Business South May 2021

64 | JOINERY Steadfast Joinery Transforming homes and workplaces T Kelly Deeks Travel bans and rising house prices has seen ‘unprecedented growth’ for the joinery industry, says Steadfast Joinery founding director Leroy Cunningham. T to page 66 PLACEMAKERS DUNEDIN & MOSGIEL PLACEMAKERSDUNEDIN & MOSGIEL 86 PORTSMOUTH DRIVE & 34 CARNCROSS ST (03) 466 4617 PROUDLY SUPPORTING STEADFAST JOINERY sales@elitehardware.co.nz Unit 4, 56 Hayton Road, Wigram, Christchurch Tel +64 3 348 0296 | www.elitehardware.co.nz A locally owned-and-operated company, we provide an extensive range of high quality kitchen handles at competitive prices. Elite Hardware are proud to support Steadfast Joinery 133 King Street, P.O. Box 129, Timaru South Canterbury, New Zealand info@stardoors.co.nz +64 3 688 0031 Fax +64 3 688 0030 Proud to support Steadfast Joinery T he future is looking good for Dunedin’s Steadfast Joinery and its niche market of high quality bespoke joinery, designed to transform homes and workplaces and stand the test of time. “Our industry is now experiencing unprece- dented growth.” says Steadfast Joinery found- ing director Leroy Cunningham. Having been established in 2017, Steadfast Joinery was already on a steep growth curve before emerging from the level four lockdown at the end of April 2020. Being stuck at home during lockdown, Kiwis became more familiar with their homes and what they could and should change about them. “It’s quite clear local clients who won’t be traveling due to Coronavirus are choosing to upgrade the spaces they spent most of their time in during lockdown.” And it’s not just the travel ban that has had a positive effect on New Zealand’s joinery industry. With the price of homes rising more rapidly than ever, people are realising even though they can sell their existing home for a good price, they are going to have to buy again in the same market. “By renovating in- stead, they can have the home they’ve always wanted and they don’t have to think about packing up and moving. Further to these increases, we are seeing a lot of investment renovations happening too.” Steadfast Joinery has defied the odds of most during the pandemic, growing its turno- ver by over 200% in the past six months. Talk to us today, the feature profile experts Phone: 03 983 5500 waterfordpress.co.nz PROFILE YOUR PROJECT...