Yorkshire Builders Ltd

Hi, we are Yorkshire Builders Ltd and thank you for looking at our profile.

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Please note, to help save you time and ensure you contact the right company to do your proposed works we assist by making clear what are certain points to assist you in choosing the right builder for your works.

Some people contact us wanting small works doing, we financially are not set up for small works of under £1,000 plus VAT. We say such to help you, because you may contact us wanting us to do a small emergency job or another small job, whereas going direct to a small trader on Checkatrade may call out to your issue quicker and may have a turnover where you are not charged VAT.

As builders and to help you save time in contacting us for small jobs or insurance quotes, we do have a short list of small works further on in this description that we ask you to read.

Basically we only take on works that are at least 1 full day for 2 men and charge accordingly, to help understand such, we do not do works costing less than £1,000 unless under extreme circumstances.

Our staff have experience in the building trade that now spans over 55 years, we are a family run business. Our vans usually run with a 2 to 3 man teams to carry out such buildings works.

We undertake all major buildings works from a structural internal wall removal, chimney breast removal, garage conversions to living accommodation alterations, we work on both domestic and commercial properties also. With our staff’s skillset we take the project from start to finish which can include the final stages of carpets or other floor covering if required on building works that we have been engaged upon. We however do not carry out decorating works.

After a site visit, we always issue detailed written quotations listing all works to be undertaken, this details exactly what works are to be undertaken and the cost of such works, we never increase our cost beyond what is in our quote unless more works are requested and carried out under such variations to the schedule of the works quoted and signed for.

We also work on listed properties and employ a skilled stone mason who is like all our own staff “apprentice trained”.

Our plasterers work to our specific high standard being able to apply all types of plaster coverings as well as plasterboard and skimming. This includes lime plaster, rendering and K rendering etc.

We even supply and install thermal boards that are bonded to plaster boards to help improve dramatically the thermal value of any home by applying such to external walls, as well as doing floor and loft insulation.

We work closely with the appropriate local authority of your area with any project that requires the issue of a Building Control Certificate from the appropriate Building Control authority.

This is paramount if you have any structural works carried out on your home, its paramount because it is highly likely that when you come to sell your house the buyer’s solicitor will need to see such documentation to satisfy most lenders requirements and their clients to ensure the property has had approved works carried out on such property.

Experience tells us that once a project starts variations can be encountered, these will always be discussed in detail and any price for any extra works will always be confirmed in writing as soon as possible, so there are no surprises on extra costings if there are any further extra works we are asked to become engaged upon.

We do not take shortcuts on the materials we use, any RSJs (rolled steel joist) or lintels meet the Building Code of such local Building Authority with, if required, structural calculations being obtained and submitted to Building Control and if it’s an RSJ, then it will be painted to the required Building code requirements.

The same applies to the timbers we use for the flooring, we always try and match the existing floorboards where possible in pine if patching in a floor, when we install new flooring, we use tanalised 22mm flooring boards as opposed to 18mm, because it gives a much sturdier floor with less spring if such can be allowed by the floor conditions.

Our jobs include the following, but the list is by no means exhaustive, if it is involving building works, then most likely will do projects such as:

• Internal wall removal

• Structural alterations

• Chimney breast removal

• Garage conversions to living accommodation

• All types of plastering

• Garden rooms/offices

• Cellar tanking

• Inserting of Lintels above windows where the bricks above such has cracked.

• Kitchen supplied

• Complete bathroom refits

• Plastering

. Office building/alterations

Sorry, but we no longer do the following:

1)     We do not engage in providing insurance quotes of any kind, such as damage to walls by delivery drivers etc. Nor subsidence quotes.

2)     We do not do garden works, you should look for gardeners.

3)     We are happy to visit people’s homes or offices once they have bought the property, but we don't do assessments for pre-purchase, you are best to get a surveyor to do such works, too many house purchases fall though now with the shortage of houses for sale.