We convert barns, period houses and other existing buildings into new homes and accommodation across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and North London, including listed buildings.
Converting a building means giving it a new use without losing what makes it worth keeping. That usually involves structural repair, new foundations or floors, and careful work around original features.
Our conversions range from curtilage-listed barns turned into holiday apartments to London townhouses converted into HMOs (see our HMO conversions page). We can build to your architect’s design or deliver the project as design and build.
We look at the building, what it could become and the consents it is likely to need, such as planning permission, change of use or listed building consent.
Repairs to the existing frame, new foundations and new floors. At Beaumont Mews, difficult ground needed a floating reinforced-concrete slab and deep strip foundations.
Original features repaired and kept, from timber A-frames and flint walls to brick floors and decorative ceilings.
Heating, drainage and services designed into the new layout, with finishes that suit the building.
Conversions often need planning permission, change of use or listed building consent. Your architect or planning consultant leads on those, and we build to the approved design.
From the first look at the building to handing over its new use.
Send the address, photos, any drawings and what you want it to become.
We look at the structure, the ground and what has to be kept.
We set out the work, the programme, the price and who does what.
We manage the conversion through to completion and handover.
From listed barns in St Albans to London townhouses.
Curtilage-listed barns converted into seven holiday-let apartments, keeping the A-frames, flint walls and brick floors. £1.3m, 46 weeks.
A townhouse extended by two floors and converted into a 28-bedroom HMO, keeping its period features. £1.2m, 39 weeks.
A three-storey townhouse converted and extended, with new drainage, utilities and structure. £1.2m, 28 weeks.
Yes. Beaumont Mews was a conversion of curtilage-listed barns into seven apartments. We kept the original A-frames, flint walls and brick floors and built new foundations around them.
Your architect or planning consultant normally leads on planning permission, change of use and listed building consent. We can advise on buildability and cost while the application is prepared, then build to the approved design.
The existing building sets the rules. Its structure, ground conditions and the features worth keeping are often only fully known once work starts, so we plan for that from the beginning.
We are based in St Albans and work across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and North London.
Send us the address, a few photos and any drawings, and we’ll call you back to talk through what the building could become.
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