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Photographs from our own sites — setting out and foundations through to the finished rooms. Filter by stage to see how a house comes together, or jump straight to the completed interiors.

35 photographs shown

Exterior Two-storey residence nearing completion at dusk, balcony and car porch

Residence nearing completion

Handover approaching
Exterior Completed two-storey residence lit at night, front elevation with balcony

Residence at night

Front elevation
Exterior Covered entrance and paved forecourt of a completed residence, lit at night

Entrance courtyard

Entrance and porch
Exterior Large-format stone paving with grass joints across a finished courtyard

Paved courtyard

External works
Exterior Stone paving slabs laid with planted grass joints alongside a boundary wall

Paved path

External works
Interior Living room with backlit marble television wall, timber fluting and built-in aquarium

Living room and aquarium

Stone, joinery and lighting
Interior Living room with marble television wall, fitted joinery and cove lighting

Living room

Television wall and joinery
Interior Living space with low timber console, wall shelving and polished floor

Television console

Fitted joinery
Interior L-shaped modular kitchen with granite worktop, extractor hood and fitted cabinets

Modular kitchen

Granite and fitted cabinets
Interior View through a timber-clad opening into the finished kitchen

Kitchen from the hall

Timber-clad opening
Interior Entrance hall with polished floor, moulded cornice and staircase beyond

Hall and staircase

Polished floor and cornice
Interior Bedroom with marble feature wall, window seat and polished floor

Bedroom, marble feature wall

Feature wall and window seat
Interior Bedroom with a lilac feature wall, cove lighting and a beaded chandelier

Bedroom with chandelier

Cove lighting
Interior Bedroom with platform bed and open fitted wardrobe

Bedroom, fitted furniture

Platform bed and wardrobe
Interior Bedroom with platform bed, wall panelling and polished dark floor

Bedroom, polished floor

Panelling and flooring
Interior Bedroom with full-height fitted wardrobe beside a shuttered window

Fitted wardrobe

Full-height joinery
Interior Finished bathroom with wall-hung WC, basin and full-height tiling

Bathroom

Sanitaryware and tiling
Interior Fluted timber ceiling panel with a recessed decorative light fitting

Fluted ceiling detail

Timber and light fitting
Interior False ceiling with angled slots and concealed warm lighting

False ceiling detail

Concealed lighting
Interior Solid timber main door with inlaid circular detailing

Main door

Joinery detail
Construction Site team setting out foundation positions along the boundary wall

Setting out

Stage 01 — setting out
Construction Reinforcement cage being set in a water-filled foundation pit

Foundation excavation

Excavation and reinforcement
Construction Plate compactor consolidating fill before slab construction

Fill compaction

Ground preparation
Construction Plinth beam cast over block foundation walls with column starter bars

Plinth beam and starters

Substructure
Construction Ground slab under water curing with column reinforcement in place

Consolidation

Water curing
Construction Ground floor columns cast and stripped, photographed at sunset

Columns cast

Frame
Construction Cast columns wrapped in hessian and kept damp during curing

Column curing

Curing regime
Construction Upper floor slab shuttering with props and reinforcement in place

Slab shuttering

Formwork
Construction Residence at block work stage with the roof slab cast

Block work and roof slab

Superstructure
Construction Reinforced concrete underground water sump with internal baffle walls

Underground sump

In-ground services
Construction Precast concrete sump being lowered into position by crane

Precast sump installation

In-ground services
Construction Slump cone test being carried out on fresh concrete before placing

Concrete slump test

Quality control
Construction Concrete cube specimens cast on site for compressive strength testing

Concrete cube samples

Quality control
Construction Levelling screed being applied and finished by hand

Floor screed

Finishes
Plan Three-dimensional floor plans for the ground and first floor with room dimensions

Ground and first floor plans

Design stage

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