Our Story
From a Tile Shop Counter to a Scalable Tiling Division for Builders
Elegant Spaces was born out of a problem group builders know too well. Back in 2002, working behind a tile shop counter, we saw the same story play out every week:
A builder would walk in, ask, “Do you know a good tiler?” — we’d recommend someone. A few weeks later, they’d be back. Not because the tiler wasn’t any good — but because they were already booked out. This happened again and again. It exposed something bigger: builders were trying to scale with a subcontractor model that simply couldn’t.
The Idea Clicked: Don’t Just Recommend a Tiler — Build the System
As the volume housing market exploded, the pain points worsened. Builders were trying to deliver hundreds of homes per year using scattered, one-man-band tilers. It was unscalable and unsustainable. That’s when Elegant Spaces took shape — not as another tiling company, but as a structured tiling division that could plug directly into a builder’s workflow and scale alongside them.
A Partner That Grows With You
We launched with one goal: to give group builders a fully systemised, scalable tiling partner — not someone who slows them down, but someone who builds with them. Over the years, we’ve developed that system into what Elegant Spaces is today:
- A structured quoting and PO workflow
- Dedicated job setup and QA processes
- Field supervisors who manage every install
- Consistent communication with your PMs
- Compliance, safety, and variation control baked in
We don’t just tile. We run your tiling like a division inside your building company — from tender to closeout.
The Tiling Hub: Your Internal Engine Room
At the centre of our model is the Tiling Hub — a project-managed backend that takes the stress and coordination off your hands. We handle:
- Quoting from plans and spec packs
- Scheduling aligned with your programme
- Photo documentation and handovers
- Health & safety compliance, PS3s
- Transparent communication with your team
Group builders don’t just get a tiler — they outsource an entire tiling operation to a team built to deliver scale, certainty, and speed.
From Tile Shop to Trade Partner
What started behind a shop counter is now a regional delivery team serving Auckland, Hamilton, Whangārei, Northland — and beyond. We built Elegant Spaces not just to do more tiling — but to make tiling easier for builders delivering at scale.
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