Report 31 · Marlborough Rd
Handed over
Fri, week 31 of 31
Agreed
Changes
Spent
Design and build · St Albans
A site report every Friday, against a price agreed before we start.
Extensions, whole-home renovations and kitchens. One project lead runs your job, and every Friday you see the photos, the progress and the money.
Drawings by Kerr Dalton Architects. The family stayed in the house throughout. 41 m² added, final account £154,800 against £151,200 agreed.
Open the full project
03 · The numbers
Agreed, changed, final. Every job, in public.
The price we agreed, the changes you signed and the final account, for each finished project. The same three figures sit on every Friday report.
Demo figures for a fictional firm. Swap in your own from the Projects collection.
04 · How we work
Four stages, and you can see which one you are in.
Stage 1 · Free
Site visit
An hour at your house with Jess. She measures, looks at the structure and gives you a cost range before she leaves.
Stage 2 · 3 weeks
Fixed price
Itemised and agreed in writing before anything starts. Changes are priced before they are built.
Stage 3 · Every Friday
Build and report
One named project lead. Photos, progress and money spent, in your inbox each week.
Stage 4 · Month 12
Handover and return
Snag walk, certificates, and a visit a year on to fix what has moved.
05 · Team
Who is on your job.
Director · Project lead
Jess Hollis
Takes your calls
Director · Design
Tom Rowe
Draws your scheme
Site manager
Samuel Okafor
On site daily
Head of joinery
Graham Dyer
In the workshop
06 · Questions
What people ask at the site visit.
Money, mess and permissions. If yours is not here, ask Jess when she comes round.
07 · Guides
Before you get a quote.
Money
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2 min read
What a fixed price includes, line by line
A fixed price is only as good as its schedule. Here is how we write ours, and what to ask any builder before you sign.
Planning
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2 min read
Planning, building control and party walls: who does what
Three different permissions, three different people. A plain guide to which one your project needs and who deals with it.
Living with a build
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2 min read
Staying in the house while we build
Most of our clients stay put. What that takes from us, what it takes from you, and the few days when you really should be elsewhere.
08 · Book a site visit
Book a site visit.
An hour at your house with Jess. She measures, looks at the structure and gives you a cost range before she leaves. Free, and you owe us nothing.