John Berridge - Architectural Designer
I'm John Berridge, an Architectural Designer passionate about creating homes and spaces that uniquely suit your needs. With over four decades of experience, I've evolved from a junior draftsman to managing my own practice, Absolute Design & Drafting Services Ltd, and serving as a Design Manager with leading Group Housing companies. Now, I'm eager to collaborate directly with clients seeking a distinctive lifestyle and a touch of adventure. I focus on sculpting environmentally sustainable, harmonious spaces that enhance occupants and their surroundings.
From addressing challenges like the "Leaky Home Syndrome" to exploring innovative construction methods, I embark on a journey with clients - turning concept ideas into completed homes that reflect individual tastes and needs.
Having worked with John now for two home designs, has been a pleasure from start to completion of both these houses. His design flare, drafting skill, and technical knowledge put him in a unique space, and we will certainly be using him if we decide to build again.
I've known John for the last 20 years. He has successfully completed our three-family housing development projects, including sub-division, house design, and project management. The project management included building consents, tenders, and construction observation. John is a creative architectural designer and diligent project manager. He met our expectations and satisfaction through effective communication and coordination. We recommend John for innovative design work and project management for residential developments.
John was recommended to me by a client who was a builder and developer. I found John to be punctual, professional and most importantly explained everything down to the last detail. He often included council regulations with the consent process which made it easier for me to understand. I had no issues in obtaining Council Consent to a minor alteration and it was through within a month. I found John to be respectful, honest and a diligent person to deal with. I highly recommend Johns services and have appreciated all my dealings with him.
John is very approachable, easy to talk to and he conducted his consultations in a professional manner. He was able to communicate the project information to us in an easy-to-understand manner. John has a vast knowledge of the building requirements for not only the Auckland area, and his knowledge of products that are available to the trade is wide spread. We were also impressed with the ability that John was able to recall our specific details with various drawings instantly without looking at our plans.
We found that our ideas were accepted and included within the overall design concept, and an element of devil's advocacy thrown in to ensure that we were aware of the implications that our suggestions and ideas may have. We found that John's ideas were based on a strong practical basis that has ensured a design that will encompass our lifestyle and future demands of our (renovated) home. The presentation and detail of the drawings surpassed our expectations, and the 3D drawings provided us with a real appreciation of what we were going to get, upon completion.