Builders in Havering

Double-storey extensions, loft conversions and full refurbishments across Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, Rainham, Harold Wood and Elm Park. The far end of our patch, and worth the drive.

Space to build

Havering is the most suburban borough we work in. Semis and detached houses on wide plots, with driveways, side access and long gardens. That removes most of the constraints we deal with in inner East London, and it changes what people ask for:

• Double-storey rear extensions adding a bedroom above a new kitchen-diner, which is often better value per room than a loft.
• Wrap-around and side extensions, using side access that inner-London houses simply do not have.
• Hip-to-gable loft conversions on the 1930s semis of Gidea Park, Hornchurch and Upminster.
• Garage conversions and outbuildings, where the garage has become storage and would work better as a room.
• Full refurbishments on houses bought from older owners and not touched since the 1980s.

Gidea Park garden suburb

The Gidea Park estate is a conservation area with an Article 4 direction, and the council is protective of its Arts and Crafts houses. Extensions there need a planning application and a design that suits the house. We have worked to those constraints before and will tell you at the site visit what is realistic.

Pricing bigger jobs properly

Havering jobs are frequently the largest we take on, and the temptation on a big job is a round-number quote. We do not do that. Every quote is itemised by trade and stage, provisional sums are labelled, and a target completion date is on the front page. On a £150,000 double-storey extension that discipline is worth more than anywhere else.

Postcodes we cover

RM1 RomfordRM2 Gidea ParkRM3 Harold WoodRM7 Rush GreenRM11 HornchurchRM12 Elm ParkRM13 RainhamRM14 Upminster

Just outside the borough? We also work in Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge.

Questions from Havering customers