Dorset · 5 miles east of Poole
Builders in Bournemouth
We work throughout Bournemouth, five miles from our base in Poole, and it is one of our busiest areas after our home town.
Bournemouth housing runs from large Victorian and Edwardian villas in the chines and around the parks, through solid interwar semis, to modern flats and infill. Each generation of that stock brings its own problems, and after thirty years we have met most of them.
Building in Bournemouth: what we have learned
Victorian and Edwardian villas
The big period houses around Talbot Woods, Meyrick Park and the chines were built with solid walls and lime mortar. Extending and repairing them properly means lime, not cement, and matching soft handmade brick rather than a modern machine-made near-miss. It is slower work and it is the difference between a repair that lasts and one that spalls the brick face in ten winters.
Chines and sloping plots
Plots running down towards the chines and the cliffs often need retaining structures and careful drainage before anything can be built on them. We take that seriously – a retaining wall on a slope is a structural element, and the ones that fail almost always failed on drainage.
HMO and rental conversion work
Bournemouth has a large student and rental market, and we do a steady amount of refurbishment and conversion work for landlords around Winton, Charminster and Springbourne – priced and programmed for a turnaround, but built to a standard that will still pass an inspection in five years.
What we get asked for most in Bournemouth
Straight answers
Builders in Bournemouth: common questions
Do you cover Bournemouth?
Yes. Bournemouth is about 5 miles east of our base in Poole, comfortably inside our 40 mile working radius. We cover Winton, Charminster, Talbot Woods, Westbourne, Southbourne, Boscombe and the surrounding villages, across the BH1, BH2, BH3, BH4, BH5, BH6, BH7, BH8, BH9, BH10, BH11 postcodes.
How much does a builder cost in Bournemouth?
It depends entirely on the job, and anyone who quotes you a figure over the phone without seeing the property is guessing. What we can tell you is that our quotes are free, written, itemised, and state plainly what is excluded. We visit, measure, and send you a price you can actually compare against someone else's.
Who handles building control in Bournemouth?
Building regulations for Bournemouth go through BCP Council. We deal with the notices, book the inspections and get the completion certificate as a matter of routine – it is included in what we do rather than left to you.
How soon could you start in Bournemouth?
Small works can often be fitted in within a few weeks. Extensions, renovations and new builds are typically booked several months ahead, particularly through spring and summer. Ring and ask – we will give you a realistic date rather than the one you would like to hear.
Customers
What people say
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PLACEHOLDER – Steve and the team built our rear extension over the winter and we never once felt out of the loop. The brickwork match to the original 1930s house is genuinely seamless; visitors assume it was always there.
PLACEHOLDER – We had three quotes for repointing and Steve was the only one who explained why our house needed lime rather than cement. Two years on the walls are dry and the brickwork looks a hundred years younger.
PLACEHOLDER – Our retaining wall had been leaning for years and two builders wouldn't touch it. S E Barrett & Son took it down, sorted the drainage properly and rebuilt it. Straight, dry and solid.
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Planning work in Bournemouth?
Tell us what you have in mind. We will come out, take a proper look, and send you a written quote with no obligation and no sales call afterwards.