Welcome to House Construction Cornwall.
Thank you for being interested to know more about my work.
My passion for construction started at an early age - Lego and Playmobil being a favourite means to construct many buildings, boats, aircraft etc.
My passion for construction started at an early age - Lego and Playmobil being a favourite means to construct many buildings, boats, aircraft etc.
My career in construction began in July 1996. I completed my apprenticeship under the direction of Mr Harry Friar of Friar Development Ltd in South East London. I mainly subcontracted for Mr Friar for 22 years on various construction sites. The work has been varied and enjoyable as each project required a different assembly.
Starting with groundwork then brickwork, fashioning foundations, setting up timber frame structures, or new builds. Making the interiors compete with ceilings, floors, doors, kitchens, landscaping, driveways, gates, fencing, swimming pools, decking, roofing and extensions.
Starting with groundwork then brickwork, fashioning foundations, setting up timber frame structures, or new builds. Making the interiors compete with ceilings, floors, doors, kitchens, landscaping, driveways, gates, fencing, swimming pools, decking, roofing and extensions.
"We highly recommend Stephen, he helped us with so much through our house renovations. He installed large roof windows, removed and added partition walls, laid a lime screed floor base on top of the foundations and bedded large limestone flagstones for our floors and many more jobs. He’s very professional and comes up with very good ideas and advice. We couldn’t have done it without his help and Leota’s help to organise everything.
Thank you so much". - Claire. Helston.
During that time I also worked on private gardens, one of which won a Bromley in Bloom award in 2007. Landscaping is a favourite passion transforming space to be visually appealing but the creation having a useful function too. Garden sheds have become great fun in fresh design and creating talking points. Insulating sheds/ cabins makes them fully usable all year round.
Peace Culture Children's House Montessori Pre-School was a personal project to make a functioning duel space as a flourishing garden and one that adapts to the wear and tear of children.
I have been involved in working with the artist Tareg Morris on her various art installations one being in the Eden Project, the last one being in Truro Cathedral. I have worked on Church installations and repairs for All Saints Church in Orpington, Kent. Gym and Nursery School fencing. Garden office installations and other small domestic projects. A memorial garden and a wildlife garden having special significance for the owners.
I enjoy up-cycling on builds too. Fun projects include The Truro Placeshaping project which required the forming and making of 13 tin men installed around Truro Town Centre. After removing decaying wooden play equipment from Perran-ar-worthal School, I salvaged the good pieces of wood left and gave the school two new up-cycled benches for their playground.
The making of all the diverse construction briefs including bespoke sign boards I have produced have been most rewarding. I am committed to working hard and being trusted to deliver to each client a high standard of workmanship. No project is ever too small.
Recent current requests have been for solid handmade wooden bed frames and adapted bespoke wooden units for the elderly to make every day tasks easier. It has been great working with The Juniper Club and creating their bespoke wooden Cornish map signage too.
I look forward to hearing from you with whatever you may wish to construct. References available on request.
Stephen.
"Stephen was incredibly skillful, professional and knowledgeable. We were impressed with the multitude of skills he has, enabling him to create everything in our bathroom from plasterboard, to the fittings and tiling. His work was meticulous, with a great eye for detail. He was of course friendly, with a great sense of humour. Stephen was able to easily work around any issues that arose, which when working on an old cottage was a real asset! We thank him for the incredible luxury he has created for us, we adore our new bathroom and will most definitely use his skills and experience again". HJ, Ruan Minor
"Stephen took down an internal wall at our place. He completed the job ahead of schedule and on budget, very pleased!" - KP, Truro