What's Going On!
Please take time to view both our current projects, & jobs we've recently completed, here we have the chance to explain a little more about what we get up to. Please take time to view the "GALLERY" page & see more pictures relating to the articles below.
On the Market !
Monday 11th March 2024
Treetops, Barton Road, Carlton
Great to see one of our builds creating such interest coming to market for the first time since we built it in 2015 for the current owners.. One of two we built side by side, fantastic photos showing a much loved home. More agent photos in our gallery page
New Build Farmhouse, Woodgate Lane ,Cotgrave
Saturday 2nd September 2023
2 September 2023
Nearing completion of this bespoke farmhouse, our design lead to give a traditional look makes a great impression.
New Kitchen, Garlands Rothley
Tuesday 25th July 2023
25 July 2023
Complete Redesign on this one making greater use of space, making breakfast dining more joined up. Superior kitchen design and supply from our partners at ECF gives us another happy customer. Check out our Kitchens page for more photos and ideas.
Shower room conversion, Beaumanor Gardens, Woodhouse Eaves
Thursday 30th March 2023
30 March 2023
Great conversion of an outdoor toilet and store, creating a downstairs shower room for ease of use, fully upgraded for internal use, fully tiled and complemented with our superior furniture range. You'd never recognise it!
New shower room at Cropston
Thursday 15th December 2022
Refurbishment of a shower room at Cropston. Nice combination of Acorn Fitted Furniture, Roca Sanitary Ware, Merlin shower enclosure with Aqualisa shower all complemented with tiles from East Midland Ceramics. All nice quality and a joy to fit.
The milk Yard, Main Street, Grimston
Saturday 3rd September 2022
Now complete, The Milkyard Barn Conversion, Complete with Zinc Raised Seam Roof Covering, Cedar Wood External Cladding over a Blue Brick Plinth. There are stabling and garaging to match. It's a joy using materials you wouldn't usually use in a more traditional build and be pleased with the outcome.
New Build Farmhouse, Woodgate Lane, Cotgrave
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Installing a new Drainage Treatment Plant. Due to the remote location of this job we've installed a drainage treatment plant, the discharge from which is clean enough to run into a nearby stream.
Before & After
Tuesday 4th January 2022
Rectory Lane, Thurcaston. Please click the VIEW MORE button, these photos are a testiment to the care and attention we take in making our extensions match in, you really can't see where the new part starts, even the window selection helps to give it all a period look. Really pleased with how this one has turned out.
The Milkyard Grimston
Wednesday 22nd December 2021
We've been on this one since the end of July, Approaching 2,800 sq ft of floor space, A change of use new build working within the peramaters of the existing portal frame. Really tight time frame on this one having to get the clients moved in by December, we were hoping for it to be habitable but ended up with mostly decorated and carpets down. Fantastic result having to be super organised at time when most jobs have untold delays, none here!
Shout out for Ryan!
Saturday 18th September 2021
A big shout out for Ryan, he's our in-house plumbing & heating engineer, having completed is college training many years ago whilst in our employ, he boast's competance in heating and pressurised systems. This recent commission is a typical example of how neat his work is and how accomplished he has become, Showing here a system boiler powering underfloor heating with 4 zoned areas, upstairs and down radiators zoned separately & a pressurised cylinder giving instant hot water. You will not find a more complicated domestic installation completed in a more conscientious and neat fashion. Great work Ryan!
Rectory Lane Turcaston
Sunday 22nd August 2021
All complete now, there isn't many features this house hasn't now got, repositioned all oak staircase, underfloor heating, lantern roof light and bespoke painted door fronts to kitchen with quartz worktops to name a few, As nice an extension with refurbishment as we've done.
Link Road Anstey
Monday 5th July 2021
We're halfway through this side extension giving a shower room, utility & TV room, this one abuts the boundary on the roofs eve side requiring a detailed roof and gutter system with no overhang, there Is absolutely no room spare room and having to work from within, bit more organised than usual.
Rectory Lane, Thurcaston
Thursday 17th December 2020
Half way though this new extension, targets met, getting under cover before Christmas. View more photos.
Bakers Close, Cotgrave
Monday 16th November 2020
We've now completed this kitchen extension, slimline roof lanterns with feature lighting, makes this new space quite special, really pleased how this ones turned out, you can't tell it's a new extension either we've matched it in really well, check out further photos showing it progress.
Rectory Lane, Thurcaston
Friday 23rd October 2020
We're about to start a reasonable size rear and side extension to this 1940's family home. The brief is two storey to side inc. garage and utility, then further bedroom en suite and family bathroom upstairs, the real wow though comes with the rear kitchen extension almost 6 metres squared, plus the existing kitchen space, looking forward to designing and fitting this space out.
Baker’s Close, Cotgrave
Tuesday 7th July 2020
We've been commissioned to complete an extension to the rear 1 Bakers Close, creating an extended living area with aluminium roof lanterns & aluminium patio door sets. An elevated plot with limited access involves deep footings and the need to be organised during construction phases. Really looking forward to coming out of the footings on this one.
The Hind Sisters Homes, Cropston
Sunday 21st June 2020
Last year we took over the maintenance on instruction from the Trustees, of the Hind Sisters Armshouses in Cropston. Being local we're able to call when needed for the small maintenance jobs and just recently we've completed some bigger issues. We appreciate the opportunity to work locally and be involved in the community.
St John’s Dental Practice, Stoneygate
Sunday 7th June 2020
Back at St Johns Dental Practice, we are carrying out more remedial works, this time rebuilding parapet walls to the rear terrace and renewing the standing area, all done with matching skills used when first built, and all done with utmost care whilst working over a very busy surgery entrance. This job was so high we needed a crane to safely take down worn materials and lift 1,350 bricks.
New Build Farmhouse, Cotgrave
Thursday 7th May 2020
We've now completed the first phase of this New Build Farmhouse, we've included some great designs giving it a real authentic look. Click the view more button to see all.
New recruit!
Thursday 26th March 2020
Working through coronavirus. Fortunately our current new build could not be more isolated, a mile down a farm track in Cotgrave. Doing our best to keep safe we have Dean & Ryan in during the day bricklaying, whilst keeping a safe distance apart, followed by me & Joe in for a couple of hours early evening loading out for the next day. Great chance for my son Joe to get some experience. We are safety conscious, working to a system, rotating workforce, limiting risk. Never a more important time to be planning ahead, our roof trusses turned up yesterday from MTE, just as everyone is closing down. Hopefully we can progress the job during a really difficult time, whilst adhering to the latest…
New Build Farmhouse
Thursday 6th February 2020
Woodgate Lane, Cotgrave
Just over six weeks in and we're up to scaffold first lift,
New Build Farmhouse
Sunday 15th December 2019
Woodgate Lane, Cotgrave, Notts
We're pleased to be appointed to complete the construction of a new farmhouse. This build is for one of Nottingham's best Showjumper's and will enable him to live and work right next to his horses. The foundations are now in, I'm looking forward to see it go up, features will include old fashioned bond brickwork and a clay tiled roof, giving it an old established feel. Our new builds come with a 10 year NHBC Buildmark warranty.
Celebrating 50 Year's NHBC Registration
Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Next year we celebrate our NHBC registration achieving it's 50th year. Started off by my father in June 1970, with the ambition of building in as many Leicestershire villages as possible. We still maintain the same registration today number 18107, we are pleased to enjoy scale A1 status, meaning zero claims, and peace of mind for new homeowners.
Woodgon Road, Anstey
Tuesday 22nd October 2019
New bathroom, including new vanity units, inset basin & back to wall pan. We always use Acorn Luxury Bathroom Furniture, they have a great selection of designs and colours, offering you the chance to create something unique, combine this with the Quartz or Granite surface tops, again a great selection available from our dedicated local supplier Taylor Made. We offer a complete design service & enjoy creating something special just for you. Check out our Bathroom Gallery Page to see some of our recent creations.
Vaulted Entrance & Gym, Anstey
Monday 12th August 2019
Six weeks in to a twelve week schedule, vaulted entrance vestibule with lighting over feature Solidor front door set, accompinied by over 30 square metres of vaulted Gym area. On time, on budget, looking forward to seeing it completed. Click veiw more to where we started.
Loughborough Road, Rothley
Saturday 15th June 2019
This weeks mini adventure, taking out the whole of the back end of a semi-detached house. Intergrating the existing kitchen & rear dining room into the new extension, we carefully supported the masonry & fitted a 2 new RSJ's the main one spanning 5.5 metres and weighing 420kg, not for the faint hearted, but will result in giving the most amazing area for family living & entertaining. Click veiw more button to see the stages.
Roundhill Close, Syston
Wednesday 17th April 2019
Garage conversion, great use of space this one, leaving storage to the front, we added a shower room with toilet & a small utilty both leading off the kitchen.
Gorse Hill Industrial Estate
Tuesday 12th March 2019
Here we've rebuilt the perimeter wall & replaced barriers with electric gates. An articulated lorry totally misjudged their leaving the yard and took the lot out. We had a call from the transport company from London, having found us on the internet, & we responded that day by making the yard secure, we then came back to rebuild & fit matching the original very well.
Rothley Fisheries
Tuesday 12th February 2019
We've just installed a new digital media TV at the Rothley Fisheries Restaurant. The job description was to make the TV look inset into the hull of an old boat, giving the illusion of fish swimming inside. We used a combination of crackle paintwork & sculptured planking to give that aged look. Andraos & Christie are very pleased to be able to entertain they're clientele in a new way. Check it out for yourself & enjoy the Best Fish & Chips around. Click view more for more pics.
St John's Road Dental Practice, Stoneygate
Monday 4th February 2019
Just completed refurbishment to the upper level bay roof's, we used old fashioned skills to replace the lead work & wooden mouldings, a pleasure renovate part of this historical building back to its original condition.
Extreme porching
Wednesday 17th October 2018
Having just completed this extension in rothley, one of my best customers over the years asked for a porch to compliment it, giving rain cover and somewhere for the boys to sit and take there football boots off. I originally thought of the porch's fronting the new developments locally, to this we matched in the new extension roof and added bags of character, & by comparison i called it "extreme porching". Click "view more" to see how well it looks.
Kitchen Partner
Wednesday 20th June 2018
Our dedicated kitchen supplier East Coast Fittings, our most recent fit out took up half of this 18 ton lorry, they offer a great product at great price, all the back up including 3D design brochures showing your individual ideas at a glance, appointment only showroom allowing you to mix and match the latest designs giving you the best opportunity to create something fantastic. Check out there website ecf.co for ideas, then contact us to make it possible.
Merlin Close, Rothley
Thursday 3rd May 2018
The attic roof trusses arrived today for the garage conversion & extension we are in the process of completing. The client suggested we create extra living space by putting in a mezzanine floor over the garage conversion & extension, the existing property has very steep roof profiles and lends itself well to this design. Great use of space and turning out much larger than anticipated. Click the 'view more' button to see what I mean.