Jump to content

Loft conversion company - any recommendations or warnings?


sdonald

Recommended Posts

We really need some advice please from people who have been through the loft conversion process as we are struggling to find a company we can afford to start the work.


Has anyone used Taylored Lofts for their loft conversion and if so what was your experience?


Any other loft companies you would recommend using or avoiding?


Thank you!

We used Taylored Lofts last year and I thought they were great. Job was on time and on budget (we had our second child coming so we couldn't afford for it to over-run).


We had a few issues that became apparent afterwards but they came back and sorted them out no problem and our new bedroom and bathroom are now the nicest rooms in the house.


If I had another loft that needed converting, I would use them again.


We also had quotes from Loft Life, Landmark Lofts, Armadillo Lofts, Absolute Lofts, and another couple that I can't remember the name of, when I looked for reviews there were quite a few negative ones for the rest but I couldn't find a single bad one for Taylored, plus I found someone who had used them before and was willing to answer my questions about them which sealed the deal for me.


Good luck, it's a minefield!

Ive just had my loft conversion built by Benchmark Lofts (020 7438 2043) after getting a couple of great referrals from 2 close friends of mine who recently had their lofts converted in Earlsfield last year. Thomas is the guy who runs the company, he is very helpful and straight foward to deal with. Their prices were competitive and the onsite team were very clean, polite and completed our loft 2 weeks earlier than expected! Thomas took care of the drawings and planning permissions from the deposit we transferred once we signed contracts. Im really happy with the finish and would highly recommend getting in touch with them.
My neighbour recently had their loft converted by Landmark Lofts, I had a look around as I'm thinking of getting mine done too. It looked pretty good and they seemed very happy with the end result. I'm still going to look at a couple of other companies for comparison but based on my neighbour's experience & the end result I'm swinging towards Landmark.

We had our loft done by Classic last October and we were very happy with them, they finished ahead of time and were very good about sorting out the snagging. We also had a small issue which needed resolving this year (long after we'd paid the final balnace) which they came and fixed without me having to hassle them.

Friends of ours have had a bad experince with Landmark so I would avoid them.

  • 4 weeks later...

Update - We've decided to go with Landmark for our conversion after all. They're not the cheapest but I'm of a mind to pay a little extra to get what we want.


Will keep you updated on how it turns out - fingers crossed (not looking forward to the dust!)

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Latest Discussions

    • What was he doing on the stage at Glastonbury? Or on the stage at the other concert in Finsbury Park? Grinning like a Cheshire cat whilst pissed and stoned 20 somethings on the promise of free internet sung-- Oh Jeremy Corbyn---  What were his policies for Northern mining towns with no jobs or infrastructure? Free Internet and university places for youngsters. What were his other manifesto pledges? Why all the ambiguity over Brexit?  I didn't like Thatcher, Blair or May or Tony but I respected them as politicians because they stood by what they believed in. I respect all politicians across the board that stick to their principles. Corbyn didn't and its why he got  annihilated at the polls. A socialist, anti imperialist and anti capitalist that said he voted for an imperialist and pro capitalist cabal. He refused to say how he'd vote over and over again until the last knockings. He did so to appease the Islington elite and middle class students he was courting. The same people that were screaming that Brexit was racist. At the same time the EU were holding black and Asian immigrants in refugee camps overseas but not a word on that! Corbyn created and courted a student union protest movement that screamed at and shouted down anyone not on the left . They claimed Starmer and the centre right of labour were tories. He didn't get elected  because he, his movement and policies were unelectable, twice. He turned out not to have the convictions of his politics and died on his own sword.    Reform won't win an election. All the idiots that voted for them to keep out Labour actually enabled Labour. They'll be back voting tory next time.    Farage wouldn't be able to make his millions if he was in power. He's a very devious shyster but I very much doubt he'd actually want the responsibility that governance requires.
    • The purge of hard left members that were part of Corbyn's, Mcdonnel's and Lansmans momentum that purged the party of right wing and centrist members. That's politics. It's what Blair did to win, its what Starmer had to do to win. This country doesn't vote in extreme left or right governments. That's partly why Corbyn lost  We're pretty much a centrist bunch.  It doesn't make it false either. It's an opinion based on the voting patterns, demography and statistics. Can you explain then why former mining constituencies that despise the tories voted for them or abstained rather than vote for Corbyns Labour?  What is the truth then? But he never got elected!!! Why? He should have been binned off there and then. Why he was allowed to hang about is an outrage. I hold him party responsible for the shit show that we've had to endure since. 
    • Depends on what the Barista says doesnt it? There was no physical confrontation with the driver, OP thinks she is being targetted when she isnt. These guys work min wage under strict schedules so give them a break unless they damage your stuff
    • CPR Dave, attendance records are available on Southwark's website. Maggie Browning has attended 100% of meetings. Jon Hartley has attended 65%.
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...