A considered look at fencing a multi-unit development, and the small decisions that quietly shape whether it feels finished, or just built.

There’s a certain moment in every build when things start coming together. The pool is in, the landscaping is done, and you can finally picture summer afternoons spent exactly the way they should be. Then comes the final piece: the fence.

A fence is one of the few things you’ll share with the people next door for many years. How it gets built sets the tone for all of them.

In the journey of any building project, there comes a certain moment of final release - and even relief - that tells an architect this job is complete. That it doesn’t want for more or need any less.

There are a few things everyone from architects to developers to new homeowners seem to want in new fencing. But when it comes to products that deliver all of them, which product wins?

When a husband and wife team fresh from their respective careers in top-level sport start a business, one thing is for certain: they don’t do things by halves. Meet Luke Brown and Jan Rowsell. He’s an ex pro golfer and she’s a 29 test veteran of the NZ Black Sticks hockey team.