Anyone recommend a good builder company or project manager?

[apguy]

Having sold my house I'm in the process of buying a refurb project. Not a wreck, rather a grand old Victorian house that hasn't been touched by the current owners for 45 years.

So I'm looking for complete rewire, complete central heating + 3 bathrooms, multi-zone thermostats, Megaflow etc, knock 2 rooms into 1 (including removal of chimney breast from floor to roof + RSJ etc), and lots of general building works including plastering and some roofing.

Now I've done the route of individual quotes, but wondered if there was a decent sized company that could do it all that anyone could recommend, alternatively is that such a person/trade that would do all the site management, quotes and organisation for me? Ipswich based.

I also seem to remember there was a local TVR owner called Mark (with a Chimaera), based somewhere near Bury St Edmunds that owned a company that specialised in house restorations. Any ideas?

Ta

[thainy77]

I've got a mate in Yarmouth that might be able to help, i can have a word if you like and see if he is willing to do Ipswich?

[V8mate]

OP: Have sent you mail with a recommendation.

[apguy]

thainy77 said:

I've got a mate in Yarmouth that might be able to help, i can have a word if you like and see if he is willing to do Ipswich?

Thanks for the offer, but it's 1 man bands that I'm trying to avoid. I've got plenty of individual tradesmen/general builders, I wanted to see if there was an all-in-one company that anyone could recommend.(for example I've used Strawstone in the past)

[apguy]

V8mate said:

OP: Have sent you mail with a recommendation.

When hotmail drags its ar*e off the ground, hopefully I'll be able to get in and see your reply

[thainy77]

apguy said:

thainy77 said:

I've got a mate in Yarmouth that might be able to help, i can have a word if you like and see if he is willing to do Ipswich?

Thanks for the offer, but it's 1 man bands that I'm trying to avoid. I've got plenty of individual tradesmen/general builders, I wanted to see if there was an all-in-one company that anyone could recommend.(for example I've used Strawstone in the past)

Sorry i didn't make myself clear, he has his own contractors and i think he would be able to take care of all of the above jobs you have.

YHM.

[Toffer]

These people are outstanding: -

http://www.bobblack.uk.com/

Good luck!

[supermono]

Welton and Son in Kelsale are very highly recommended indeed. Connection though in that my brother in law is one of the owners.

SM

[apguy]

thainy77 said:

apguy said:

thainy77 said:

I've got a mate in Yarmouth that might be able to help, i can have a word if you like and see if he is willing to do Ipswich?

Thanks for the offer, but it's 1 man bands that I'm trying to avoid. I've got plenty of individual tradesmen/general builders, I wanted to see if there was an all-in-one company that anyone could recommend.(for example I've used Strawstone in the past)

Sorry i didn't make myself clear, he has his own contractors and i think he would be able to take care of all of the above jobs you have.

YHM.

Ta muchly.

Although my email issue appears to be because my works firewall has now banned the Hotmail gadget from the iGoogle interface. So apologies if I can't reply to the PM's until later.

[gtr-gaz]

Ferg is your man for the plumbing and heating.

Edited by gtr-gaz on Wednesday 20th May 19:29

[gtr-gaz]

gtr-gaz said:

Ferg is your man for the plumbing and heating.

Ooops

Edited by gtr-gaz on Wednesday 20th May 19:30

[herbialfa]

Just bear in mind that any structural works will need to be backed up with calculations for Building Control purposes!

J.P. Chick & Partners have an office in Ipswich. I use their other office in Norwich for all my structural calculations!