Residential
Extensions, renovations and refurbishment for homeowners, landlords and property investors across Leeds and West Yorkshire.
Residential work happens in somebody's home, usually while they are still living in it. The technical work is rarely the hard part — the hard part is communication, sequencing and keeping the house liveable while a wall is missing.
We work for homeowners, landlords, property investors and letting agents across Leeds and West Yorkshire, from a single bathroom to a whole-house refurbishment.
Constraints
What this sector demands
Every sector brings its own conditions. These are the ones that shape how a job here has to be run.
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Occupied working Most residential jobs run around a family. That drives the sequence — dust control, keeping one bathroom live, and forming the openings into the existing house as late as possible.
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Building control Almost everything structural is notifiable. Every job we finish is signed off, because an unsigned alteration becomes the buyer's solicitor's problem later.
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Neighbours and party walls Extensions near a boundary frequently trigger the Party Wall Act. We will tell you when notice is needed rather than letting you find out from next door.
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One point of contact A named project manager, so you are not chasing trades and nobody is telling you that something is somebody else's job.
How it runs
A residential job, stage by stage
Free site visit
We come out, measure, look at the drains, the ground and the existing structure, and tell you honestly what is straightforward and what is not. No obligation and no charge.
Drawings and approvals
Working with your architect, or arranging drawings and a structural engineer if you do not have one. Planning where it is needed, building control either way.
Written quotation
A fixed scope, itemised, saying what is included and what is not, and what would change the price. You get it in writing before anything is agreed.
Programme and start date
Dates before work starts rather than a vague week. If something moves you hear it from us, not from the absence of anybody on site.
Build and progress
One named project manager throughout, written progress against the programme, and the house kept liveable — one bathroom working, dust contained, openings into the existing house formed as late as sensible.
Sign-off and handover
Building control final, snagging cleared, certificates and guarantees handed over, site cleared. An unsigned alteration becomes your buyer's solicitor's problem years later.
What we need before we can price it
Not all of it, and not on day one. But the more of this we have before the site visit, the closer the first number is to the final one — and the sooner we can tell you if we are the wrong firm for the job.
No prices appear on this site. A construction figure published without seeing the building, the ground and the specification is a guess, and a guess helps nobody.
Services
What we do for residential clients
- Home extensions Single and two-storey rear, side and wraparound extensions, from first survey to building control sign-off.
- Loft conversions Dormer, hip-to-gable and rooflight conversions, including the structural work and the staircase.
- Garage conversions Turning an attached or integral garage into a habitable, insulated and properly signed-off room.
- New build construction Individual houses through to multi-unit schemes, taken from foundations to handover.
- Structural works & underpinning Steels, load-bearing wall removal, underpinning and remedial work to existing structures.
- Full house renovations Whole-property refurbishment — strip out, first fix, second fix and finishes under one contract.
- Kitchens & bathrooms Full replacement including the plumbing, electrics, tiling and making good afterwards.
- Landlord & rental refurbishment Bringing a tired property back to a lettable standard, on a programme built around void periods.
- Driveways, patios & external works Block paving, resin, flagging, drainage, fencing and boundary walls.
Common questions
Questions residential clients ask
Can we stay in the house while the work happens?
Usually, and the programme is built around it: one bathroom kept live, dust screens, and the openings into the existing house formed as late as sensible. On a whole-house refurbishment it is sometimes better to move out for a few weeks, and we will say so rather than making it work badly.
How do I know the price will not change?
It can change, and the honest answer is when. A fixed written scope covers what is on it; what moves a price is ground conditions nobody could see, a change you ask for, or something the survey could not reveal until it was opened up. All three go in writing before any money is spent, not on the final invoice.
Do you use your own trades or subcontractors?
Both, and every subcontractor is asked for public liability insurance, relevant trade certification and CSCS cards for site work before they set foot on your property. No unknown trades turning up.
Start a conversation about your project
Tell us what you are planning. We will come out, look at it properly, and put a written quotation in front of you.