Mr Adam Blackwell

<p>A local family run construction company consisting of a father and sons&#39; team with over 55 years combined experience. We can help you achieve whatever project you might be planning in a friendly and professional manner while fully respecting your home.  </p><p>We specialize in kitchens, driveways, and window fitting but also have many year&#39;s experience in more complex jobs like extensions, structural work and if you&#39;re feeling really ambitious a completely new home.</p>

Cottage refurb

Blackwell Design and Build Ltd

Old WC

Old larder area

Old utility room

Front room area

Old landing area

One of old bedrooms

Newer bedroom area to be changed

One of the old bathrooms

Old kitchen doorway to lader area blocked up

Note timber on floor to be used for stud walls to house new insulation

Old living area to become Flat 2 living area

Old living area to become Flat 2 kitchen and living area

Added thermal and sound insulation can be seen

Old porch area to become new lobby way

Showing sound insulation put in

Doorway to be blocked up and floor raised

Old lader area to become Flat 2 2nd bedroom

Old kitchen to become Flat 2 hallway to bedroom and bathrooms

Old kitchen to become Flat 2 bedroom

Room with pipe work will become Flat 1s bedroom

Outside door to adjoining pre-school

One of old bedrooms to become Flat 3 bedroom

Old living room to become Flat 1 kitchen and living area

Old living area to become Flat 1 living area

Old bathroom area to become Flat 3 kitchen

Old bedroom to become Flat 3 living room

Old living room to become flat 1 hallway

This area to become flat 1 bedroom(doorway to go)

Old boiler house and doorway to pre-school

Taking old kitchen apart

Flat 1 kitchen and living area

Flat 1 Kitchen and living area

Flat 1 Kitchen

Flat 1 living area

Flat 1 hallway

Flat 1 hallway leading to bedroom

Flat 1 toilet

Flat 1 guest toilet

Flat 1 bedroom

Flat 1 bathroom

Community fuse board

Flat 2 kitchen area

Flat 2 hallway

Flat 2 bathroom

Flat 3 kitchen

Flat 3 living room area

Flat 3 bedroom

Flat 3 bathroom

House conversion to flats 

Fitted wardrobes in master bedroom and study.

Master bedroom wall stripped off ready for new plaster

Master bedroom wall 'blue gritted' ready for plastering

Master bedroom wall 'blue gritted' ready for plastering

Decorated entire house.

Customer asked for matching handrail on other side

Repair staircase and fit new hand rails.

Lounge ceiling removed so we can inspect joists

Lounge ceiling re-boarded ready for plastering

Hallway wall 'dotted and dabbed' with plasterboard

Repaired and redecorated water damage in damp flat.

Laying laminate flooring.

Air vent completed with opening/closing vent cover

Fitted air brick vent.

Garage door and sideway

Rear of garage block

Sideway with side entrance door

Inside of garage area

Rear of garage area

Old boiler area

Laying a lintel for brickwork to run over drain

Reinforcing laid down prior to pouring concrete oversite

New roof with upstand for lantern roof light

Prepairing to lay the floor

Laying the under floor heating

Laying the under floor heating into the toilet

Starting to lay the front wall of garage conversion

Plastering completed around lantern

Middle of conversion with plastering and coving complete

Rear of conversion with plastering and coving complete

New toilet installed

Cupboards hung at clients request

New brickwork rising up around new French doors

Brickwork rising up around new French doors

New brickwork rising up around rear of conversion

Note hole from old boiler flue seen below ready to be bricked in

New toilet window installed

New toilet window

New sideway with new boiler and rcd unit almost finished

New rear door from sideway, toilet window and fascias

New sideway entrance doorway

New rear of conversion with new French doors and fascias

New front of garage conversion

New rear of conversion

New front of conversion with new window and fascias

New side door

New rear of conversion with new window and fascias

New lantern roof light just installed

Garage Conversion 

Old master and front bedroom door and window

Old lounge doors and study window about to be removed

New windows installed

New patio

Steel above patio doors

Flat roof before we removed

Steel above window and facia and sofit

Areaabovefrontwindowexposedtosearchforsourceofwateringress

Due to the injected insulation water from condensation was running down the back of poorly fitted tray

Problem is found in cavity tray

New cavity tray installed which is properly bedded into the pointing

All done and painted

Fixing water ingress

Little common Driveway 

Wall to be rendered and ready for new window to be installed

Bluegrit walls and boxed in pipe works ready for plastering

Conversion of garage to study and toilet

Cleaning of Driveway

Cleaning and varnishing of real wood floor

Underfloor heating installed, floor then screeded, walls and ceilings plastered.

Floor insulated ready for underfloor heating to be installed

Steelwork installed and being prepared for plaster boarding 

Internal ceilings stripped ready for steel work 

Installing insulation in walls and ceilings.

Roof finished, windows waiting to be installed downstairs

Roof finished in triple layered high performance felt

Opening ready for glass roof lantern to be installed 

Timber frame finished And decking base prepared ready for concrete

Installation of air ducting to insure adequate air flow under floors

Preparing over-sight ready for concreting

Back of house in April 2019 before work began

Chimney stack which was eventually removed during works.

Large extension to rear of house, new kitchen and decking.

Garage painted, new lights installed and repair work to paving 

Garage refurbishment 

Installation of new garage door and ramp

Cheerful and hard-working, they did an excellent job - transforming a tired, rotting balcony and sagging soffits into strong, clean and beautiful restorations. We are delighted with their work.

Great job, well done

from initial meeting to the finish, we were kept fully informed. work was carried out to a high standard and completed on time. The builders were helpful, polite and engaging throughout the 15 months that they were working for us. 

demolition and rebuild 

Good analysis of job requirements with practical solutions provided. When work took place all staff fully knew of details of job to answer any questions. Attention to detail resulted in good quality finish.

Built a garden room extension

Expertly fitted.  Work completed within the promised time and kept us regularly informed of progress.

Fitting cladding

Excellent work, as always.  Trustworthy, reliable, punctual, friendly and knowledgable builders.  Leave everything tidy at the end of each day.  Will certainly use again and would recommend them.

Replace old wooden weatherboarding with new composite cladding.

The work was completed on time and to a high standard.  They always communicated what was happening and contacted us after the work was completed to ask if we were happy with the work done.  Will certainly use them again and highly recommended for all types of building work.  Brilliant guys.

Drainage and Pointing work to House

Average score based on 2 reviews in the last 12 months

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Blackwell Design and Build Ltd | Builder | Bexhill-on-Sea | Checkatrade

A local family run construction company consisting of a father and sons&#39; team with over 55 years combined experience. We can help you achieve whatever project you might be planning in a friendly and professional manner while fully respecting your home.  We specialize in kitchens, driveways, and window fitting but also have many year&#39;s experience in more complex jobs like extensions, structural work and if you&#39;re feeling really ambitious a completely new home.

A local construction company consisting of a father and sons team with over 55 years combined experience. Vast experience in most major fields of construction.

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