Contract Type:  New Housing Development – Wakefield

Architect:   Vincent Dobson (Builders) Ltd / Philip Thompson Associates

Location:    Wakefield

Vendor:      Dacre, Son & Hartley

Commissioned by our sister company, Vincent Dobson (Builders) Ltd, work commenced July 2011 by clearing the site in readiness.

The project is well under-way and Plot 1 was made available early January 2012 for viewing.

Each of the individually designed  homes are being built to the highest quality standards and will offer numerous attractive features including:

• Spacious reception hall
• Ground floor cloaks / WC
• Large living room
• Contemporary kitchen / dining room with quality built in appliances
• Separate utility room
• 4 bedrooms
• Two en suite bathrooms with attractive tiled finishes
• Family bathroom
• Integral garage with additional external parking place
• Mature planting to gardens
• Gas fired central heating with zoned under floor to ground floor.
• Double Glazed windows throughout meeting ‘Secure by Design’ standards and with 30 year guarantee.
• Acoustic insulation.
• Chrome internal electrical fittings.

Contract Type:  Large Extension

Architect:            Wildblood Macdonald

Location:             Collingham

Following a competitive tender submission we were successful in being awarded this project.

Works commenced March 2011 and were completed in October 2011.

A brief description of the works are as follows:

• Works were carried out whilst our clients were still living in the property
• Restrictive excavation works for formation of foundations
• Underpinning and mass fill stabilising concrete to specialist engineered design
• Traditional construction of a stone and brick two storey extension
• Fully tanked basement
• Formation of fully tiled swimming pool changing rooms
• Formation of Cinema room with floor to ceiling glazed bay window
• Inverted waterproof terracing
• Re-roofing works to the whole of the property using Spanish slate
• Heating, plumbing and electrical works to new extension
• Installation of uPVC folding sliding doors, panoramic curved window, casement windows and Bi-fold doors
• Installation of bespoke Italian designed Oak spiral staircase
• Design & installation of frameless glass balustrading to terracing
• Internal Oak joinery works to a very high standard
• Re-landscaping of the existing garden

Contract Type:      Internal remodelling & two storey extension

Architect:              Sense of Space

Location:               Harrogate

Following a competitive tender and subsequent re-negotiation, due to the original scheme being over budget, we were successful in securing this project. This also tied in with the fact that we had been shortlisted, and eventually awarded, a project next door which by coincidence had been designed by the same architect.

Construction commenced September 2011

A brief description of the works are as follows:

•  Excavation of deep footings with restricted access
• Create a 2 storey extension nearly doubling the size of the existing property
• Steel framing to enable major alterations to the existing property
• Supply and install new uPVC windows
• Re-roofing the whole of the existing structure with new clay interlocking tiles
• Through coloured render to the whole of the property
• Formation of a new garden room incorporating Velux roof windows installed in combination flashings
• Upgrading the electrical, plumbing and mechanical installations including installation of under floor heating
• Internal refurbishment, mainly joinery and plastering items
• Formation of new external paving and driveway

Contract Type:  New Build circa 8,000sq ft Private Residence

Architect:          Sense of Space

Location:           Harrogate/Wetherby area

Status:              Ongoing

This contract was awarded on the basis of a competitive tender and comprises the demolition of the existing property located on site and the constriction of a five bedroom luxury house over 4 levels.  The construction of the property is complicated by the small site area, the adjacency of the construction to surrounding properties and access difficulties where the site is located at the end of a residential cul-de-sac.

Construction commenced September 2011 and is programmed for completion October 2012.

A brief description of the works are as follows:

• Strip out and demolish existing property.
• Extensive ground works and excavations including temporary ground stabilisation.
• Construction of retaining walls.
• Construction of structural frame consisting of insulated concrete formwork (Logix XRVsystem) to form the walls, in-situ concrete floor slabs and supporting structural steelwork.
• Installation of swimming pool by specialist contractor.
• Installation of new roof insulation – SIPS structural insulated roof panels.
• Installation of new windows and doors together with the installation of glazed link with bridge.
• New mechanical and electrical system including pool filtration and plant equipment and micro CHP, rainwater harvesting and air source systems.
• Decoration and new finishes.
• New fixtures and fittings.
• New underground utility connections.