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 across Christchurch, Mudeford and Highcliffe — from a builder who knows what two rivers and a harbour do to a building.
From a period wall by the Priory to a loft conversion in Somerford — here's what Christchurch homeowners call us for most.
Repointing, brick repair, chimney work, garden and boundary walls. Christchurch has a lot of genuinely old building around the town centre, and old walls want lime, not cement. More on our brickwork →
Pitched and flat roofs, storm damage, slipped tiles, ridge and verge repairs. Properties out toward Mudeford Quay and Highcliffe take the weather off the water and lose tiles most winters.
External render and internal plastering. Anywhere near the harbour or the cliff, render specification and edge detailing matter far more than the finish coat — that's where the water gets in.
Rear extensions, garage conversions and loft conversions. Worth knowing early whether your plot sits in a flood zone, because it changes what the ground floor and the foundations need to be.
Christchurch is where the Avon and the Stour meet the sea, and that geography drives almost everything about building here.
The Avon and the Stour converge at Christchurch before they reach the harbour, and a meaningful chunk of the town sits on low ground. Flood zoning affects extensions, ground floors, foundations and sometimes what you're allowed to build at all. It's the first thing we check — finding out afterwards is expensive.
Christchurch Harbour is sheltered compared with the open coast, but salt still carries inland on the prevailing south-westerly, and Mudeford and Stanpit get it properly. Frost-resistant brick and the right mortar still apply, even though it feels calmer than Bournemouth seafront.
The Priory has stood since the twelfth century and the streets around it are old with it — conservation area, listed buildings, soft brick, lime mortar and rubble stone. That work needs doing sympathetically and slowly. If someone quotes it like a new build, they haven't understood the job.
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Where we work across Christchurch and BH23, and what we typically get called out for.
| Area | Areas & what we see there |
|---|---|
| Town centre & Priory | Purewell, Bargates, Castle Street Georgian and Victorian stock, conservation area and listed buildings. Sympathetic repointing, rubble stone, chimney work and careful making good. Permission questions come up on most jobs here. |
| Mudeford & Stanpit | Mudeford Quay, Stanpit Marsh Right on the harbour. Salt exposure, render failure and roof repairs, plus low-lying ground that makes flood zoning a live question on any extension. |
| Highcliffe | Highcliffe, Friars Cliff Cliff-top and near-cliff properties taking the full south-westerly. Render, roofing and pointing take the hardest beating in BH23, and ground movement near the cliff edge is a real consideration. |
| Somerford & Jumpers | Somerford, Jumpers Common Post-war and 1960s–80s estate housing on decent ground with room to build. Rear extensions, garden walls, driveways and loft conversions — the straightforward end of the work. |
| Burton & Winkton | Burton, Winkton, Bransgore edge Village housing, older cottages mixed with newer detached. Boundary walls, outbuildings, extensions and roof work on properties that don't all follow the same rules. |
| Walkford & Hinton | Walkford, Hinton Admiral Semi-rural, larger plots, mature trees. Extensions and garden structures, with root and ground conditions worth checking before anything gets dug. |
Mike is based in Poole, a straight run along the coast. Near enough to come and look at a job this week, without travel time buried in the quote.
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Over a decade on Dorset housing — coastal exposure, soft old brick, lime mortar and period repair. 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.
Day rates around Christchurch typically run £200–£350 depending on trade and complexity. Extensions and conversions are priced as a package rather than a day rate, so you know the figure before anyone starts.
Often yes, but it changes the job. Christchurch sits where the Avon and Stour meet, and low-lying parts of the town are in Environment Agency flood zones. That can affect floor levels, foundations, materials and what BCP Council will approve. We check the zoning before pricing rather than after.
We do sympathetic repair work — lime repointing, brick and stone matching, careful making good. On genuinely listed buildings you'll need listed building consent, and we'll tell you that up front rather than starting and stopping. The streets around the Priory are conservation area and the rules there are tighter than most people expect.
Yes. Anything facing the water takes salt, and Highcliffe's cliff-top properties take wind-driven rain on top of it. That means frost-resistant brick, a mortar specified for exposure, and render detailing that doesn't let water sit behind it.
All of it — Christchurch town centre, Purewell, Bargates, Mudeford, Stanpit, Somerford, Jumpers, Highcliffe, Friars Cliff, Burton, Winkton and Walkford.
Yes — dormers, rooflight conversions and full loft builds. The post-war housing around Somerford and Jumpers converts particularly well. There are photos of a recent rooflight conversion on our loft conversions page.
Usually within the week for a look. Emergency work — storm damage, a wall down — we'll get to as fast as we can.
Free estimate, no obligation. We'll come out, look at the job, and give you a straight price.