Colin & Rosemarie come to us with a proposed scheme for a class Q conversion of on old chicken broiler shed into a “grand designs” type property with low running costs, air source heat pumps and many other eco features.

To comply with planning regs we had some huge challenges to underpin much of the existing and pretty much encapsulate the existing fabric to create the home of the client’s dreams overlooking its own lake.

The external is clad in cedar, the floors throughout are tiled over underfloor heating.

Everyone involved has every right to be extremely proud. We would like to thank our sub- contractors M J Elmes Electrical, Alastair Bramwell Plumbing & Heating & EDW Bodman for their assistance.

From the client:
Dear Mark
We have almost finished moving in and I would just like to say the team have been amazing and Jimmy organised everything impeccably. His attention to detail has been invaluable. We are so thrilled with our forever home.
Rosemaire

We were commissioned by a local client to completely renovate and remodel an old garage & coach house block to create an annex. We simultaneously constructed a double garage with workshop and a home office.

This couple searched for a while for a suitable property. The were looking for something they could transform & personalise to their own taste. We looked at a few properties and put
forward budgets.

We knocked down the old garage and constructed a large 2 storey extension to the side & a single story section the rear. We created a home studio, enlarged open plan kitchen, utility, downstairs bedroom & bathroom as well as 2 further 1st floor bedrooms & En-suits.
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Numerous alterations were carried out as well as Air source heat pumps & other ancillary green works to produce a part eco type property. We landscaped both the front and rear.

Project photos coming soon.

Restoration of Grade 1 Orangery at Shockerwick House for messrs BUPA overseen by Bennett Architectural Design.
The building constructed in 1750AD by the famous architect John Wood had fallen into serious disrepair as can be seen in the photos.
The roof was rebuilt, the masonry & floors were renovated with damaged areas sympathetically replaced or repaired. New openings were created as well as new doors and joinery.
Paths were created to give wheelchair access for the residents of the care home to enjoy the refurbished building. 

The clients felt that their house was unbalanced and nothing matched. The project was phased but comprised of extensive internal alterations. Construction of the matching bay window to the right, removal of the dormer and rebuilding of the left bay as well as renewal of the porch. We then landscaped and laid two new patios. 

Brackstone Builders were commissioned to supply and fit a new kitchen with granite worktops and Aga. We constructed a mock fireplace in hand made bricks with a Bath Stone Ashlar lintel over and incorporating an old bread oven door before installing an electric Aga. The bread oven door provides access to the extraction system for service and cleaning.

The work entailed the complete internal refurbishment. Alterations to window openings and re-roofing as well as the complete removal of the external blockwork and replacement with hand made bricks and Ashlar Bath Stone. Two extensions were also added.

The garage was converted to a games room and the existing stables to open bay garages.

Externally the drive and parking areas were landscaped and a pool was constructed which can be seen in a later project.

During renovations to an old farmhouse in Poulshot we discovered the remnants of a collapsed and damaged inglenook fireplace, which was full of rubble.
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We carefully removed the plaster from the wall and found we were able to recycled the old bricks - but in planning the rebuild we had found the ideal location for the owner's new cookery range.
We completely rebuilt the fireplace using all of the old bricks and the original timber set in lime mortar work. The clients were absolutely thrilled with the result.

A customer for whom we had worked for many years ago, asked us to look at a barn which was on the verge of collapse.
 
The right-hand gable had collapsed and many of the roof timbers and ‘A’ frames have rotted away.
 
We rebuilt the gable, propped up the whole structure and repairs and replaced timberwork as necessary.  Our colleagues from RMH Roofing stripped and re-laid the roof, leaving the client with a building that is usable and can be converted later date if required.
 
Not a barn conversion per se but prepared in readiness for.

Our flexible approach was demonstrated very clearly during renovation and refurbishment work on an 1800’s home in Great Cheverell.
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Part of the project involved replacing a defective ceiling and during the course of this we discovered interesting and attractive timberwork above the ceiling. Working with the owners, we decided to amend the project and put Celotex between the rafters at high level, clean the timbers and add in one more substantial beam.

To complete the impact, we raked out and repointed in lime mortar the old cracked brickwork on the gable and the end result effect was a superb galleried ceiling with huge character – a really superb addition to the refurbishment which the clients were over the moon about.