace a half dozen piles and re-level the front of our house. The workmanship was high quality and they left the site spotless upon completion. We really appreciated the level of care and communication through the project. Thanks again.

These guys were awesome.repiled the rear side of my house that was sunken, even in the tight working area everything got completed easy.

I contracted the services of Aidan and the Access Foundations team to remedy subsidence issues under my house. I noticed some doors not closing properly after the summer drought. Aidan thoroughly inspected the area and suggested re-piling the problem sections. The quote came shortly after but it took a while to get the actual work underway because they are usually busy and at the mercy of weather conditions.

The good news is, once the work started Aidan kept me informed every step of the way. He is clearly very experienced in flooring issues - he took out the old piles and even explained what was wrong with them. They have the right equipment to minimise disruption - there was no need to cut any flooring out to do the re-piling. He kept the job site tidy and I always felt the house was in good hands. Finally, he spent quite a bit of time putting in packers and levelling the floors to our satisfaction.

I am thoroughly impressed with them and have no hesitation to recommend or use them again.

Aiden and the team from Access Foundation replaced a number of aging Piles under our Mt Eden Villa. Their assessment of what was required - was spot on - the final bill was just under the quote and the work was completed in a timely manner. Great communication throughout - no surprises. Would 100% recommend Access Foundation for Repiling.

Access Foundations know their stuff, provided a competitive quote, and executed our underpinning job efficiently and without undue disruption on the property. Top job!

Our house required underpinning on two sides to improve its structural integrity. The team at Access Foundations did a great job! They were reliable with good communication, professional and polite. As we are in the middle of winter there was a fair amount of mud around but the guys keep things as clean and tidy as possible, and even put up with our two crazy dogs! We would happily recommend Access Foundations - they made the whole process easy and have given us back our peace of mind.

Great job, these guys are hard workers, communication was always easy, they keep the job tidy and did a good clean up afterwards. I'm super happy with the end result. Would definitely recommend. My little brick house in Grey Lynn should stand for another 100 years now!

Aidan and his team did a very efficient job of underpinning a corner of our house. There was excellent communication and the site was left as though nothing had taken place.

Hi,

I would just like to thank Aidan and his team at Access Foundations for the outstanding work at my house. We had identified a need to re-pile the house and put some deeper foundations in after the very dry summer last year. Aidan was happy to come out inspect, crawl under the house etc and explain the process. The process was new to us and involved Design engineering, soil sampling an also Council and took a few months. Aidan helped us get in contact and engage with the right people. The digging, concrete pouring and re-piling went well and the team were respective of the house and garden.not always easy when the rain arrives. It was a genuine pleasure to work with Access Foundations, not just because they get the job done but they do care, and are easy to deal with. I highly recommend Access Foundations and Aidan. Note: Best to keep them topped up with coffee and biscuits.:)

Jeremy

Emailed Access on Monday for a quote to repile my house in Epsom - someone showed up Tuesday. Quote received Wednesday. Job started Thursday. Job finished a week later. That’s pretty impressive these days! I wish every tradie was like these guys. Recommended!

We own a 1927 Bungalow in Mt Albert with a sketchy past, which unfortunately required a complete re-pile. Not a small job.

We got 4-5 quotes and Aidan did a great job on patiently communicating the challenges and walking us through our options (stop gap repairs, staggered phases of work, essential works only, etc). He also outlined the pro’s and con’s on each option and importantly the impacts on the complexity of the consent process.

Access were only one of two companies who were prepared to co-ordinate engineers, draftsman's and council consent process as part of an all-in-one service which was great for first home owners like ourselves. When he was quoting, he spent over 20 minutes crawling under the house before crawling out and explaining what he saw to us. He then came back back within 3 days with a detailed quote as promised.

We initially went with another company, but after 8 weeks of poor communication and frustration, we switched over to Access. Within 2 weeks he had submitted consent, where we then received a weekly email every Tuesday from Anna just updating us to any changes or just letting us know they were still waiting - peace of mind.

When consent was approved, by happy chance they started the very next day. Aidan, Ryan and the team were there every day bright and early, leaving the house and site clean at the end of it. The best part was that at the end of day (nearly every day), I got a text from Aidan about what had happened that day and how they were getting on.

Their quote was not the cheapest we saw, but when you’re re-piling your family home - you really don’t want to pay cheap, buy twice. More importantly, their quote and expected tertiary costs (architects, consent, etc) were all within +/- 5% of the estimate, despite a few hiccups along the way which meant we came in on budget.

The result is top notch, with the house within 3mm despite spliced bearers, 2 prior extensions 30 years apart, scattered volcanic rock, rotten floor joists and other mickey-mouse work from an old house.

Would happily recommend Access Foundations to anyone looking for someone to help with their foundations.

(Note some of the actions shots below of before and during work.)

Had Aidan and Ryan in for an underpin. Great bunch of dudes highly recommended, very informative and diligent. We really appreciated their continuous communication on the Job. Thanks guys

Access Foundations were very professional, helpful and completed the work quickly and to a high quality. We were very impressed and would highly recommend trusting them with any job.

Aiden and his team did a great job. Really good communication to start with, fair detailed quote, and suggestions on when they could do the work and how long it's gonna take. They turned up in time as arranged, did get on with the job and cleaned up well after. We were always kept in the loop about progress. Aiden even came around after the job was finished as we weren't sure if there was a problem occurring to check up on it. Can highly recommend Access Foundations.

Brilliant service under the trying circumstances of lockdown. It seems some supplies were the hardware equivalent of flour and loo paper but all was sorted efficiently. We have a reasonably difficult site to access and everything was brought down by hand - amazing athleticism! Absolutely recommended all round.

Really happy with the retaining wall replaced at our home on the North Shore this week. Clear communication by Aidan throughout, we would highly recommend this company.