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Nº 15 ✱ Extensions & lofts ✱ Sheffield since 2011

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Extensions and loft conversions, Sheffield —Finishedwhen wesaid.

A two storey modern extension at dusk, white render over dark brick with a timber pergola and warm light inside

Fig. 01 — Dore26 wks, on the day

A small Sheffield building firm doing a handful of jobs a year properly, rather than a lot of them badly. Most of our work comes from the last customer.

Tell us about your project

(01) The firm

We take on around eight projects a year, so the person who prices your job is the person on site every morning. Most of our work comes from the last customer’s neighbours.

A bricklayer's trowel laying mortar on a course of red brick
Fig. 02 — Our own bricklayers
Projects a year
8
Typical single storey
10–14wks
Deposit before we start
£0
Building in Sheffield since
2011
  • Trade association member · no. 000000
  • £10m contract works insurance
  • Structural warranty available
  • Since 2011
(02) Project reel, 2021–2501 / 06

Six recent builds.

Every one priced from drawings, run by the same site manager from footings to handover, and finished in the week we said it would be.

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A contemporary glazed rear extension with zinc cladding and open sliding doors onto a lawn

Glass box room

01Glass-box garden roomRanmoorSingle storey · 12 wks

A red-brick rear extension with black timber cladding and a glazed link, beside a stone-paved path

Brick & timber

02Brick and timber rear wingEcclesallSingle storey · 16 wks

A rendered white rear extension with French doors on a 1930s semi-detached house

The Crookes semi

03Kitchen-diner on a 1930s semiCrookesRear extension · 14 wks

An open-plan kitchen with a dark island, a dining table and floor-to-ceiling glazing to the garden

Open plan

04Open-plan kitchen and snugWalkleyRear extension · 13 wks

A loft room under exposed oak rafters, with a leather chair, rugs and daylight from roof windows

Under the rafters

05Hip-to-gable loft conversionNether EdgeLoft · 9 wks

A white rendered two storey rear extension with large dark-framed sliding doors and stone steps down to a lawn

Garden level

06Two storey rear extensionDoreTwo storey · 26 wks

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What we build

Guide prices for a typical Sheffield house. Every job is priced from drawings, in writing, before you commit.

  1. 01

    Single storey extension

    Kitchen-diners and rear extensions. Typically 10–14 weeks.

    From £48,000
  2. 02

    Loft conversion

    Dormer and hip-to-gable, with building control sign-off.

    From £42,000
  3. 03

    Two storey extension

    Structural work, roof tie-in, full finish.

    From £85,000
  4. 04

    Full renovation

    Whole-house, usually with the property empty.

    Quoted

A 1930s semi in Crookes, week five and week fourteen.

The same house photographed from the same spot: the shell going up with the old back wall still in, then the day we handed over.

The semi-detached house mid-build: blockwork shell of the new rear extension, scaffold boards and sandbags on the lawn
Fig. 03 Week 5 — shell up
The finished rear extension, rendered white with French doors and a new patio
Fig. 04 Week 14 — handed over, patio laid
The house
Rendered 1930s semi with a cramped galley kitchen and a lean-to at the back.
The job
6m-wide single storey rear extension, a steel to open the back of the house, new kitchen-diner and utility.
Programme
14 weeks on site. The family lived in throughout, with a temporary kitchen in the front room.
Budget band
£55,000 – £65,000 including the kitchen fit.

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How the money works

  • Staged paymentsAgreed up front and tied to completed stages, never to a calendar.
  • No deposit before we startYou pay for materials at the start of a stage, not months ahead.
  • Variations in writingIf something changes, you get the cost in writing before we do it.
  1. 00

    Survey and drawings

    We measure, draw and price the job line by line. Building control and party wall notices sorted before a spade goes in.

    Fixed design fee
  2. 01

    Groundworks and foundations

    Excavation, footings, drainage and slab. Building control inspect before we move on.

    Stage 1 of 5
  3. 02

    Shell and roof

    Walls, steels, roof structure and weathertight. The point where the old back wall comes out.

    Stage 2 of 5
  4. 03

    First fix

    Electrics, plumbing and heating run, insulation in, plasterboard up.

    Stage 3 of 5
  5. 04

    Plaster and second fix

    Skim, floors, kitchen fit, sockets, radiators and doors.

    Stage 4 of 5
  6. 05

    Snagging and handover

    We walk it with you, fix the list, and hand over the completion certificate.

    Final stage
“They said fourteen weeks and it was fourteen weeks. Every change was priced on paper before anyone touched it.”
Example review · Kitchen-diner extension, Crookes
Contract works insurance
£10m. Covers the structure and materials on site until handover.
Public liability
£5m. Certificate sent with every quote.
Structural warranty
Available on extensions and lofts, 10 years, transferable if you sell.
Building control
Every job signed off. The completion certificate is yours at handover.

Start with a conversation.

Tell us about the house and what you have in mind. Photos of the back of the house save a visit. We reply within two working days, usually the same evening.

0114 000 0000

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