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Bennett’s celebrate 50-years in business
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“My business soon took off and it didn’t take long to get into commercial work. We worked on the rebuilding of jobs from the Blenheim Post Office through to the Power Board. Then, we were the biggest bricklayers in town.” Two faces well known throughout the region, Ken Bennett and his son Greg have built a solid reputation for their business Bennett Blenheim brick by brick. Originally called Ken Bennett, the business has had a long and rich history here in Marlborough and this year is celebrating its 50th year. What began as a one man band with Ken specialising as a solid plasterer, has over the years grown to encompass a wide range of services from brick and block laying, tile laying, plastering and stone masonry through to work on swimming pools and repairs on ferroboats. The business first began in 1962 by Ken who says it was with the encouragement and support of builder Eddie North (WE North and Sons) that it became a successful venture. “In those days the biggest house builder was WE North and Sons, and it was Eddie who supported me by providing work and looking out for me a lot. “My business soon took off and it didn’t take long to get into commercial work. We worked on the rebuilding of jobs from the Blenheim Post Office through to the Power
Board. Then we were the biggest bricklayers in town,” Ken reminisces. Once Ken’s two sons joined the business as apprentices, Ken changed the name to KJ Bennett and Sons. As an apprentice son Greg won a prestigious national title, the New Zealand Tradesman of the Year through Wellington Polytechnic in 1989. After retiring in 2000 Ken handed the business over to son Greg who now operates under the name Bennett Blenheim. “I’m still involved with some of the pricing of work, but generally I try to keep away because if I get too close to the yard, I soon get given a job,” Ken laughs. Today Greg and his five-strong team carry out a lot of work for local building companies Thompson and Devany, Robinson Construction and Clarke Construction. “We are also willing to travel anywhere. Just recently I returned from Wellington where I finished a job tiling a mall. “You name it we have probably done it if it involves bricks or mortar,” Greg says. Greg is registered as a Licensed Building Practitioner.
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