New Builds in Bodmin& Cornwall

Building a new home in Cornwall

A new build is the biggest project most people ever commission, and in Cornwall it comes with conditions you don't meet everywhere. The ground is rarely uniform, the weather is unforgiving on exposed plots, and planning can be tighter than buyers expect. We build new homes that account for all of that from day one, rather than discovering it halfway through.

Foundations come first — and they're rarely standard

The single biggest variable on a Cornish new build is what's under the ground. On solid granite you may have excellent bearing but expensive excavation; on made ground, clay or the fringes of former tin and copper workings you may need an engineered solution. We arrange the ground investigation early so the structural engineer can design the right foundation — strip, trench-fill, raft or piled — before we price the job. Guessing here is how new builds go over budget, so we don't.

Warranties, Building Regs and lender requirements

A new home has to satisfy Building Regulations across the board: structure, fire, drainage, ventilation and — increasingly the trickiest part — energy efficiency and airtightness. We build to those standards and back the finished house with a recognised structural warranty, typically a 10-year policy, because without one most mortgage lenders won't lend against the property. You get the warranty documentation at handover along with the building-control completion certificate.

Built for the Cornish climate

Driving rain and salt-laden wind test a building's weathering details far more on the coast than inland. We specify render systems, roof coverings and detailing suited to the exposure of your particular plot — there's a real difference between a sheltered site near Bodmin and an exposed one closer to the north coast.

One team, foundations to handover

You deal with us from groundworks through to the day we hand over the keys — structure, roof, first and second fix, and the trades in between coordinated under one roof. If you're self-building and only need us for the heavy structural stages, we can do that too.