Does a Hamilton business cover the Coromandel?
Some do for larger jobs and almost none do for small ones — it is a two-hour drive over the Kopu hill. NovaPay asks the businesses working in your town first, and the quote states any travel charge rather than adding it later.
Carpenter or builder?
A carpenter is the right call for defined joinery and finishing work. Once the job is structural, involves weathertightness or needs consent, it is building work and may need a Licensed Building Practitioner. Describe the job and the replies will tell you which it is.
Can they make something to fit?
That is the advantage over flat pack. An alcove that is not square, a sloping ceiling, an awkward corner: those are exactly where built-in beats bought-in.
Who supplies the timber?
Usually the carpenter, and it is worth having it stated. Some will happily fit materials you have bought, though most prefer to supply so they can stand behind the result.
Is a small job worth calling someone for?
Most carpenters have a minimum of a few hours, so a single door is expensive on its own. Save the small jobs up and ask for them together, the same way you would with a handyman.