Extensions
Single and double storey, rear, side return and wrap-around. Foundations, drainage, steels, roof, windows and the full internal fit-out through to decoration.
What counts as a large job
Anything that needs drawings, structural calculations or building control sign-off, and anything that runs for more than about three weeks. These are programmed properly, with a start date in writing and a weekly update on where the job is against it.
Loft conversions
Dormers, rooflights, floor strengthening, staircase, insulation, fire protection and the finished room — with building control arranged.
Garage conversions
Door blocked up, floor built up and insulated, walls lined, heating and power extended, ready as a room rather than a cold box.
New builds
Ground-up residential builds and small developments, managed from site set-up through to handover.
Whole house renovations
A full property taken back and rebuilt, run as one programme rather than a dozen separate trades turning up in the wrong order.
Structural alterations
Walls taken out, steel beams and padstones installed, openings formed, with a structural engineer's calculations and building control inspections arranged.
What it costs
Large jobs are never priced off a website
Anyone who gives you a number for an extension without looking at the ground, the drains, the access and the existing structure is guessing — and that guess always moves once work starts.
So we do it the other way round. A free site visit, measured up, options talked through, and then a written itemised quote with a realistic programme, usually within a few days. That number is fixed. If the job changes, you approve the cost before the work happens.
Payments are staged against completed work. Nobody should be asked to hand over thousands before a wall is touched.
Recent work
Jobs this size
House re-clad, roof and windows
Whole front elevation stripped and re-clad, roof works and new windows throughout. Scaffold up in the summer, finished and cleared by the autumn.
Large job
Pub bar — commercial fit-out
Bar rebuilt and refinished with a solid oak top, panelled walls and a printed front, worked around the pub's opening hours.
Large job
Kitchen refit
Full kitchen refit with the old chimney breast bricked up and the brickwork left exposed.
Large job
Wall rebuilt, new windows, new guttering
Rotten timber frames and failing brickwork taken out, wall rebuilt, new windows fitted and the whole run of guttering and fascia replaced.
Large job
Bar front going on
The collage front being applied by hand, panel by panel.
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Questions we get asked
How long does an extension take?
It depends on size, ground conditions and approvals, but most single storey extensions run to a few months on site. You get a realistic programme with your quote, not an optimistic one.
Do you handle planning and building regulations?
Structural calculations, building control applications and inspections are arranged and dealt with as part of the job. Planning applications and party wall awards we will point you at and help with, but the fees for those sit outside the quote.
Do I need to move out?
Usually not. Most extensions are built with you still living there, and we seal the works off from the rest of the house. A full renovation is different — we will be straight with you about that at the site visit.
Who does the electrics and plumbing?
Certified, fully qualified subcontractors we have used for years. We arrange them, schedule them and manage them, and their work is inside our price.
What if the job turns out to be bigger than expected?
You get told before anything is done, in writing, with the cost. That is the whole point of an itemised quote — you can see what changed and why.
Book a free site visit
Forty-five minutes, an evening that suits you, and a written fixed price a few days later.