What will it cost?
Straight answers on what drives the cost of building work around Cambourne and Cambridge, and how we price a job. No sign-up, no sales pitch. We don’t put figures online that we’d have to caveat, so when you want a real number, we visit and quote for free.
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Single-storey extension cost
A single-storey rear or side extension is the most popular way to add space to a home around Cambourne, usually to create an open-plan kitchen-diner. Here’s an honest guide to what affects the cost, and how we price it.
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Double-storey extension cost
A two-storey extension adds bedrooms and bathrooms as well as ground-floor space, and it spreads the cost of footings and roof across far more square metres, which usually makes it better value per m². Here’s what affects the cost.
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Repointing cost
Failed mortar lets water into a wall, so repointing is as much about protecting the house as it is about looks. Here’s an honest guide to what affects the cost.
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Garden wall cost
A well-built brick wall is one of the most satisfying things a bricklayer makes, and one of the most visible, since it’s all at eye level. Here’s what affects the cost of a garden or boundary wall.
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Brick porch cost
A brick porch gives you somewhere for coats, shoes and parcels, and lifts a standard developer frontage into something that looks like yours. Here’s what affects the cost.
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Crack stitching cost
Crack stitching is the standard repair for cracked brickwork: stainless steel bars are bonded into the mortar joints across the crack to tie the wall back together, then hidden behind matched mortar. Here’s what decides the cost, and how to tell whether your crack needs it.
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Wall tie replacement cost
Cavity walls are two layers of brick or block held together by metal ties. On older houses, those ties can rust and fail, letting the outer wall bulge or crack. Here’s what decides the cost of replacing them, and the signs to look out for.
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Subsidence repair cost
Much of South Cambridgeshire is built on clay, which shrinks in dry summers and swells in wet winters. When the ground under a house moves, the walls above can crack. Here’s what decides the cost of putting it right, and how to tell if it’s subsidence at all.
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