Roofing New!
Roof refurb to large house in Winchester. Large roof refelted on bungalow before Velux windows fitted for loft room.
Full roof refurbishment with large Velux windows for loft room. Rear view of large bungalow with Velux window.
External Refurbishment of Listed Buildings New!
Roof repairs to listed farm house in Hampshire. One of our regular maintenance houses in Winchester. Chimney refurb on listed house in Old Bishopstoke.
Work to be started on grounds of Chawton House. Make good to path after new drains laid to listed Mews in Winchester. Guttering refurb on large listed house.
External refurbishment to rear windows of Grade II listed building. Refurbishment to guttering on all sides of this Grade II Listed Building. External refurbishment to Grade II listed building in Winchester.
Refurbishment of roofing, chimney and stack. Extensive refurbishment of 14 bedroom mansion. Part of a refurbishment project of old houses in Winchester and Hursley, Hampshire.
Part of a refurbishment project of old houses in Winchester and Hursley, Hampshire. Part of a refurbishment project of old houses in Winchester and Hursley, Hampshire. Refurb on old stone terrace to large estate.
Progress on the refurbishment of an old stone terrace. All stone work finished. Refurbished large bays to 14 bed house in Winchester.
Reinstatement of flint panels to front path.
Paving and Fencing New!
New feather edge fence to replace old wire in Otterboune. New 400ft boundary fence on private estate. View of long new fence with post caps.
Overgrown woodlands being cleared. Land cleared with chippings path. Overgrown entrance to property in Colden Common before garden makeover.
Garden before extensive makeover and new fencing. Another view of garden before makeover. Side view of new quality fencing.
New quality close board fencing to all sides of boundary. Garden cleared and large meterage of quality paving before pointing. Side view of patio pointed and closed in by fencing with ledge and brace gate.
Completion of patio before professional gardener supplies appropriate planting for new patio. (The Lady Gardener of Otterbourne - Visit www.the-lady-gardener.com) Side view of patio and fencing.
Flint work New!
Listed flint wall repair to a Denmead home. Flint wall to refurb gate completed in Denmead. Part of large flint wall repair on Private estate.
Part of large flint wall completed in lime mortar. Flint wall Repair on old boundry wall at Odiham. Large flint wall refurb in Odiham, Hampshire.
Flint wall before refurb in old house in Winchester. Refurb finished on very old flint panel. Flint wall to gated entrance.
Flint boundary wall in reclaimed bricks and copings. Flint wall with gate. Flint wall with gate.
Front view of flint wall. Brick & flint wall – 6 months after completion. Winchester flint wall.
Winchester flint wall.
Small Patio New!
Completed patio to rear of house in Otterbourne. Completion of 2 person cobbled patio with brick and flint planter. Construction of small cobbled patio.
Boundary Wall New!
Long garden boundry wall in Old Bishopstoke. New brick garden wall with detail face work in Old Bishopstoke.
Miscellaneous New!
Refurb to windows on Winchester masonic hall. New 400m water main replaced in private lane. Timber framed double size car port.
Rear terrace and cast iron guttering refurbished all around. One of numerous yards where I source reclaimed items to order. Another Reclaimation yard used.
Tiled floor using reclaimed Quarry Tiles. Slate hung wall to side of Victorian house in Winchester. Construction of Chimney breast in garden folly.
Finished Chimney breast and stone fire place in garden folly. Refurbishment of guttering and re-staining of all wooden frames. New guttering and replacement glazing to barn conversion.
New OG guttering and glazing. New terracotta chimney cowl supplied and fitted to 5 storey town house. Re-building of brick pier in reclamation bricks after accidental damage.
New garden wall in Bishopstoke.
Log Cabin
A log cabin kit for garden office. Inside twin wall log cabin.
Riverbank and Bridge
Stream opened up with digger and both banks completed ready for turfing and new timber bridge. New timber sleeper wall constructed to one side of stream. Old garden ditch before garden transformation.
Quality turf lawn half way from completion. New Bespoke bridge constructed. View from bridge of house.
Bespoke Kitchen
New wiring when old kitchen removed. The start of replacement kitchen. New Bespoke kitchen drawers and doors with 5 coats of top quality paint.
Microwave fitted into centre island. New kitchen installed with view of large range cooker with over head extractor hood. More units Bespoke country style kitchen.
New top quality twin ceramic sinks with polished granite worktops. Quality granite worktops. Supplied new centre island for microwave and wine stores including shelves with timber work top.
Existing kitchen before new Bespoke country style supplied and fitted. A different view of existing kitchen before full refurbishment.
Terrace
Completion of Manor House slabbed terrace with qualitysolar lighting. Construction of new terrace. The start of 6 size slab configuration on rear terrace.
Octagon washing line stand area in Manor House quality slabs. Old stone walled terrace before full refurbishment.
Churches
Repairs to ancient church in Hampshire. Refurb work on an old Hampshire church. More work on cast iron down pipes at old church
Rear roof refurb on one of our Hampshire churches.
Barn
Near completion of barn. Near completion of barn. Completion of quality top soil and shingle drive to barn entrance.
Barn now completed. Preparing garden and drive after barn build. New twin field gates and fencing.
One of our barns one year on.
Staircase
Completed stair case with wax finish. New American White Oak country style staircase. Tapered Oak Spindles and B But finish string course.
Chawton House
Period renovations to kitchen garden walls for Chawton House Library. The start of renovating the brick and Malmstone high kitchen walls. One of two large stone capping stone for renovation and missing large stone acorn.
Making good walls with lime and sand traditional mortars. Reinstating lime mix pointing and Malmstone to defected areas. Bad areas in need of Malmstone rebuilding of main structure to kitchen walls.
Completed refurbishment to left hand brick pier and stabilise acorn. Side view of brick pier and acorn. Work in progress by one of my team.
Acorn finial ready for replacing on new capping stone neck. New specially made coping bricks laid before pointing for completion of old kitchen garden walls at Chawton House. The start of full refurbishment of the top terrace in grounds of Chawton House (Jane Austens Estate, Chawton)
Replacement of bricks in terrace walls and repointed. Lime pointing replaced to Heritage standards to top terrace. Completion of large Heritage terrace at Chawton House.
View from top of steps of repointed brick piers with glazed picture tiles.    
Cobbleset drive
Removal of large front garden of family home in Ampfield. Myself removing large amount of oversite to twin entrance drive. The removal of approximate 96 tonnes of earth and rubble before replacement of drive.
40 tonnes of skelpings laid and compacted. Brick borders ready for cobble set infill. Near completion of dry stone raised flower beds with lighting.
Completion of Arbour garden seating and step. Cobbles laid on drive. Near completion of the cobbled drive and reclaimed paving.
Completion before planting of shrubs. Completion with fountain.  
Fire pit
Construction of a fire pit in the grounds of a large house. Completed fire pit.  
Granary house
Flint wall in barn conversion – prior to opening for French doors. Flint wall in barn conversion – prior to opening for French doors. French doors in flint wall of barn conversion.
French doors in flint wall of barn conversion – close-up. Garden ready for makeover in grounds of flint barn. Work starting on garden makeover.
Completion of summer house area and timber borders marked and laid. View from summer house to flint barn. Decorative fountain completed.
Completion of English Cottage Garden.    
Gate crossings
Widening of old gate way to old church. Work completed on church entrance with pull up post. Trench dug for gate crossing slope.
Completion of gate crossing. Newly laid cobbled entrance to farm estate.
Fighting Cocks Farm
View of cobbled entrance and Oak porch. Rear Oak porch 1 year on. Oak barn completed and weathering nicely after 1 year.
Rear Porch constructed in Oak and topped in quality Slate. Former greenhouse where new porch has been constructed. Former greenhouse where new porch has been constructed.
Bespoke rear porch under construction. Bespoke rear porch under construction. Rear porch nearing completion.
Rear porch prior to guttering. Rear porch prior to guttering. Internal view of oak porch.
Other internal view of oak porch. Rear porch nearing completion. Front porch in Oak and tiled in premium quality Slate.
Left view of front porch in Oak and quality Slate. Right view of Oak front porch. Bespoke Oak cart barn with half-hipped slate roof.
3/4 view of cart barn. Side of cart barn with dwarf wall. Construction of Oak frame of cart barn.
Construction of Oak frame of cart barn. Internal view of Oak frame construction. Internal view of Oak frame construction.
Internal view of Oak frame construction. Dragon Fly corner oak detailing. Close-up of Dragon Fly corner oak detailing.
Hand carved joints in Oak frame. Hand carved joints in Oak fram. Detail view of centre post.
Detail view of end post and cast iron guttering. Hand crafted Dragon Fly windows. Cart barn nearing completion.
End of completed oak cart barn. Internal view of completed cart barn. Cart barn in use.
Completed Oak cart barn – in use as garage. Previous building – replaced by cart barn.  
Manor Garden
Work starting on sunken garden terrace. Construction of sunken terrace. Construction of sunken terrace.
Completed sunken terrace. Corner pond feature of completed sunken terrace. Curved wall feature in sunken terrace for chimnea.
Sunken terrace – 6 months after completion. Stone staircase refurbishment in grounds of large house. Two person terrace with dry stone wall.
Dry stone wall in detail. Finished dry stone walled terrace. Large York stone terrace to summer house.
Dry stone wall in Forest of Dean stone. Construction of lake in large cottage garden. Completion of garden lake with jetty.
Cottage paths and side-entrance
Front path in York Stone paving. York ‘Stepping Stone’ path. Construction of new side entrance path to cottage.
Completion of new side entrance path to cottage.    

 

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