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Builders in Whickham
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40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.
Why us
Why Whickham homeowners choose us
Time-served in five trades
Bricklaying, joinery, plastering, plumbing and electrical — served properly, not picked up on the way. In the industry since 1986.
Ex-Forces owned
8 years in the British Army between two stints in the trade. Timekeeping and tidiness are not extras here.
One firm for the whole job
Groundworks, brickwork, joinery, plastering, plumbing and electrical under one roof. You are not hiring five trades and refereeing when they blame each other.
The local picture
Builders in Whickham, done properly
Whickham sits high above the Tyne with a mixture of older stone cottages near the village and post-war semis and detached houses spreading out from it. Plots are generous and sloping, which puts landscaping, retaining walls and garden rooms near the top of what we are asked for. The western edge of the borough is former colliery ground, so a coal mining risk assessment is a routine early step on anything with new foundations. The mining assessment is worth understanding rather than fearing: it is a report, it takes a few weeks, and starting it early means it never delays the build. On the landscaping side, terracing a sloping plot is mostly about what happens behind the wall rather than in front of it, so drainage and founding depth are where the money should go. Extensions here often work better going sideways than backwards, because the plots have width and a deep rear box tends to darken the middle of the house.
Covering NE16
- Sloping plots terraced
- Mining risk resolved before foundations
- Garden rooms on generous plots
No call-out charge in Whickham. 40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.
What we do
Building work we take on in Whickham
Extensions
The extra room you actually need, built onto the house you already like.
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Loft Conversions
The bedroom that is already in your house, just full of boxes.
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Driveways
A driveway that drains, stays put, and still looks right in five winters.
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Landscaping
A garden built to be used, not just looked at from the kitchen window.
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New Builds
A house built from the ground up, by someone who has done it on main contracts.
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Barn Conversions
An old agricultural building turned into somewhere you would want to live.
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Aluminium Windows and Doors
Slim-framed aluminium glazing, measured and fitted by the people who built the opening.
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Bricklaying and Masonry
Brick and stonework by a bricklayer, not by whoever was free that week.
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Garage Conversions
The room already attached to your house, currently full of tins and a bike.
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Garden Rooms
A proper insulated building at the bottom of the garden, usable in February.
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Joinery
Timber work by a time-served joiner, not a general builder having a go.
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Property Maintenance
The list of jobs you have been meaning to get someone reliable for.
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Structural Work
Taking walls out, putting steel in, and making sure the house stays up.
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A free site visit and a written quote, with no obligation and no chasing afterwards.
The GGH Build Standard
From free site visit to finished build
What happens from the first phone call to the last snag being signed off.
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Free site visit
You show us round and tell us what you want. We measure up and talk through what it involves.
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Written quote
An estimated cost with the scope in plain English. Groundwork the job needs is priced in here, not later.
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The work
One crew from start to finish. Site swept at the end of the day, and you know what happens next.
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Handover
We walk it with you and write the snagging list together. Not signed off until that list is empty.
In their own words
Trusted by homeowners across the North East
Real customers, real names, real jobs.
On the western edge of the borough, on anything with new foundations, it is a routine early step rather than an unusual one. We start it early precisely so it does not hold the build up later. It is a wait, not a problem.
Usually both, because the plots here are generous. Terracing the slope into levels is often as big a part of the job as the building work, and getting the drainage right behind a retaining wall is what keeps it standing.
Sideways, more often than people expect. The plots around Whickham have room at the side, and a wrap-around usually gives a better result than a deep rear box that darkens the middle of the house.
Yes, and the written quote with it. No call-out charge anywhere in the borough.
Where we work
Other areas we cover
Across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Teesside. Find your town below — no call-out charge anywhere we go.
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40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.