Abbie has been with the Sentinel team for quite some time now, she started out as a designer with one of our trade partners and is now an integral part of our sales team. Abbies role is to guide our clients through the design, selections and pricing process and every client who deals with Abbie is well looked after, with the result being a beautifully designed and well thought out home, with every question answered along the way.

Outside of work Abbie loves wining and dining with friends, renovating her house, and hanging out with Wolf (her dog) and cuddles with Mila the cat.

Scott is our (self proclaimed) geek! He is the maestro at implementing systems and processes across the whole team. This ensures cohesion between the departments and ultimately delivering high quality homes to our clients – every time. Scotts favourite parts of his role are the flexibility and problem solving.

Outside of work Scott loves Football, building/making things, hanging out with friends, training his pup, skiing, and renovating his own homes.

Kirstie is our resident design-guru and everyone who meets her can feel how passionate she is about her job. Helping people is her favourite part and she’s very good at design, but having a Dad and Fiance who are builders means that she’s very good with the finer details and processes of construction too.

Outside of work Kirstie loves to hang at Cooks Beach with Harry, her dog Jack, and her friends. Kirst is the youngest in our team but is considered the “old soul”

Rhys is our enthusiastic, friendly sales consultant. With 12 years of experience in sales within FMCG, Rhys’ latest role was regional sales manager for the Apple Press, however his love for the construction industry has not been a recent discovery. Before Rhys got into FMCG, he completed a pre-trade certificate in carpentry at EIT in Hawke’s Bay – so he’s now done a full circle and joined us! Rhys’ favourite part of the job is working with clients to build their dream home.

Outside of work he loves sports and fitness, fishing – majority of the time in Raglan, and chilling with family and friends.

Stacey is the glue of the team and guides all of our clients through the pre-construction process.She makes sure our clients know what is going on, while also ensuring all the boxes are ticked for our construction team to start building on site.  

Stacey is a qualified Ambulance officer, and she is also halfway through her diploma in Construction as part of her training program with the Sentinel Team.

Outside of work, Stace loves spending time with her gorgeous daughter Manaia and the rest of her family, as well as hanging out watching the rugby.  

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Ash is our Junior QS and is in her final year of completing her diploma in Quantity Surveying, which she’s been studying for while working for the Waikato team. Ash started with us as Accounts manager and as she’s completed more of her qualification she’s moved into the Quantity Surveying team. She works closely with Monesh to ensure accurate job costing and deals with a lot of our build partners carrying out the work on site.

Ash’s favourite part of QS'ing is being able to contribute in a big way to the completion of beautiful family homes and the responsibility that comes with it.

Outside of work Ash likes to read, hangs out with her kids, ride her bike, and help her husband Daniel onsite - they have built their own houses in the past.

Emerson has been in the building industry for 20+ years and this allows him to offer our clients an experienced and balanced input as part of their building project.
Dealing with people is Emersons favourite part of his role and he believes in ensuring everything we do is centred around making the process as enjoyable as we can for our clients through proactive communication.

Emersons role is about providing leadership and direction both to our design and build consultants and wider team to offer a level of service that not only provides our clients comfort, but exceeds their expectations. Emerson is always first to suggest a social outing and is known for how fun he is to be around – hence he’s the party starter!

Outside of work Emerson likes to hang out with family and friends, loves his footy, and can often be found riding around the river trails on his bike with his sons.

Haley looks after our accounts department to ensure that all of our build partners are paid on time as well as looking after the financial wellbeing of the business.

Haley loves the flexibility of her role (especially having two young kids) and that we support her and give her every opportunity to grow.

She believes that everyone wants and brings out the best in each person, and she loves that she has contact with every department and person in the business because of her role.Outside of work - Haley loves spending time with her family, fishing when she can get out, and having an occasional dance music night with her friends and a few wines!

Renee supports her construction team and helps to keep things ticking along. Her favourite part of the role is dealing with our clients and she loves the friendly dynamic of our team. Renee has a keen interest in interior design and is looking to grow into doing more of the selections and colours process with our clients over time.

Outside of work Renee loves to spend time with her young family (her kids Evie and Cooper are beautiful!), she keeps fit by running, loves to cook and is doing up her own home.

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Nathan (Nate) is an ex-builder and has been in the building industry for 15 years. Nate his known for his cool, calm and collected manner and ability to take everything in his stride. His favourite part of the job is seeing the home completed but Nate also enjoys talking clients through the milestones of the build and watching progress week to week.

Outside of work, Nate loves fishing, mountain biking, and hanging out with his son Noah.

Ryan was a professional gamer for 5 years, which allowed him to travel and live around the world. When he came back home to New Zealand, he decided to get into the construction industry as a Quantity Surveyor. He's currently completing a diploma in quantity surveying, while working as part of the team at Sentinel Homes. Outside of work Ryan enjoys spending time with his partner and family - outside doing things around the house, running and playing sports.

Molly is the friendly face that welcomes everyone to our office. She looks after general administration in our office and provides support to every department while also being heavily involved with our handover process. Molly is also a part of the marketing side of the business, helping with the advertising and social media content.
Molly has just graduated Otago University with a Psychology degree and loves that her job allows her to interact with so many different people. Her favourite part of the job is dealing with clients and being a part of such an awesome team.
Outside of work, Molly enjoys going out with her friends, playing hockey, creating music, and cuddles with her puppy Milo. She also has a passion for travel and has been lucky enough to have travelled extensively while being brought up in Scotland.

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Nate owner and general manager, Nate is tasked with “steering the ship”", He's a builder by trade, who still loves to get on the tools and is currently Vice-President of the Waikato branch of Registered Master Builders.

Nate has worked in almost every role within the business which helps him lead the team and work with each department to ultimately deliver on the vision which is to fulfil dreams both for our people and our clients.  Nate believes that by focusing on the development of the team, the team will be equipped to look after our customers and build partners, meaning that we can all do what we say we will do.

Nates favourite parts of what he does are seeing our people grow and learn, and handover days are a real highlight.  “Seeing whanau excited and proud to be moving into their new home is a real buzz that I could never get sick of!” Says Nate.

Outside of work Nate is a family man who adores his two young daughters and beautiful wife as well as enjoying the outdoors in the form of fishing, diving and travelling.

Rowdy is a Project Manager and one of the qualified builders in the team. His favourite part of the job is looking at a finished product and being proud of it. Dealing with happy owners and getting to see the looks on their faces when they get the keys is extremely satisfying to Rowdy.

Outside of work, Rowdy is a keen fisherman and golfer.

Mon is our Senior QS and since starting with the Waikato team he has brought a wealth of experience with him – he has been a QS for over 10 years now.

Mon has overall responsibility for job-related finances, ensuring that our clients receive accurate pricing quickly.

Mons favourite part of Quantity Surveying is estimating and building up rates.

Outside of work, Mon loves to watch movies (particularly action and thriller!) and Super Rugby (he’s a blues supporter - don’t hold that against him) and is a dad to two beautiful girls.

Luke has 25 years of experience in the building industry under his belt – starting as a carpenter and then spending the last 10 years in Supervisory and PM positions. He struggles to pick his favourite part of the job as he has a real passion for all aspects of the construction process, but he does really
love handing over well-built, beautifully-finished homes.
Outside of work, Luke loves being in the outdoors – camping, boating, and fishing with his son Archie. You can also catch Luke tearing up the stage at one of his band’s gigs as he loves performing and writing music with his rock band.

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