Fully Managed House Extension, Ayrshire

About this project

The clients wanted more living space without having to find and organise a string of separate trades themselves. They asked us to take the whole job on, so one company would be answering for the work from the first day on site to the last coat of paint.

We managed the project from start to finish. Our own joiners carried out the joinery and the construction work, and the electrics, plastering and painting were all run as part of the same programme. Because every trade was booked and sequenced by us, each stage could follow on from the last without gaps, and the clients had one person to speak to about anything on the job. That matters on an extension, where the structure, the services and the finishes all depend on each other. The electrics have to be in before the walls are boarded and plastered, and the plaster has to be dry before the decorators can start, so getting the order right keeps the job moving.

As on all our jobs, the build was priced to the approved drawings, and what was not included was written down as clearly as what was. Most of our clients stay at home while we work, so the working area is kept apart from the rest of the house and the place is left clean and usable at the end of each day.

The finished extension gives the household the extra room they were after, built and finished by one team. If you are thinking about an extension of your own, we can talk you through how we would plan and price it, from the first site visit through to handover.