Ray and Chris first contacted our driveway section, New Driveway Company, in late 2021 to quote for a new drive at their house on the Bath Road in Newbury, Berks.

As we were discussing the design and options for a new block paved driveway, Ray mentioned that they were planning other internal and external work on their 1930s detached home, including new windows and a garage conversion. When we explained that New Driveway Company is part of New Home Improvement Group, they were delighted that we could handle everything they’d thought of and more.

We sat down together to plan their wish-list for the house and came up with designs, an order of works, and of course – detailed budgets.

The first step was to open up the kitchen area – which had previously been two rooms – removing the walls and installing a steel beam to create a large unified space – complete with a new underfloor heating system.

We refurbished the master bedroom too, then converted the garage to allow a new utility room, leaving a small space behind the garage doors for bike and tool storage.

The final exterior specs included new AluK aluminium windows, aluminium Bifold doors and back door, fully re-rendering the house with K-Rend and a new oak porch to tie the whole thing together. And finally, we laid the new permeable block driveway!