Handyman & home maintenance
Your home deserves expert care
The jobs too small for a builder and too fiddly for a Saturday — done properly, first time, by someone who turns up when they said they would.
Devonport · Takapuna · Milford · Northcote · Birkenhead
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09 555 0132
About us
Dependable home services, with a personal touch
Rafter & Rail started in 2017 with one van and a rule that still holds: if we say we'll be there Tuesday, we're there Tuesday. We're four qualified tradespeople who between us cover carpentry, plumbing repairs, electrical work and the long tail of jobs that don't belong to any single trade — the sticking door, the deck that needs re-boarding, the bathroom fan that's never worked. Everything is quoted before it starts, and anything we find along the way gets a phone call, not a line on the invoice.
Fixed quotes before we start
Qualified, insured tradespeople
12-month workmanship guarantee
What we do
Delivering dependable work with a personal touch
Six things we're asked for most. If what you need isn't here, ring us anyway — there's a good chance we do it.
General repairs & maintenance
The list on the fridge — sticking doors, dripping taps, cracked tiles, the shelf that was never level. One visit, one invoice.
Plumbing fixes & installs
Leaking taps, running toilets, new mixers and waste replacements — the repairs that don't need a full bathroom strip-out.
Electrical repairs & upgrades
Extra outlets, light fittings, extractor fans and switchboard tidy-ups, all signed off by our registered electrician.
Carpentry & joinery
Custom shelving, decking repairs, skirting and trim, and furniture that arrived flat and stayed that way.
Painting & finishing
Single rooms, exterior touch-ups and the patch-and-paint that follows every other job we do.
Bathroom & kitchen refresh
New vanities, splashbacks, cabinet hardware and silicone — the changes that read as a renovation without being one.
Our team
The experts behind the tools
Emily Wilson
Founder, qualified carpenter
Chris Martinez
Site supervisor
Linda Garcia
Registered electrician
David Brown
Apprentice
Reviews
Clients are saying
Excellent service from start to finish. Turned up when they said, worked through the whole list, and left the place tidier than they found it.
Robert Mathew
Devonport
Four jobs I'd been putting off for two years, all done in an afternoon. Should have rung them much earlier.
Nina King
Takapuna
Found a leak behind the vanity that we didn't know about, rang before touching it, and fixed it for what they'd quoted.
Emily Wilson
Milford
The brands and suppliers we work with every week
Blog
From the blog
Advice, answers and the odd bit of news.
