Kiwi Built

Kiwi Built

About

At KiwiBuilt, we are passionate about executing Wellington's most structurally demanding and architecturally ambitious homes.

Founded by Corey Brown, our team brings a rare advantage to the residential market: a deep background in heavy civil engineering. Having spent years as a Head Foreman running complex infrastructure projects—including the $1.7M Rangoon Street concrete-and-steel bridge over the active railway corridor, the Airlie Road bridge replacement, and the complex seismic strengthening of Shed 6 on the Wellington Waterfront—Corey ensures that even the most challenging designs are executed with absolute precision.

We specialize in bridging the gap between complex engineering and award-winning finishing. Whether we are navigating steep hillside foundations, integrating heavy structural steel, or meticulously reproducing the heritage details of a classic Wellington villa, we approach every build with uncompromising discipline.

This unique standard of execution is why KiwiBuilt was awarded the 2025 Supreme Regional Craftsmanship Award, with the Master Builders judges praising our work for its "discipline, clarity, and pride." ---

Meet the team

Corey Brown
Corey Brown
Owner
Jen
Jen
Owner
Ryan
Ryan
Builder

Awards and recognition

2025
Master Builders
HOY Craftmanship
2025
Master Builders
HOY GOLD 4m+ New Home
2025
Master Builders
HOY Regional Lifesyle Award (Wise Smart Home)
2025
Master Builders
HOY Top 100

Kiwi Built
Kiwi Built
Kiwi Built

Testimonials

Kiwi build ,built our home in Seatoun the experience was absolutely amazing.
Corey and his team always keeping us updated the site always kept tidy.
We couldn’t be more happy than the end result of our new build it was a pleasure having such a great team to work with
Thanks Corey

Steve and Jenny

Corey from Kiwi Built, built our extension on to our 1940s state house and since then he has also completed a number of smaller jobs for us. Corey and team are extremely hard working, reliable and work is of a high quality. Corey's manner and communication through all stages of the work is excellent

Stuart Collins

Corey and his team at Kiwi Built did an amazing job on our downstairs renovation. 3 years on, and we still get a lot of compliments from people about the area. The best thing is when we look back would we have done anything in the renovation differently? The answer is no, and a lot of that comes down to the advice and quality that Kiwi Built pride themselves on.

Gavin Huges

Corey and Chris built our new verandah and also renovated our library. The verandah gave great indoor/outdoor flow and both Chris and Corey were great to work with as I restored the origunak cast iron balaustrade and installed water jet cut aluminium copies...

Malcom Dodge

Corey and the team at Kiwibuilt took us through a major renovation of our beautiful 1910 home. Their attention to detail, their love of the historical aspects of our home and the craftsman ship made all the difference. We love our home and every day we appreciate what Corey and the team achieved.

RachelTanya HaggertyRoth

We’ve been using KiwiBuilt for ten years - on all things big and small. We’ve recommended to many friends who have all had great experiences themselves. Corey is reliable, communicative and cares wholeheartedly about the quality of what they build.
In particular, the team were always respectful, tidy and polite when working indoors and out on renovations around our young family - making the process that much easier!
100% my first point of contact for any project.

Wayne Juno

We had our classic Seddon two storey state house in Newtown renovated by Kiwi Built and Callidus Architects. They were a great team for us as absentee landlords and made every effort to keep under budget. The Kiwi Built app. was excellent as we could see daily photos and work logs with expenses every day. We also had monthly meetings to discuss progress. Thanks Kiwi Built for a professional service to a very high standard and Corey included us in every part.

John Horner

I have used Kiwi Built on a number of occasions now, and find their attention to detail to be exceptional. They are also reliable, and when Corey says he will be on site on a particular date he is. Corey is also a problem solver. In all refurbishment projects there are always challenges to overcome and Corey always finds a cost effective solution. Corey and his Team are great builders and I thoroughly recommend them

John Burrell

Corey, the Kiwibuilt team and Corey’s team of contractors did an amazing job constructing our house in Wellington. I would highly recommend them. Corey dealt with the demolition of the existing house, a significant excavation on a steep site, construction of the new house and all the detailed work inside. We are eternally grateful for the care and attention to this project leading to an amazing house, now entered into the RMB Home of the Year competition. For us, we have already won

Jeremy Birks