Builders in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent

“We recently worked with Nick and his team on a renovation project, and the experience was excellent from start to finish. Nick, his son Max, and the entire team demonstrated a high level of professionalism and skill in every aspect of the work they carried out. What truly stood out was their shared vision when it came to preserving the character of the building. They fully respected and supported our desire to maintain a classic British style, never questioning our choices but instead supporting them with their expertise. A special mention goes to Simon, the carpenter and fitting specialist, who put in a huge amount of effort tackling the challenges with our kitchen. His persistence and dedication really made a difference, and we are very grateful for the work he put in. We would also like to highlight Dave, the tiler, who did a fantastic job tiling our kitchen as well as the chimneys walls in the living area. His workmanship added a beautiful finishing touch to the space. Overall, the team’s competence, attention to detail, and commitment to quality were evident throughout. They were reliable, efficient, and consistently delivered work to a high standard. We couldn’t be happier with the results and would highly recommend Nick and his team to anyone looking for highly skilled and professional builders.”

“Tom worked with us on the extension in our detached house in South London. Although based in Broadstairs, Tom was gracious enough to travel to our home during the consulting process to bring our rudimentary ideas to fruition. It was - in our opinion - not an easy design because we wanted to stay away from a standard "let's square it up and make a gigantic kitchen/diner/lounge space". Tom took the time to understand our needs - two small, active dogs who loved the garden and one 12-year old boy whose cricket / hockey equipment took up a lot of space. Our large garden had to be integral to the design. The extension itself was incidental as the house was large enough and the main as was to create a living space for the five of us and make the space as functional as possible. His design is ergonomic, very intuitive and took into account EVERYTHING on our wishlist. We loved that he picked up the implicit asks and, of course, his first draft blew our collective minds. Some aspects that has really set the design apart are: - The creation of an angular, large picture window to catch the setting sun in the open space - Extensive benching inside and outside - we originally thought it could be part of the dining set up, but currently it works in addition to the dining room. - The inside/outside seating is brilliant. Slide the large window open and it becomes an extended seating area. A small step in the dining room allows us to access the outside patio, in addition to the large bifold doors and step outside. - Crittal doors separating the original sitting room from the open dining space adds a huge amount of character to the space. - The new patio also merges beautifully with the design making it a lovely continuous space. - Our old kitchen has been smartly converted into a small library and study with space carved out for a cloak room (to house our son's extensive sporting paraphernalia). We have been lucky enough to have a builder who has been able to translate that vision into something even better than we could ever imagine.”

“Charn came highly recommended to us in the local community and we are so glad we chose her and JNC for designing our extension. Charn was very friendly, helpful and thorough from the outset, taking our detailed ideas and putting them to plan without needing any changes. She assisted us in engaging with planning and a structural engineer, taking added stress off our plate, turning information around very quickly and keeping us in the loop at every stage. Charn was also very knowledgeable on associated costs of the pre-construction phase, which was extremely helpful with our budgeting. Since completing the design stage, many builders we have approached for quoting our extension have been impressed with the level of detail of the plans and specification produced by Charn. We look forward to progressing with our plans and will most certainly engage with Charn and JNC for any future projects.”