Auckland home services, compared properly.
Start with the job, not the directory. Each Auckland guide tells you which service model fits, what it usually costs, and who to contact first, with the local rules that change the real price.
Guides
Plumber
Emergency callouts, drain unblocking, hot water and gasfitting. Real Auckland callout fees, after-hours rates, and PGDB registration rules.
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Emergency faults, switchboard upgrades, rewiring, EV chargers and heat pumps. Auckland hourly rates and the licensing rules that matter.
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New builds, renovations, decks and repairs. Quote-based work done properly: LBP licensing, Auckland consents, and apartment and townhouse realities.
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Full-service vs skip bins vs the free council routes most people miss: inorganic collection, whiteware drop-off, and the orange bag at Waitākere.
Read the guide → GuideLawn mowing & garden maintenance
Year-round growth, kikuyu management, and regular runs from $25, with hedge specialists for the tall stuff.
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Soft wash vs water blasting: published fixed menus from $399, and why monolithic plaster cladding makes high pressure genuinely dangerous.
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Pohutukawa debris year-round, villa box-gutter conversions, and published prices from $150, with guard installation costs by the metre.
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Published per-house prices from $180, pure-water pole for two storeys, and the body-corporate rules for apartment towers.
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Steam vs low-moisture, apartment method rules, published 3-bed prices from $99, and the 2023 flood legacy that still matters.
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Regular vs deep vs bond cleans: Auckland rates above the national average, the ex-GST trap, and why the re-clean guarantee matters more than the lowest price.
Read the guide → GuidePest control
Wasps from $120, bed bug heat treatment costs that surprise people, and the borer inspection-first model, with bush-fringe rodent realities.
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