Recent work
A Recent Loft Conversion
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Brickwork, lime repointing, period repair, roofing and extensions across Wimborne Minster, Colehill, Merley and Corfe Mullen — on a town where a lot of the buildings are older than the rules.
Wimborne has more genuinely old building per square mile than anywhere else we work. That changes what people call us for.
Repointing, brick and stone repair, chimneys, garden and boundary walls. Around the Minster and the old town this is lime work, not cement — and getting that wrong on a soft-brick or rubble-stone wall does damage that takes years to show and a fortune to undo. More on our brickwork →
Sympathetic repair on older property — brick matching, stone dressings, rebuilding what's failed the way it was originally built. We'll tell you up front when a job needs listed building consent rather than starting and stopping halfway through.
Pitched and flat roofs, slipped tiles, ridge and verge work, chimney flashings. Wimborne is far enough inland to be spared the worst of the coastal weather, which means roofs here usually fail from age and neglect rather than storms.
Rear and side extensions, garden rooms and loft conversions. Merley, Colehill and Corfe Mullen have the post-war stock and the plots to extend comfortably — the constraints sit in the older centre, not out here.
Two rivers, a medieval town centre and chalk to the north. Wimborne's building problems have almost nothing in common with the coast twenty minutes south.
The Minster has stood since the twelfth century and the streets around it grew up with it. Georgian brick, older rubble stone, timber frame behind later facades — and listed buildings and conservation area status across much of it. Work here is slower, needs the right materials, and sometimes needs consent. Anyone quoting it like a new build hasn't looked properly.
Wimborne sits at the confluence of the Stour and the Allen, with flood meadows either side. Low-lying ground affects extensions, floor levels and foundations, and it's the first thing worth checking on a plot near the water rather than the last.
North and west of the town the ground turns to chalk and greensand as you head toward Cranborne Chase — completely different to the free-draining heathland sand at Ferndown or the harbour clay at Poole. It changes foundation depth and how a retaining wall wants building.
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Where we work across Wimborne and BH21, and what we typically get called out for.
| Area | Areas & what we see there |
|---|---|
| Wimborne Minster | Town centre, The Square, West Borough Georgian brick, older stone and a conservation area over most of it. Lime repointing, chimney work, sympathetic repair, and consent questions on a good proportion of jobs. |
| Colehill | Colehill, Furzehill Inter-war and post-war detached on generous, often sloping plots. Extensions, retaining walls, garden structures and loft conversions. |
| Merley | Merley, Oakley 1960s–80s estate housing with room to build. Rear extensions, garages, driveways and conversions — the most straightforward work in BH21. |
| Corfe Mullen | Corfe Mullen, Lambs Green Large village, mixed post-war stock and older cottages. Extensions, boundary walls, re-rendering and roof repairs. |
| Canford Magna | Canford Magna, Bearwood edge Parkland village with period property and newer housing alongside. Careful repair work on the old, straightforward extension work on the new. |
| Pamphill & Witchampton | Pamphill, Witchampton, Holt Estate villages with cob, thatch, rubble stone and soft brick. Genuinely traditional construction — needs breathable materials and patience. |
Over a decade on Dorset housing, including soft brick and lime mortar. We'd rather tell you a wall needs lime and a slower job than take the money for a cement patch that fails.
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Mike is based in Poole, twenty minutes down the road. Near enough to come and look at a job this week without travel time buried in the quote.
No. We come out, look at the job properly and give you a written estimate, with no charge and no obligation.
We do sympathetic repair on period property — lime repointing, brick and stone matching, rebuilding what has failed the way it was originally built. Listed building consent is a separate matter and it's your council's decision, not ours. We'll tell you when we think you need it before we start, which is more use than finding out halfway through.
Because a soft old wall has to breathe. Lime lets moisture move through and evaporate; hard cement traps it, so the water leaves through the face of the brick or stone instead and takes the surface with it. On Wimborne's older property that's the single most common piece of damage we're called to, and it's almost always someone else's cement.
Much of the town centre is, and it affects what you can change externally. Dorset Council holds the maps — Wimborne is Dorset Council, not BCP, so the process differs from Poole and Bournemouth. We'll flag it if we think your job touches it.
Often yes, but check the flood zoning first. Wimborne sits where the Stour meets the Allen and the meadows either side flood. It can affect floor levels, foundations and what gets approved, so we establish it before pricing rather than after.
Day rates typically run £200–£350 depending on trade and complexity. Period and heritage work sits at the higher end because it's slower and the materials cost more. Project work is priced as a package so you know the figure up front.
Wimborne Minster, Colehill, Furzehill, Merley, Oakley, Corfe Mullen, Canford Magna, Pamphill, Witchampton and Holt.
Yes — dormers, rooflight conversions and full loft builds. The post-war housing at Merley and Colehill converts well. Older property in the centre is more involved and sometimes needs consent.
Free estimate, no obligation. We'll come out, look at the job, and give you a straight price.