Staff Profiles

Phil Holah

Managing Director, and Head of Sales & Design

Phil joined the company in 1995 and served his time on the site with his father Alan, before heading overseas to further his experience as a qualified quantity surveyor and architectural designer in Europe. When he returned to Holah Homes, Phil brought with him a unique combination of the good building practice he learned here in New Zealand, along with his overseas construction experience. He worked for the company as an estimator for 12 years before taking over the company from parents Alan and Beryl, along with his two brothers, in 2008. Aside from his position as Managing Director, Phil also heads up the company’s sales team and design team.

Grant Holah

Director & Project Manager

Grant joined Holah Homes Ltd in 1987 and worked alongside his father Alan, learning the Holah Homes values of outstanding quality and customer service. Today, Grant is a company director, and remains in charge of project management. He also manages the company’s apprentice training – an area he strongly feels is essential to the future of the company, and to the building industry as a whole.

Marty Holah

Head of Investments

From his base overseas, Marty manages the company’s investments. Of course, that’s when he’s not pursuing his career as a professional rugby player. Marty began helping out in the family business as a labourer, and assisting his father and brothers with general site work. While his rugby career has taken him overseas, he is still very much a part of the family business, and enjoys getting back ‘on site’ whenever he can.

Alan Holah

Lead Builder

Alan joined Holah Homes’ parent company, Clyde Holah Ltd, after completing his builders apprenticeship, and has been with the company ever since. Throughout his time in the building industry, Alan has been responsible for many housing, commercial and semi-commercial projects, so he has a wealth of knowledge and experience to offer. In 2008, Alan and his wife Beryl handed the company over to their three sons, but he remains active in the company today as Lead Builder.

Beryl Holah

Accounts Manager

In 1980 Beryl Holah started working for Holah Homes as a bookkeeper. By 1983 she had begun working on site as well, wallpapering and painting new houses. Beryl began working in her current role as full time Accounts Manager in 2003, and, despite having taken a step back from the company in recent years to allow her sons to run the business, Beryl still works for Holah Homes as Account Manager, and is a valued member of the team.

Steve Jenkins

Lead Designer

Heading up the Holah Homes design team is Steve Jenkins, who has an illustrious career as both a joiner and designer behind him. Steve began working as a joiner’s apprentice in 1991, and proved himself an exceptional talent by winning both the 1992 and 1993 Apprentice of the Year competitions. He also won the Waikato Skills Olympic in 1995, and in 1996 started his own very successful joinery company.

However, in 2005, Steve was ready for a change and decided to branc out into building, closely followed by a spell of further education with a NZ Diploma in Architectural Technologies (NZDAT) in 2008. He started working with Holah Homes in 2009 as a designer, and quickly progressed up the ranks to become Lead Designer. Steve continues to win awards for his work, including the Te Kopua Pap Kainga Design Award in 2010.

Shelesha Voyle

Architectural Design Team

Shelesha started working for Holah Homes in 2010, and is currently in her final year of full-time study towards a National Diploma in Architectural Technology. She chose her career path because of her desire to work in a creative industry, and she enjoys the collaborative process of turning ideas into a design, whilst making it work structurally. She also says she likes the personal nature of residential design, as opposed to commercial projects, and is excited about the future of the industry and her own career in design & build homes.

Testimonials

We would like to thank you all for the great experience of building our new home with you.

From the time we visited your show home and met with Phil, through to dealing with Beryl and building with Alan and crew, it was a pleasure.

Your subcontractors were great to deal with and we can endorse their work to anyone. Our home is much admired now we have finished the interior décor, and visitors love the colours and textures used.

Bob and I have been working hard on the landscaping (well bob mostly with the building work) and me with the planting, though it will all look a lot better when we get a lawn down, which probably won’t be till autumn now.

Bob and Lyn Reid

We would like to take this opportunity to endorse Holah Homes as our number one choice of builders. We found the process on a whole to be stress free which was due to the professionalism of everyone involved at Holah Homes.

We found Phil, Grant & Alan very easy to communicate with and also the other contractors involved.

We were very pleased with the promptness in which each stage was completed, even when on the odd occasion we had requested some changes to the original plans. We were very impressed with the attitudes of all the workers involved, the quality of the work and their general mannerism we found to be polite and friendly at all times, which is a reflection of the Holah family and what they stand for.

We look forward to building again one day soon. When we do we will look no further than Holah Homes.

Alan & Jaydene Oakes

Building a new home can be a very exciting, challenging and stressful time for the new home owner. Brenda & I took some considerable time in meeting a number of different builders both local and franchised before we made our final choice. We chose Holah Homes because of their friendly, responsive and approachable style they used in our early interaction with them. By our third meeting we had met Phil, Grant and their parents; we were impressed by their knowledge and willingness to get on with the job.

One of the important aspects for us while our house was being built was to have a very clear building timeline. This was provided to us in a simple one page format that advised us when various sub contractors and suppliers would be on site. Grant or Phil was always willing to meet with us on site to discuss progress and to offer options on alternative products.

Whenever we needed to query any issue our calls were responded to in a prompt manner and any variations were confirmed prior to order taking place. Invoices clearly outlined detailing costing and variations to any fixed prices were listed separately.

Our house was built on time, which we have lived in with great pleasure for three years. The key memory of building our home with Holah Homes was that we were dealing not just with a company but a family who provided a service that was built on integrity and
workmanship. We felt both Grant and Phil took pride in their service delivery and product from the time of the first consultation right through to the hand over of the keys.

We would not hesitate in recommending Holah Homes to other people seeking to build.

Scott & Brenda Evans

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Award-winning designer home specialists Holah Homes have been building custom homes in Hamilton and the Waikato since 1962. Whether you choose a design & build option, customised luxury house plan, a house and land package or home renovation, your new home will be individually designed, professionally built and guaranteed to stand the test of time.

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