Building & Extensions
Extensions, conversions, structural alterations and full refurbishments — from footings to final decoration.
Adding or reworking space is the biggest job most people ever commission, and the one where a vague quote hurts most. We price it in detail, build it properly, and keep the rest of the property liveable while we do.
What the job involves
A build is really several trades in sequence: groundwork and foundations, structural shell, roof, first fix, plastering, then second fix and decoration. We manage the sequence rather than handing you six separate contractors and a diary problem.
Before anything is dug, you'll have a quotation that separates materials, labour and any provisional sums, so you can see exactly where the money goes and where it might move.
Regulations and approvals
Most extensions need building regulations approval and some need planning permission. We'll tell you which category your project falls into at the quotation stage, work to your architect's drawings if you have them, and coordinate with building control through the inspection stages. We don't start notifiable work without the paperwork in place — it protects you when you come to sell.
What's included
- Single and two-storey extensions
- Garage and loft conversions
- Structural openings, steels and knock-throughs
- Full-property refurbishment and back-to-brick renovation
- Underpinning, drainage and groundwork
- Garden rooms, outbuildings and annexes
Questions about this service
Typically ten to sixteen weeks on site for a straightforward rear extension, depending on size, ground conditions and how quickly building control can attend inspections. Your quotation will carry a programme with the key stages dated.
Almost always, yes. The shell is built before we break through into the existing building, so the disruptive phase is short. We seal off work areas and keep kitchens and bathrooms functioning wherever the sequence allows.
Six trades, one point of contact
Painting & Decorating
Interior and exterior decorating, wallpapering, plaster repair and spray finishes — prepared properly, so it lasts.
DetailsHandyman & Property Repairs
The jobs on the list that never get done — repairs, fittings, adjustments and maintenance, by the hour or by the day.
DetailsGarden & Landscaping
Patios, paths, fencing, decking, turfing and planting — the hard landscaping that makes a garden usable.
DetailsThinking about a job? Let's price it up properly.
Tell us what you need doing and we'll come out, take a proper look and put a written, itemised quotation in your hands — free of charge and with no obligation.