New build homes deliveredfrom first drawingto final finish

We start with a measured survey, level survey and a review of the site's constraints: boundaries, trees, drainage, access for deliveries and plant, and neighbouring structures. Foundation design follows the ground: mass concrete strip or trench fill on stable subsoil, wider or deeper where trees or made ground demand it, and piled or raft solutions where conditions require them. Drainage is set out to falls with connections agreed before slabs are poured.

Ground floor construction is normally insulated beam-and-block or reinforced slab, with damp-proofing, radon or gas membranes where the site requires them. Setting out is checked against the approved drawings before any concrete goes in, because a small error at this stage multiplies through the whole build.

Superstructure is typically masonry cavity construction, blockwork inner leaf, insulated cavity, facing brick or rendered outer leaf, with timber or engineered joist floors and a cut or trussed roof. Steel is introduced where spans, large openings or open-plan layouts need it. Roof coverings are tile or slate on pitched roofs, single-ply or built-up membrane on flat areas, with leadwork at abutments.

First fix services are coordinated so that electrical routes, plumbing, heating, ventilation and any underfloor system do not fight each other or the structure. Airtightness, insulation continuity and thermal bridging are detailed at design stage, because they are tested and inspected, not assumed. Second fix runs into the internal finishes: plaster, joinery, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and decoration.

We deliver individual self-build homes, replacement dwellings, garden and infill plots, and small residential schemes across Kent and South East London. We can work from your architect's approved package or produce the design in-house as a design-and-build contract. Some commercial projects also suit our team, send the details and we will tell you honestly whether it is one for us.

Procurement is one of the five stages we manage, and on a new build it is the stage that quietly decides the programme. Long-lead items, steel fabrication, roof trusses, windows and doors, kitchens, bespoke joinery, are ordered against the construction sequence rather than when the trade turns up. Materials arriving late stop a site; materials arriving too early get damaged and clutter the working area.

Cost control starts at design. Because we build what we draw, the specification is tested against real prices while the drawing can still change: structural approach, envelope build-up, glazing extent, groundworks assumptions. That is far more effective than value engineering a scheme after tender, which usually strips out quality rather than cost.

On site, supervision means the work is checked against the drawings as it goes in and the trades are held to the sequence. Inspections are booked against the programme so nothing is covered before it is seen. You get a written programme with the estimate and you are told when the key stages, foundations complete, roof watertight, first fix complete, plaster, handover, are expected.