The Smart Solution for New Builds · All 32 London boroughs

New Builds in London

Ground-up residential construction — from foundations to the final installation of a kitchen or bathroom.

New build, rear elevation

What we do

From foundations to the final installation of a kitchen or bathroom, we deliver complete new-build homes and infill plots across London. New build is where a main contractor earns its fee: one contract, one programme, one point of accountability across groundworks, structure, envelope, services and fit-out.

Included as standard

Site set-up, hoarding, welfare and site management
Groundworks, foundations and below-ground drainage
Superstructure: masonry, timber frame or steel
Roofing, envelope and weathertight shell
Full mechanical and electrical installation
Insulation and airtightness to current Building Regulations
Internal fit-out, kitchens, bathrooms and joinery
External works, driveways and landscaping
Building control, warranty liaison and handover pack

Typical timescale: 6–14 months
Coverage: 32 boroughs
Payment: In arrears
Trading since: 2008

Planning and approvals for a new build

A new dwelling always needs full planning permission — there is no permitted development route to a new house on a new plot. Expect a determination period of around eight weeks for a minor application, longer if it goes to committee.

Conditions attached to the permission frequently require details to be submitted and approved before work starts: materials, drainage strategy, construction management, and landscaping are the common ones. Discharging them is a separate application and needs building into the programme.

The Community Infrastructure Levy applies to most new dwellings in London, and both a borough charge and the Mayoral CIL may be payable. The liability notice must be served and commencement notified before work begins, or surcharges follow automatically.

A new home also needs a structural warranty for it to be mortgageable, and building control sign-off at completion. Both run alongside the build rather than after it.

The limits above are the national permitted-development rules for England. Your borough may restrict them further through a conservation area or an Article 4 direction — we confirm the position for your address in writing before quoting.

Our work

New Builds we have completed

Rendered multi-storey rear elevation of a new build under construction — New build, rear elevation

Completed exterior brickwork and glazing on a London property — Exterior, completed

Completed interior after refurbishment — Interior, completed

Rear extension and loft conversion in London stock brick with French doors, North Finchley — Extension + loft, North Finchley

Answers

New Builds — common questions

Do I need planning permission for new builds in London?

It depends on the property type and what is proposed. Many single-storey rear extensions and loft conversions fall under permitted development, but those rights do not apply to flats and are restricted in conservation areas or where an Article 4 direction applies. We check the planning position for your specific address before quoting, and tell you in writing which route applies.

How do you price the work?

From a site survey, written up as a fixed and itemised scope before any deposit is discussed. If something genuinely unforeseen appears once work is opened up, it is priced and agreed in writing before we continue — never added to the final invoice after the fact.

When do I pay?

In arrears of work completed. You pay for work that has been done and inspected, not for work that has been promised. This has been how the company operates since 2008.

Do you handle Party Wall notices?

Yes, where the work requires them. Under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, notifiable work on a shared wall needs 2 months written notice to the adjoining owner, while excavation near a neighbouring structure and building at the line of junction need 1 month. We serve the notices and manage the award process as part of the job.

Will I get certificates at the end?

Yes. Electrical work is tested and certificated under Part P, and building control issues a completion certificate where an application was required. You receive the handover pack — it is what a buyer's solicitor will ask for when you eventually sell.

How long will it take?

It depends entirely on scope, and we give a programme with the written quote rather than a guess on the phone. What we will not do is start a job we cannot resource, which is the usual reason a build stalls halfway through.

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