Restored family home in Glendowie, Auckland

Lakeside Place terrace homes under construction

Bathroom in a renovated Parnell apartment

Lindsay & Armstrong Construction · Auckland

Strongertogether.

Built on trust.Focused on quality.Delivered to last.Two builders. One standard.

Two established Auckland builders have joined forces. Mike Lindsay and Derek Armstrong bring nearly 60 years of experience, two proven teams and one shared promise to every home, apartment and development we build.

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Luxury residential · Multi-unit · Design and build

Our story

Two builders, joining forces.

The market is tough, and clients are right to look hard at who they trust with their money. A builder working alone carries every risk on one set of shoulders. So we decided we would be better together.

Bettertogether.

Mike brings 24 years of high-end building and fire compliance from Sydney and Auckland. Derek brings 35 years on commercial, multi-unit and high-end projects here and in Europe. Together we share our knowledge, our subcontractors, our suppliers and our standards.

59yrs

In construction between the two directors

Countries built in: New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany

Licensed Building Practitioners leading every project, hands on

10yrs

Stamford building warranty, underwritten at Lloyd's of London

The directors

Two careers. One standard.

You deal with the directors themselves. Between them they have built waterfront homes, apartments, retirement villages, hospitals and commercial high-rise, and they lead every project personally.

Director · Co-founder

Mike Lindsay

LBP CarpentryNSW Builder's LicenceLevel 3 Passive Fire

After more than 20 years delivering high-end homes and renovations, my role is to make sure every project is carefully managed from day one.

Mike trained and worked for 14 years with Bradstreet Building Services in Sydney, now a multi-award-winning builder, rising from apprentice to licensed builder and site foreman on multi-million-dollar waterfront homes. Back in Auckland he helped grow a passive fire company to more than 50 staff, then founded Lindsay Building Services, where most work comes from repeat clients and referrals.

2026Co-founder, Lindsay & Armstrong Construction.
2021 to 2026Founder, Lindsay Building Services. High-end renovations, extensions and architectural projects across Auckland.
2016 to 2021Shareholder and Technical Advisor, Passive Fire NZ. Passive fire on commercial high-rise for Dominion, Hawkins, Naylor Love and Watts & Hughes.
2002 to 2016Apprentice to Licensed Builder, Bradstreet, Sydney. Site foreman on $2M to $4M waterfront homes, including a new home over an 8-car basement with a passenger lift.

Director · Co-founder

Derek Armstrong

LBP Carpentry and Site 1Trade carpenter and joiner35 years

High-end construction requires more than simply completing the work. It needs attention to detail, proactive communication and disciplined programme management.

Derek has built his way from apprentice to construction director across four countries. He founded Armstrong & Wolfe, an Auckland design and build company with a loyal team and a strong record of repeat clients, and runs projects from buildability review through to Code Compliance Certificate.

2026Co-founder, Lindsay & Armstrong Construction.
2018 to 2026Director, Armstrong & Wolfe. High-end homes and terrace housing, including Lakeside Place and four homes at Rodney Street, Howick.
2016 to 2018Senior Site Manager, Summerset. About 250 builders across multiple work fronts.
2016Site Manager, Fletcher Construction. Auckland Airport international departures fit-out, built while the terminal stayed open.
2013 to 2016Project Manager, Christchurch rebuild. Arts Centre strengthening, a private hospital, and a commercial build delivered two months early and on budget.
1995 to 2013Ireland, the Netherlands and Germany. Head Builder on EUR 5 to 10 million homes in Dublin, and crews on projects up to EUR 250 million with BAM Bouw.

Our work

Proven on site.

New homes, terrace housing, apartments and full renovations from both teams. Tap any photo to see it larger.

Mike Lindsay · Glendowie

Taken over and finished right

Pool, decking, driveway, cladding and landscaping on a high-value home. We took over from a previous builder, rebuilt the paperwork for CCC and delivered on programme.

Derek Armstrong · Lakeside Place

Terrace homes in one sequence

Slabs, framing, scaffold and envelope run across every unit, with the same crew on site from start to finish.

Mike Lindsay · Parnell

Six floors up, owners at home

A full apartment renovation with the owners living in. Every material went up six floors and the benchtop went in by crane.

Mike Lindsay · Seaforth, Sydney

Basement, lift and seven bedrooms

A new AUD 3.4 million home over an 8-car garage with a passenger lift, built in 15 months. It sold for a then area record of $9 million.

Our team

Two teams, merging.

When two building companies become one, you get more than two directors. You get both crews, both sets of trusted subcontractors and both supply chains, built up over many years.

**Mike Lindsay's team**Lindsay Building Services

**Derek Armstrong's team**Armstrong & Wolfe

=One team.

Mike's crew and Derek's crew have each spent years working together on their own sites, with their own site foremen, carpenters and apprentices. Now they work side by side as one Lindsay & Armstrong team.

That means more experienced hands on your job, more site leadership, and the capacity to take on larger projects without bringing in strangers.

Site leadershipSenior site foremen from both businesses, with up to 30 years on the tools.

Our own crewsCarpenters, builders and apprentices trained in-house, not labour hire.

More capacityTwo crews let us run trades in parallel and keep your programme moving.

The same facesThe people who start your job are the people who finish it.

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Two supply chains, pulled together.

We each bring the subcontractors and suppliers we have relied on for years. They know how we run a site and what we expect.

Long-standing partners include Kitchen Dynamics for kitchen design and manufacture and Plumbing 360 for plumbing and gas.

More proven tradesTwo established networks of subcontractors, so the right specialist is ready when your programme needs them.

Stronger with suppliersCombined accounts and volume give us more buying power, better priority on deliveries and quicker answers.

Cover when it countsIf a trade is held up or a material is late, we have a second proven option ready.

No strangers on siteEvery trade on your job has already worked to our standard on our own projects.

Our quality promise

Built right, and guaranteed.

Quality is built in on site, not checked at the end. Good quality control is what makes the quality assurance file worth having.

Step one

Quality control

Every stage is inspected by a licensed builder before it is covered up, and every inspection is recorded with photos. Nothing is assumed.

287point quality checklist used throughout every build

Step two

Quality assurance

Those records become your quality assurance file: inspections, producer statements, warranties and as-builts, handed over with your Code Compliance Certificate. Fully insured for public liability and contract works throughout.

Stamford building warranty

Your building, insured for ten years.

We protect our clients with a 10-year Stamford building warranty, underwritten at Lloyd's of London, the most recognised insurance market in the world. If a defect appears, the insurer pays for the repair. No one has to prove who was at fault.

All defects covered for the first two years
Major defects covered for a further eight
Covers design, materials and workmanship
Passes to new owners if you sell

Licensed Building Practitioners

Both directors fully licensed.

Mike holds LBP Carpentry and a New South Wales builder's licence. Derek holds LBP Carpentry and Site 1. Restricted building work is done or supervised by a licensed director, with a record of work at the end.

How we work

Clear from day one.

Most building projects don't go wrong on site. They go wrong in how the job is run. This is how we run yours.

Understand

We start on site with you: what you want to achieve, how the space must work and the limits we have to plan around.

Plan and price

We review the design for buildability and price it line by line, with a clear scope, cost and timeline before any work begins.

Build with control

A full-time site lead, the right trades at the right time, and staged inspections against our 287-point checklist.

Keep you informed

Weekly updates on progress, budget and what is coming next, with photos and records you can see at any time.

Hand over

Final inspections, Code Compliance Certificate, warranties and your quality assurance file, delivered with the keys.

What our clients say

We had issues with a previous builder. With Mike, everything was clear from the start. The project was well managed and we always knew what was going on.

Peter & NicolaExterior restoration, Glendowie

The whole project was perfectly done on time, neatly and orderly. It was absolutely my luck to meet such a builder in New Zealand.

Rose ChenFull home renovation, Auckland

We were living in the home during the renovation, and the team made the process far easier than expected. Everything ran to plan.

Maree KinlockApartment renovation, Parnell

The workmanship and transparency really stood out, and the project was completed on time and within budget.

Blair StuartKitchen and outdoor renovation, St Heliers

No delay with the time frame. No hidden costs. All the payments made strictly matched with the job schedule.

JuliaHome renovation, Auckland

Very well organised, very personable crew. A pleasure to work with on site, and looking forward to working together again.

Grant MainWorked with the team on site

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Start a conversation

Two builders. One promise.

Planning a new home, a development or a major renovation? Talk to the directors directly. We will walk you through how we would approach it, from budget to timeline.

Mike Lindsay

Director

021 667 873

mike@lindsayandarmstrong.co.nz

Derek Armstrong

Director

027 501 5254

derek@armstrongandwolfe.co.nz