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Small team who focus on the details and have a commitment to quality, not speed.

18/04/2026

Popped back to this job yesterday to show potential clients how our work looks in real life. Anytime I send a quote, I always offer people the chance to do this as I think it’s a good idea.

Took a couple of photos of outside while I was there so here they are.

07/04/2026

Secret door to the en-suite in Whitchurch. Reg picked the short straw to be in the video!

25/03/2026

We started with the flat roof lights in a different position, but once it was up it didn’t look right, so we adjusted the sizes and layout to work properly with the lantern and the pitched roof lights.

Everything now lines through, with the flat roof lights centred to the main lantern and the pitched roof. The proportions all tie in, the width of the lantern matches the length of one of the flat roof lights, and the full run of the pitched roof lights matches the lantern, so it all feels properly thought out and balanced.

Still plenty to do before this is ready for the roofers.

18/03/2026

Most of this work will be covered over soon, but we’ve finished the first fix on this garden room.

To allow for the recessed arches, we’ve built a separate wall internally from the structural wall to allow the design to work without compromising anything structurally.

The building has 150mm insulation in the floor and walls, 175mm in the ceiling and the separate internal walls have another 100mm of acoustic insulation. Everything is then boarded with a double layer of acoustic boards. This will keep the heat (and the noise) inside!

The red mat you can see down holds almost 1000 linear metres of low wattage electric UFH, which means it’ll be a constant steady heat all year round.

Most of the work from here will be done by we’ve just got a small bit of carpentry in the offices, second fix electrics and some brick slips. Then we’ll be finishing the outside.

30/09/2025

Steels for the roof fitted today on this big garden room for . We’ve gone through about 300 lengths of timber so far!

The side doors will have two brick slip arches, and the rest will be clad in Larch. Great design from Louise, looking forward to showing more of it as it takes shape.

08/08/2025

Got this nice handwritten card from Elen & Matt in Whitchurch after we’d finished their new extension. Also had some beers for the boys, cheers guys 🍻

30/06/2025

Hidden in plain sight.

UFH manifold boxed in with panelling to match the units in the utility room.

No handles, no frame and almost invisible to the eye.

Clean lines and nothing to catch your eye.

27/06/2025

We opened up this chimney breast to house the hob and extractor. We set it out at boarding stage, carefully working it out so the hob would sit in the centre of the opening and the centre of the actual chimney breast.

That meant building one side out more than the other and lining everything up so the back of the chimney breast sits flush with the walls either side, letting the kitchen run through in one straight line.

We also got rid of the wine racks that were originally meant to go either side of the wall units and ordered a few extra panels to make shelf units that fill the space properly.

Everything’s thought out and planned, but we’re not afraid to make changes on the spot if it means getting it right. We care about what we do, and I think that shows.

21/06/2025

Wouldn’t be bad spot for a morning coffee.

Clean lines on this job, seven steels went in and not one of them is on show. Four of them just around these doors.

Hopefully this work speaks for itself so I can stop trying to get ChatGPT to write a caption that sounds like a human 😂

07/04/2025

It’s normally the other way round — the kitchen gets made to fit the space.
But on this one, we were confident we could build it accurately enough to flip that.
So we made the space to suit the kitchen.

There’s a steel post just to the left of the tall units that had to go in for structural reasons, so we used that point to define the end of the run and built the wall to suit the kitchen layout. The units came from Italy, so we had to get it bang on. No chunky filler panels, no wasted space — just a clean fit that looks like it was always meant to be there.

On the other side, we stopped the run of units in line with the ceiling drop where the flat roof meets the original house. Little detail, but it helps balance the space and make the layout feel right.

All planned, all intentional.

24/03/2025

You might not think twice about it, but we lined up the floating porch with the top steps. They’re the same width and depth, and they line up exactly with the centre of the front door and roof.

If you do notice things like this, and they matter to you, you’re exactly the kind of client we love working with.

When everything’s properly aligned, you don’t need to be told why it looks better. Your eyes and brain just know.

(It’s something I’ve looked into, which I know is sad 😂, but I care about this stuff.)

03/02/2025

This is the kitchen and main room from the extension we did in Heath last year. As always, the island and skylights are lined up with each other which makes everything look intentional.

There is also a hidden pantry in here!

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