Peter and his team, Steve and Carl, are true professionals. Beyond their craftsmanship and expertise gained through their years of experiences, how they work is what makes them a standout.
"Peter has considerable experience in working on heritage buildings, we have always been entirely happy with the quality of his work. Over the past 15 years, Peter has undertaken a number of small and large projects on our heritage Paddington home."
"Peter has an amazing ability to sort out difficult problems and works very hard at understanding what is required of him on each project. He plans ahead and rarely gets caught wanting for anything. The quality of the workmanship his employees and subcontract tradesmen deliver is always outstanding."
"My role brings me into contact with many builders, and it is always good to meet a true professional such as Peter. His attention to detail, and his constant personal attention to the particular intricacies of his projects, is excellent. He spends considerable time himself detailing the works and how he will go about each particular task."
"Apart from his extremely sound building knowledge and the quality of his workmanship, together with that of his employees and his subcontracted tradesmen, what really impressed me from our first meeting at Point Piper was his complete honesty."
"Peter is now our onsite Project Manager. We refer any defects whether large or small directly to him and he organises the appropriate resources and manages all the repairs. Peter explains things in plain English and handles every project quickly and efficiently."
"I have known Peter O’Connell professionally for over twenty years, firstly as a Structural Engineer Consultant, where he was the acting foreman in charge on the building of a large (and structurally very complex) house on the waterfront at Point Piper, and then in the latter years as a licensed builder, carrying out diverse projects, both residential and commercial.
Apart from his extremely sound building knowledge and the quality of his workmanship, together with that of his employees and his subcontracted tradesmen, what really impressed me from our first meeting at Point Piper was his complete honesty.
Several years ago, I engaged Peter to undertake the amalgamation of three units at the Rockfort building, which, once again, required some difficult structural underpinning together with demanding finishes throughout. Because of the complexities and the changes that we knew would be made as the work progressed, it was carried out at my request on a “do and charge basis”, and I was completely satisfied with the outcome.
Recently, the Board of the Rockfort Building engaged Peter to complete the Council imposed Fire Safety Upgrade on the Rockfort (which was well behind schedule), some of which he undertook himself and some as project manager. Following that, the Board has engaged him, either to carry out himself or to project manage, all the remaining remedial work required on the building, including a complete reorganisation of the individual hot water units in the roof space into several safety enclosures and the repairs to, and painting of, the exterior of this heritage building.
I have no hesitation in recommending Peter O’Connell for any project – large or small – that requires not only above average skills and workmanship, but also integrity in the manner in which it is both undertaken and the costs are determined.”