Recent work
A Recent Loft Conversion
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Brickwork, roofing, rendering, extensions and loft conversions right across Bournemouth — BH1 through to BH11. Checkatrade vetted, and straight with you about what a job actually needs.
From failing render on the East Cliff to a loft conversion in Ensbury Park — here's what Bournemouth homeowners and landlords call us for most.
Repointing, brick repair, chimney work, garden and retaining walls. On Bournemouth's Victorian and Edwardian stock we match the brick and use lime where lime belongs — hard cement pointing on soft brick blows the face off it within a few winters. More on our brickwork →
Pitched and flat roofs, storm damage, slipped and missing tiles, ridge and verge repairs. Exposed Southbourne and cliff-top properties lose tiles most winters, and the 1960s and 70s blocks around town need flat roofs that genuinely last.
External render and internal plastering. Render on a south-facing Bournemouth elevation is a specification job, not just a finish — get the system and the edge detailing right and it lasts, get it wrong and water sits behind it for years.
Rear extensions, loft conversions, and the structural and separation work that flat conversions need signed off. Bournemouth's 1930s semis through Moordown and Ensbury Park take extensions and loft conversions particularly well.
Bournemouth isn't one building story, it's three — cliff-top exposure, subdivided Victorian villas, and sandy sloping ground. Each one catches people out.
South-facing elevations along East Cliff, West Cliff and Southbourne take rain horizontally for months at a time. Water finds its way behind render and pointing through cracks you'd never notice, and frost opens them up from the inside. Exposure drives the specification here — it isn't a detail to leave to whoever quotes cheapest.
A great deal of Bournemouth's larger period housing through Talbot Woods, Dean Park and East Cliff was subdivided long before current sound and fire separation standards existed. When you open one of those up, what's behind the plaster is rarely what the drawings say. We price for looking properly first.
The town sits on soft sands, and the chines are what happens when water cuts down through them. On sloping plots near Alum Chine and Durley Chine, retaining walls and terracing need designing rather than guessing — sandy ground is unforgiving of a wall built optimistically.
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Every Bournemouth postcode, and what we typically get called out for in each.
| Postcode | Areas & what we see there |
|---|---|
| BH1 | Town centre, East Cliff, Springbourne Victorian villas and former hotel stock, much of it subdivided into flats. Conservation area rules cover a lot of East Cliff, and south-facing elevations take the weather straight off the sea. |
| BH2 | West Cliff, town centre Large period properties and blocks, plenty of them converted. Render repair, balcony and parapet work, and flat roofs on the 1960s and 70s blocks. |
| BH3 | Talbot Woods, Winton Some of Bournemouth's best Victorian and Edwardian housing, much of it in a conservation area. Brick matching, chimney work and sympathetic extensions — the sort of job where the wrong brick shows for fifty years. |
| BH4 | Westbourne, Alum Chine Period villas on sloping ground near the chine. Retaining walls, steps and terracing on sandy soil, plus render that has to cope with serious exposure. |
| BH5 | Boscombe East, Pokesdown Victorian terraces, many tenanted or converted. Repointing, roof repairs, bay window brickwork and making good after years of patch jobs. |
| BH6 | Southbourne, Tuckton Cliff-top and near-cliff properties facing the worst of the wind-driven rain, mixed with solid inter-war semis further back. Render, roofing and extensions. |
| BH7 | Littledown, Iford Post-war and modern estate housing on decent ground. Extensions, garden walls, driveways and loft conversions — straightforward work with room to do it. |
| BH8 | Charminster, Queens Park Terraces and semis, heavily tenanted around Charminster. Landlord maintenance, roof and chimney repairs, and conversions brought up to current standards. |
| BH9 | Winton, Moordown 1930s semis and Victorian terraces with a strong landlord market. Loft conversions, extensions, and the fire and sound separation work conversions need. |
| BH10 | Ensbury Park, Kinson Inter-war and post-war semis with generous plots. Rear extensions and loft conversions are the bread and butter, and the stock takes them well. |
| BH11 | Bear Cross, West Howe Post-war estate housing, sheltered from the worst of the coastal weather. Extensions, rendering, garden walls and general repairs. |
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Over a decade on Dorset housing stock — coastal exposure, soft Victorian brick, sandy ground and period conversions. We've seen most of it before, which means fewer surprises on yours.
No. We come out, look at the job properly and give you a written estimate, with no charge and no obligation. We won't price anything significant down the phone.
Day rates around Bournemouth typically run £200–£350 depending on the trade and the complexity of the job. Extensions, conversions and full renders are priced as a package rather than a day rate, so you know the figure before anyone starts.
Wind-driven rain. South-facing elevations along East Cliff, West Cliff and Southbourne take rain horizontally off the sea for months, and water gets behind render through the smallest crack. Once it's behind, frost does the rest. It needs the right render system and properly detailed edges, not a cheap skim that looks fine for two summers.
Yes. A lot of Bournemouth's larger Victorian and Edwardian houses through Talbot Woods, Dean Park and East Cliff were subdivided decades ago, often before anyone worried about sound or fire separation. Structural openings, separating walls and making good to current Building Control standards is regular work for us.
Yes, and we'd rather plan it properly. If you're a landlord in Winton, Charminster or Ensbury Park, the sensible window is the summer changeover — tell us early and we'll book the work into it rather than trying to squeeze round tenants.
Quite possibly. Talbot Woods, Dean Park, East Cliff and Springbourne and Boscombe Spa all carry conservation area status, which tightens what you can do to the outside of a building. We'll tell you straight if we think you need to speak to BCP Council before we start, rather than finding out afterwards.
BH1 through to BH11 — the town centre, East Cliff, West Cliff, Westbourne, Talbot Woods, Winton, Charminster, Moordown, Boscombe, Pokesdown, Southbourne, Littledown, Ensbury Park, Kinson and Bear Cross.
Yes — dormers, rooflight conversions and full loft builds. Bournemouth's 1930s semis through Ensbury Park and Moordown convert particularly well. There are photos of a recent rooflight conversion on our loft conversions page.
Free estimate, no obligation. We'll come out, look at the job, and give you a straight price.