- "We can’t build a house like this without a highly skilled team. From
the sensitive environmental site with its small building platform and
major height limitations, it takes every bit of skill to pull it off."
Simon Carnachan, "Lovin' It Lakeside",
Urbis Autumn, 2005
- "... Philip Lindesay and his team at Auckland's Lindesay Construction
were enlisted to handle the project. Sandra and Daniel's admiration
overflows for these men and their creative input."
"When Daniel met Sandra" NZ Life and Leisure,
Issue 17, January 2008
- "We were lucky that we were recommended Lindesay Construction, because Philip Lindesay is amazing and nothing freaks him out."
Simon Carnachan, "Rock of Sages",
Home and Entertainment June/July 2007
- "...warned Lindesay Construction Ltd that the deceptively simple-looking
house would present them with huge challenges – and he did not mislead
them. But Auckland-based Lindesay were more than up for it and on a
secluded four-hectare site built a house that earned the whole-hearted
admiration – and gratitude – of its architects, owners and the House
of the Year judges."
Simply Sensational, House of the Year, 2008
- "He has a brilliant team of builders, most of whom have university
degrees. They're thinkers, and that's what we’re looking for – people
with the ability to solve problems on the job. Their work does their
marketing for them."
Simon Carnachan, "Building a Reputation",
NZ Home and Entertaining Feb/March 2003
- "The whole building process has, because of you, been one of the most
wonderful experiences of our lives and we will be forever grateful."
Fred Mann Owner of Te Whare Hoiho, Bay of Islands Simply Sensational, House of the Year, 2008