| 51 MANUFACTURING B & M Joinery “Central Otago, the boom has been insane. One of our first contracts that we got was for the retirement village here.” T T Russell Fredric Otago-based Master Joiner wins big B & M Joinery owners Brendon and Kate Munro - the company won this year’s New Zealand Registered Master Joiner Otago and Southland regional Best Joiner award for their own home kitchen. Winning a top industry award has capped off an amazing seven years for Cromwell-based B & M Joinery. Owned and run by Brendon and Kate Munro, the company won this year’s New Zealand Registered Master Joiner Otago and Southland regional Best Joiner award. A manufacturing award, it validates the pride and genuine focus on quality that B & M Joinery invests in every project, Kate says. “It’s the first time that we have put anything into the awards so it was cool to win that; we are pretty stoked, but we are hungry for more now. It makes us definitely feel that we are on the right track, are doing things right, and it’s nice to get that validation. “You can get that from your clients with great feedback, but it’s nice to get it from within your own industry as well.” A bonus is that it was Brendon and Kate’s own kitchen that won the award. B & M Joinery was originally started as a partnership with another director, but Brendon and Kate subsequently bought the business outright. In hindsight, the timing was perfect because of the strong building economy, but one that was to grow exponentially more. “Central Otago, the boom has been insane. One of our first contracts that we got was for the retirement village here.” This provided a great springboard to become quickly established in the residential and commercial sectors covering an expansive area of Central Otago, and the business now employs 12 staff. “Our goal was that we wanted to make the whole joinery process as easy and stress free as we could and we wanted to hold the client’s hand from start to finish.” B & M Joinery’s design team provides a comprehensive initial consultation in which the client’s wants, needs, ideas and budget are developed into a concept plan and a quotation. “From there we do a site visit and then we create 3D plans and renders; those are then the plans that get signed off by the client.” During this process, if necessary, B & M Joinery’s designers can look at ways of helping people with a limited budget to achieve what they want with “value engineering” by using cost effective materials that are still of good quality. There is an incredible range of materials available today, and this amount has increased vastly, even in the past five to 10 years, Kate says. “It’s mind blowing; there are so many different products and materials to choose from across the board. “Even with handles and hardware, there is a lot more to choose from, however there is a certain quality that we won’t go below.” Among the quality hardware that B & M Joinery stocks and fits is the internationally recognised Blum and Hafele products, and Kate says these companies are constantly introducing new products and technologies to the market. Brendon and Kate’s award winning kitchen is the perfect example of combining a variety of materials, colours, textures and even shapes and pushing the boundaries to create something truly unique. A feature that Kate particularly loves is their benchtop which features a porcelain slab inset into the timber, while the overall design of the benchtop has varied angles and curves. A clever and practical design element she also loves is all that their benchtop appliances are hidden behind a roller door which keeps them concealed, but they are always plugged in, easily accessible and ready to use. Proudly Supporting B&M Joinery Ltd www.brookcarrbuilding.com 027 227 9337 Your Paint and Lacquer specialists 03 445 4979 8 Nancy Place, Cromwell www.centrallacquertech.nz o ice@centrallacquertech.nz Proud hardware supplier to our partners at B & M Joinery www.blum.com 16 Avenger Crescent, Wigram, Christchurch info.nz@blum.com | 03 379 4984 Visit our Christchurch showroom to discover top quality Blum products and services and be inspired for your next home project.
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