Mr Josh Ghochani

Hi there, we are Practical Builders. We are a family run business which takes pride in our work and we care about our reputation. I am the owner of the company and I studied brickwork at college for 3 years. I started working in the building industry at a very young age and I was very keen to learn and become one of the very best. We specialise in:<ul><li>Brickwork </li><li>Garden walls</li><li>Re-pointing</li><li>Retaining walls </li><li>New garages</li><li>Repair work </li><li>Patios </li><li>Driveways </li><li>Hard landscaping </li><li>Damp proof installation </li></ul>&amp; anything building/landscape based. No job is too big or small, so give us a call for a free no obligation quote.

Extension 

Garden wall 

Repointing works

2023

Removal and rebuild of front garden wall and partial rebuild of boundary wall

New patio, pathway & garden wall

Old patio we found beneath the decking, needed repairing before we could lay the new patio

Old damaged patio

Before new patio and pathway 

This is after the block paving has been finished, with kiln dried sand brushed into the joints. They

This is after we have dug down and installed a new drain and gully to get rid of all rain water and 

This is the front of a renovation project we undertook. We broke out all the concrete out the front 

This is after we have repointed the building using a lime mix, installed some lovely cobbled block paving and bricked up 2 old doorways which are no longer in use.

Listed building 

Listed building repairs and paving 

This is the chimney after being repainted, broken bricks replaced and re flaunched on the top

Chimney repair

damaged chimney in need of repointing/ repairing 

Internal brickwork walkway

This is an internal brickwork walkway which has been built with Lovely reclaimed bricks to really give the building a bit of character.

Internal Brickwork walkway

Garden wall and fence 

Build garden wall in place of old fence panel as the old fence blew down and nearly smashed the french doors and re install one of the old fence panels

Build garden wall and re install fence

All weather proofed just in time for storm Ciara 

Chimney removal

Removed old disused chimney as it was showing serious wear and tear and starting to look unstable. We then used some old tiles and some new, to cover where the chimney was and fitted a vented tile

The customer called us to pinpoint a rain water leak above the kitchen window, which we discovered it to be coming through the wall because it needed repointing urgently. We repointed the brickwork and fixed cracks in render

Repointing house and fixing cracked render

Replace wooden retaining sleeper wall with brick wall 

This is the after picture of the repair work we did to an arch way. Matched the bricks and also did a very good match in the cement. It all dried the same colour. 

Repairs to an old archway in Brighton 

Halfway through the repair job. Being very careful not to disturb the arch too much as this could cause total collapse!

This is before we carried out the repair. You can see a really bad crack going right down the middle 

This is a retaining wall in Hayward’s heath that we built in ibstock Coleridge yellow bricks to match the customers house. 

Retaining wall in Hayward’s heath 

Removed old rotten wooden posts which was retaining the customers back garden then we put in a footing and built a lovely wall which will last a very long time. 

Garden wall built with same bricks to match existing house. Another happy customer 

New garden wall

Removed old fence and ready to start footing for new wall in crawley

New garden wall 

Built 2 new piers in Slaugham ready for electric gates to be attached. Coping stones have been ordered. 

Two piers 

Built two new piers ready for electric metal gates to be fitted at a later stage.

Two new piers 

New front garden make over, new steps built, garden walls built, large brick planter built, new pathway and steps slabbed also jetwashed existing walls. 

Front garden transformation in Brighton 

Completed jobs by Practical Builders

Fencing, driveway & new porch built

Half way through!

Before 

Renovation

Brickwork for garage conversion 

Practical Builders

The guys did a great job and I would thoroughly recommend them.  They repointed our large very old patio and it now looks brand new! So pleased with the work and they were both tidy and polite .

Repointing patio

Practical builders completed pointing work on my house.  Josh was very quick to come and view the work and provided a wriiten quotation. The work was completed as planned to a good quality. Josh and team were very friendy and tidied up before they left. Communications were always good including the final invoice and payment. Would recommend Practical Builders.

House Pointing Work

Practical Builders did an amazing job on our repointing for our semi detached house. From the very first phone call through to completion, Josh was incredibly helpful and supportive throughout the whole process. He really went above and beyond, which is so rare to find these days.

The service felt genuinely refreshing, and the quality of work speaks for itself. I’ll definitely be recommending him to all my siblings and friends.

Repointing semi detached house

The boys were absolutely amazing when Repointing my three bed semi detached property in horsham. Josh was always in contact with updates which we found very helpful as it helped us plan our days as we both work from home and have phone calls we need to take.

The work looks incredible and we will definitely be using them again as well our neighbours who have already enquired.

Repointing work 10/10

Very happy with the standard of repointing, good communication and punctuality from the boys from Practical Builders. They left everything clean and tidy. Will definitely ask them again to do further work.

Very impressed

Josh came to view and discuss the work to make safe a retaining wall attached to door steps. He was very polite and discussed the work in easy to understand language. A quote was sent the same evening.

Polite and tidy Bricklayer.

Average score based on 11 reviews in the last 12 months

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Practical Builders | Bricklayer | Haywards Heath | Checkatrade

Hi there, we are Practical Builders. We are a family run business which takes pride in our work and we care about our reputation. I am the owner of the company and I studied brickwork at college for 3 years. I started working in the building industry at a very young age and I was very keen to learn and become one of the very best. We specialise in:Brickwork Garden wallsRe-pointingRetaining walls New garagesRepair work Patios Driveways Hard landscaping Damp proof installation &amp; anything building/landscape based. No job is too big or small, so give us a call for a free no obligation quote. 

We are a local family run business and take pride in our work. Customer satisfaction is what we value most. We cover anything building and landscape related.

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