About Us
Meet Structor NZ
Your dependable Queenstown building & management team
Structor is an adaptive Queenstown building company. Our main focus is to build architecturally designed homes and tasteful renovations, with our attention to detail producing a clear visual definition of our skilled workset. We also have solid experience in Passive House construction in the Wakatipu area.
- Building smarter, warmer and cleaner
- Quality construction
- Strong communication
- Guaranteed timeframes
- On budget builds
A small family building company with a big range of experience
Stephen and Charlotte set up Structor back in 2016. Stephen was previously a site foreman with a large local construction company. Charlotte was and is still, a member of QLDC’s building department. Between them, they fully understand the complexities of the resource and building consent processes, to help your build run as smooth as possible, from concept to obtaining the code of compliance.
The little ones
Although quite a handful, their 3 young boys love their ‘tool time’. All their dreams came true when Stephen and Charlotte extended their own property and they became budding apprentices.
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Meet the team
Owner
Stephen Bates
Stephen Bates gained his passion for woodwork during school and enrolled into a Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship at just 16 years old, following in his two older brothers footsteps.
Born and raised in Yorkshire, England, he completed his four year apprenticeship with a small building and joinery firm whose range of projects included new build homes, barn conversions and bar/shop fit outs, supplemented by a hi tech joinery factory.
Stephen furthered his studies and learnt the basics of surveying, costing and thermal efficiency in preparation for a diploma. He also qualified as an AutoCAD design operator.
Life plans changed and he headed to Perth, Western Australia in 2002 to build spec homes and fit out luxury yachts.
He finally moved to Queenstown in 2005 and gained a wealth of experience and knowledge with a large south island building company before setting up Structor in 2016.
Stephen lives in Arthurs Point with Charlotte and three children.
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The team
Our international team has a wide range of knowledge in other areas of construction too, including light commercial shop fit outs, kitchen refits and most recently, multi unit apartment development, major structural retaining wall systems and subdivision civil works. Structor has successfully worked alongside local award winning architects, QLDC, Downer and A J Hackett Bungy to name a few.