Builders in Shefford

Shefford is ten minutes from us, one of the closest towns we cover, and one we're in regularly.

We work throughout the town on extensions, kitchens and bathrooms, and full renovations, across both the older properties in the centre and the newer estates around them.

Shefford sits where the Flit and the Hit meet, and that single fact affects building work here more than anything in the planning rules.

Parts of the town fall within Environment Agency flood zones. If your property is in one, an extension may need a flood risk assessment submitted with the application, and the design may need to account for it, floor levels, materials at low level, and how surface water is handled. Even outside the mapped zones, a high water table affects foundation depth, which is the single most common reason a groundworks quote moves.

It's worth knowing before you design, not after. We check the flood maps and the ground conditions at survey as a matter of course, and we'll tell you plainly if we think foundations are going to be deeper than the obvious estimate.

Applications go to Central Bedfordshire Council, the same authority as Biggleswade, Sandy and Potton.

Give us a call on 01767 235673 or send us the details. We'll come and look, talk through what's realistic, and put an itemised quote in writing.