About Canterbury Pole Sheds

Canterbury Pole Sheds is Phil and the team at Phil Richmond Builders, based in Rangiora. Phil has been building across Christchurch and Canterbury for more than 25 years.

Get a quote Or call 0800 001 297

Pole sheds: Lifestyle, farm and garage sheds, slab and all
Fit-outs: Lined rooms, bars and man caves
Licensed: Phil is a Licensed Building Practitioner
25+ years: Building across Christchurch and Canterbury

Inside a cedar-lined entertaining room open on two sides, with an outdoor fireplace, sofas and a long table — A cedar-lined entertaining room built around an outdoor fireplace.

25 years of building, homes to huts

Phil came up through carpentry, holds the National Certificate in Carpentry, and has been a Licensed Building Practitioner in carpentry since 2013. Over 25 years he has built everything from high-end architectural homes to small one-off jobs.

These days most of the work is sheds, and no two are the same: a machinery shed on a hill block, a three-bay garage, a cedar-lined entertaining room around an outdoor fire, a fishing hut that now lets for around $1,000 a night.

A cedar-clad pavilion with a flat dark roof, open on two sides, seen across a lawn — A cedar-clad outdoor room, open on two sides to the lawn: framed, clad and finished on site.

How Phil runs a job

Phil quotes every job himself, after walking the site with you. Then you get a timeline for the build and staged payments that match the job, so you always know what comes next.

The team does the slab, the frame and the cladding. When the fit-out needs an electrician or a joiner, Phil brings them in and runs them as part of the job, or does the work himself. Kevin, who had a pole shed built in Oxford, noticed the team turning up on time and keeping the site tidy.

Timber posts braced in a boxed slab area behind a house, with steel mesh laid before the concrete pour — Boxing and mesh in place before the pour.

Licensed and certified

Phil’s licence and membership, and the years behind them.

Licensed Building PractitionerCarpentry
New Zealand Certified BuildersMember
National CertificateIn Carpentry
25+ yearsBuilding in Christchurch and Canterbury

What a customer says about Phil and the team

… Right from the quoting stage, through to the completion of the pole shed build, Phil and his team did everything right.
They did an amazing job, always turned up on time, were totally respectful and kept the building site very tidy.
We are so thrilled with our new shed.

KevinOxford · pole shed

Get a quote for your shed

Tell Phil what the shed is for, how big, and where it’s going. He’ll ring to talk it through and set a time to look at the site.

What to send Phil

Photos of the site, and the way in
A sketch or plan, if you have one
Roughly how big, or what it has to fit
Whether there’s a slab or pad already
Your town
When you’d like it built

What happens next: Phil rings you to talk the shed through, then comes out to see the site and quote the job. Rather talk now? Call 0800 001 297.