Lakes carpentry and builders Ltd - Hitchin

Alexandra H.

We’ve used Lakes builders for two jobs, a garage conversion with a small but complex extension and then additional internal improvements including new doors throughout the house. We received clear quotes and information at each stage, with excellent ideas given by Bill to ensure a seamless integration of the extension with the rest of the house. We found Bill and all his team to be friendly and professional with high quality workmanship. Whenever a snag was found Bill always had suggestions for how we could address it. We’ve been very pleased with the work completed and Lakes will continue to be my first point of call for any work needed in future.

David S.

Lakes Carpentry and Builders have converted my garage into a room for my model railway layout. This work included moving a door, installing insullation, new floor, ceiling and walls. Building storage and a basebooard to build the tracks over. They have also built a new brick built shed and replaced the facia on the rear of the garage. I am very happy with their work.

Jenny S.

Great communication at all stages. The team are friendly, know their stuff and are very helpful. We had our garage floor replaced. They fitted us in quite promptly and were very reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend them.

Harry E.

As the director of a local architectural design firm, I highly recommend this building company and their team Bill and Zane. We have collaborated on several home extension projects over the past 5 years, and have always received a brilliant service. We continue to recommend them to our clients in need of a competent professional building firm.
Harry Eales
Your Plans UK

Paul C.

Can't fault Billy and the team. They were punctual and tidy through out the project and communication was excellent. Very happy with the standard of work and the level of care taken and very happy with the end result. I would not hesitate to use them again and highly recommend.

Andrew R.

Bill recently converted our old garage into 2 home offices. He was professional, courteous and communicative throughout the process, and the work was completed in a decent time and as quoted. The specialists he hired (electrician, roofers, bricklayers, asbestos removal people, window fitters) were also very professional and courteous. Bill's employee Zane was also very pleasant, polite and hard working.

We would gladly have Lakes carpentry and builders back to quote for our next building project.

Sam E.

Bill managed the process of fitting a new roof, the removal of a chimney breast across 2 floors and the removal of a structural internal wall, with supporting steel beams inserted to compensate for the changes in loading. The house is a 3 bed semi detached Victorian property.

Throughout the process, communication was proactive from Bill, he gave us options at the various forks / complications that we encountered and and went the extra mile to make sure the finished product would be as good as possible, thinking ahead for the future and avoiding shortcuts just because they'd be easier. An example of the latter point was altering our kitchen's plumbing pipework slightly in order to allow another 7-8 inches of head height.

Along the way, Bill sort out a skip, re-consulting with structural engineers, masonry, plastering, plumbing, gas safety and probably more. He's clearly passionate about what he does and takes pride in his work and his team did their best to help clean up on what was a messy job on a confined site.

We will be using him and his team again. Thank you to all of you.

Sam & Florence

UPDATE:

We have engaged Bill and his team to carry out complex renovation work on our house in Hitchin for a second time, starting in September 2021

This project has involved stripping of the kitchen and dining room, installing fire proof board where necessary, installing steels, taking down an old lean-to single story extension and rebuilding with the old bricks, while increasing the ceiling height, with a new parapet roof and associated drainage. He has also removed old windows for us ready to bring in new crittal / steel windows and doors.

Bill's punctuality, reliability, attention to detail, planning, and communication have all been really good as per last time. He leaves the site as organised and tidy as is reasonably possible at the end of the work day.

Bill has also worked alongside our chosen contractors and building control for certain parts of the job, and as always, Bill has communicated risks and opportunities that effect the job's outcome along the way.

gillian R.

Bill and his team have just finished a ground floor extension on our bungalow and we couldn't be happier with the standard to work.
These are difficult times and we were warned there would be some potential issues with supplies and the availability of tradesmen. But Bill kept us in the loop with any issues and that meant the entire experience was a lot less stressful as the communication first rate.
Since the work was finished I've started noticing a lot more building work near us in Hitchin. Some of those sites look chaotic compared to ours. Bill kept the areas clean and tidy so there were very few disruptions.
I'd happily recommend Lakes Carpentry to anyone!