Our Work | Real Projects in Milton Keynes

Steels, groundworks, brickwork and plastering are what most of a project actually consists of, and they are the part that decides whether the finish lasts.

So this page shows the middle of projects as well as the end of them. A propped opening and a properly bedded steel say as much about the standard of a build as the finished room does.

Our work speaks for itself

Our completed and in-progress project photographs are the best reflection of the standard, attention to detail and quality of workmanship we bring to every build. We continue to add genuine project photographs as work progresses and projects are completed.

Recent projects

12 projects

Media wall, framed and finished

Milton Keynes

Built from a timber frame rather than bought as a unit, so the recesses, the fire opening and the shelving all landed exactly where they were wanted. Boarded, taped and skimmed, then finished with slatted panels and concealed lighting.

Timber frame for a media wall set out across a living room wall — Frame

Media wall boarded out with recesses formed for shelving and a fire — Boarded

Finished media wall with a fitted electric fire, slatted panels and lit recesses — Finished

Side path in slate paving

Milton Keynes

An unused strip down the side of the house turned into a proper path. Dug out, sub base compacted, brick edging laid to line, then slate paving on a full bed with the lawn reinstated up to the new edge.

Side path excavated and prepared with sub base and brick edging set out — Dug out

Brick edging being laid along a new side path — Edging

New slate paving laid along a side path with a brick edge — Paving

Finished side path in slate paving with a brick retaining edge and reinstated lawn — Finished

Sloping garden levelled and rebuilt

Milton Keynes

The garden fell away badly and half of it was unusable. Excavated and re-levelled, sleeper retaining beds built to hold the new levels, sandstone paving laid, turf down, then a slatted timber structure built over the seating end.

Rear garden excavated with sleeper retaining beds going in — Excavation

Rear garden levelled and prepared between new sleeper retaining walls — Levels set

Turf being laid on a prepared and levelled rear lawn — Turfing

Slatted timber garden structure and sandstone paving in a completed rear garden — Finished

Load bearing wall out, steel in

Milton Keynes

Props and strongboys in first to carry the floor above, then the wall out and the opening cut back to the pier. Steel bedded on padstones, packed tight to the masonry above, fire protected and boxed in.

Load bearing wall removed with acrow props and strongboys supporting the floor above — Propped

Steel beam installed under existing floor joists with padstones and props still in place — Steel in

Large structural opening formed between a garage and a living space — Opening formed

Stone doorway rebuilt with an oak lintel

Buckinghamshire

The opening in a stone cottage had failed and the head was propped when we arrived. Stripped back, a new oak lintel cut and levelled in, the stonework rebuilt around it, and a solid oak door hung into the finished opening.

Doorway in a stone cottage propped and stripped back before structural repair — Propped

New oak lintel levelled into a stone opening during structural repair — Lintel in

Finished stone opening with a new oak lintel and solid oak door — Finished

Ground floor opened up and replastered

Milton Keynes

Full ground floor strip out and reconfiguration. Walls opened up, new ceilings, complete replaster, then the kitchen back in and the floor laid.

Open plan kitchen and dining space during a full renovation, freshly plastered — Mid works

Kitchen area during renovation with new ceiling and plaster complete — Plastered

Skimming a wall by hand during a full property renovation — Skimming

Cloakroom formed under the stairs

Milton Keynes

Unused space under the staircase turned into a downstairs WC. Stripped back to brick and block, opening formed, studded and plastered, then the sanitaryware and vanity fitted into a very tight footprint.

Under stairs space stripped back to blockwork and brick — Stripped back

New opening formed in the under stairs wall — Opening formed

Cloakroom formed under the stairs, plastered with sanitaryware fitted — Fitted

Failed rear door and window replaced

Milton Keynes

The back door had rotted through and the adjoining window had gone with it. Both out, the openings made good, and a new composite door and window fitted and sealed.

Failed rear door and side window in a brick wall before replacement — Before

New composite rear door and side window fitted into the same opening — After

Concrete base for a garden building

Milton Keynes

Dug out and squared, sub base compacted, shuttering set to level, damp proof membrane laid and lapped, then concrete poured, floated and left to cure properly.

Timber shuttering and damp proof membrane laid ready for a concrete base — Shuttered

Concrete base poured, floated and left to cure in a rear garden — Poured

Block paved patio and resin border

Milton Keynes

A block paved rear patio running up to the French doors, with a resin bound border to soften the edge and take the level change back to the lawn.

Block paved patio with a resin bound border laid at the rear of a house — Laid

Finished block paved rear patio running up to French doors — Finished

Block paved side path running the length of a house — Side path

Front path, steps and retaining wall

Milton Keynes

New brick retaining wall to hold the level change at the front, steps rebuilt, and a paved approach run up to the front door.

Brick retaining wall and paved front approach with new steps — Retaining wall

New paved front path and steps running up to a front door — Finished

Timber garden structure built on site

Milton Keynes

Framed, squared and built in position rather than delivered flat packed. Exposed rafters, slatted screening down one side and a solid roof over the seating area.

Timber frame for a garden structure going up over a new patio — Framing

Slatted timber garden structure with an exposed rafter roof under construction — Cladding

Finished garden with sleeper planters, sandstone paving and a covered seating area — Finished

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