New Builds
A house built from the ground up, by someone who has done it on main contracts.
40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.
Why us
Why Tyne and Wear homeowners choose our new builds
Programme run properly
Trades sequenced so the site is never waiting on itself. This is the thing main contract experience actually buys you.
Groundworks in-house
The stage that most often overruns is the one we control directly.
Documentation commercial clients expect
Stage records, inspections and sign-offs kept as you go, not assembled at the end.
What it is
New Builds, built to last
Individual new build houses and small developments across the North East, domestic and commercial. This is where experience shows most: a new build is a sequencing job as much as a building job, and the difference between a smooth one and a painful one is almost entirely programme and coordination.
- Groundworks, foundations and drainage
- Superstructure in masonry or timber frame
- Roof, glazing and external envelope
- First and second fix across all trades
- Coordination of engineers, warranty and building control
- External works, drives and landscaping
40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.
Choices
The new build options we offer
Individual house
A single dwelling on a private plot, built to your architect's design.
Small development
Two to a handful of units, where programme and sequencing decide the margin.
Replacement dwelling
Demolition and rebuild on an existing plot, including the demolition and site clearance.
Ready for your free new build quote?
A free site visit and a written quote, with no obligation and no chasing afterwards.
Where new builds actually go wrong
Rarely in the brickwork. They go wrong in the ground — conditions that were not surveyed — and in the programme, where one trade waiting on another turns a fortnight's slip into a season's.
Both are managed by finding out early and sequencing honestly, which is unglamorous and is most of the job.
Building in the North East
Ground conditions are the regional variable that catches people out: former mine workings across the Durham and Northumberland coalfield, made ground on old industrial plots, and heavy clay in patches. A coal mining risk assessment is a routine part of the process across much of this area, and it is far better to know before the foundations are priced.
Looking after your new build
A new build wants very little for the first few years beyond gutters and drainage. Expect some shrinkage cracking as the structure dries out over the first heating season — that is normal, and it is dealt with at the end of the defects period rather than immediately.
The GGH Build Standard
Our new build process at a glance
How your new build job actually runs, start to finish.
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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
Groundworks and foundations, superstructure and envelope, then all trades sequenced through to completion.
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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.
New Builds
Common new build questions
Yes, and that is the usual arrangement. We will read the drawings properly before pricing and come back with any buildability points — it is far cheaper to resolve those on paper than in the ground.
Yes. Groundworks, drainage and the superstructure are all in-house, which removes the joint where new build programmes most often slip.
A new dwelling normally needs a structural warranty for mortgage purposes, and the provider inspects at set stages through the build. We build to those stage inspections and coordinate them alongside building control.
Where we work
Areas we cover
Across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Teesside. Find your town below — no call-out charge anywhere we go.
Get a Free Quote
Free, no-obligation quote. No pressure, no chasing. We respond during working hours, Monday to Saturday.
40 years in the trade. Domestic and commercial, across the North East.