East Dulwich Forum – Miles – February 2010

I just wanted to write a recommendation for the building company, Dulwich Construction, whom I recently commissioned to make a major reconstruction of my kitchen. My house, a Victorian terrace, had a small kitchen with an entrance door into a rather pokey utility and toilet, with rising damp. Dulwich Construction removed the wall separating the two rooms, installed French doors, closed the original doorway to the outside and replaced it with a larger window, opened up the ceiling and fitted a very large Velux skylight, damp-proofed the walls, plastered everything, tiled the floor and installed a new kitchen. I requested quotes from four companies and chose Dulwich Construction because Simon and Paul were the most proactive in making suggestions to best realise my ideas for the new kitchen. Their price was also very competitive.

The original project included replacing the solid concrete flooring in the kitchen, investigation as the work progressed revealed that the floor was actually sound, subsequently Simon and Paul very reasonably reduced the price of the project to reflect changed workload. Additionally, during the project, we discovered my upstairs shower was leaking badly through the walls. Even though this problem was unrelated to the kitchen, Paul advised and helped me to renew the shower and Simon drove me to the bathroom merchant to buy the materials and got me a trade discount!

Overall they were very helpful and worked hard to achieve a brilliant standard of finish. Paul, Simon and Andy were prompt, professional and very personable, making what could have been a very difficult experience (my partner and I lived on site during the disruption) actually stress-free and fun.

I recommend them very highly.