St Bees
Whitehaven & surrounding villages
Builders in Whitehaven, Cumbria, for Extensions, Stonework & Repairs
Repairs and alterations across Whitehaven.
The Georgian street grid and rendered sandstone buildings of central Whitehaven are not the same as a newer brick semi. Before choosing a repair, consider the existing stone, mortar, roof covering and external finish together. Matching a colour is only one part of making the work fit.
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about 4 miles
From our base near St Bees to Whitehaven town centre
Driving time
around 10–15 minutes
By road, in normal traffic
Areas we cover around Whitehaven
From the town centre out to the villages along the coast and inland, we cover the lot. Don't see your area? Ask us.
- Town centre
- Bransty
- Corkickle
- Hensingham
- Kells
- Mirehouse
- Woodhouse
- Greenbank
- Hillcrest
- Sandwith
- Moresby
- Parton
- Lowca
- Moor Row
A different starting point in the old centre
For a sandstone repair near the harbour, send a view that shows the surrounding joints as well as the damaged face. Soft stone and hard cement can behave differently when wet. We can discuss lime pointing where it suits the original construction, rather than suggesting one mortar for every house.
Bransty and Corkickle: getting to the job
Steep streets and terraced plots occur in Bransty, Corkickle and up from the harbour. A useful first conversation is about the route to the work: steps, a narrow lane, a side passage or a shared entrance can all affect handling materials.
If the job is at the back, take a photograph looking from the access towards the house. Mention any changes in level and whether the route must remain open for a neighbour. A drawing of the extension alone will not show these details.
Beyond the Georgian grid
Woodhouse, Mirehouse, Kells and Greenbank include brick or rendered semis and terraces. Here an enquiry might be about changing the ground-floor arrangement, replacing a tired boundary or making better use of the garden. Describe the problem first and the proposed building work second.
Hensingham, Hillcrest, Sandwith, Moresby, Parton and Lowca are also within the coverage shown on this site. Use the dedicated Whitehaven extension page for an addition to the house; for a roof leak or a damaged wall, tell Chris exactly where the fault appears and when you first noticed it.
Extension budget: calculator figures
As a rough guide from our calculator, a 20 m² single-storey extension with a standard finish comes to about £36,000 to £48,000, excluding VAT and fees.
Our calculator puts a single-storey extension at about £1,800–£2,400 per m² for a standard finish, or £27,000 to £36,000 for 15 m² and £54,000 to £72,000 for 30 m², excluding VAT, design fees, building control and planning. It is a rough guide, not a quote. What drives the cost .
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Existing project photographs
The captions identify the project locations. These are examples already on our site, not a claim of an extension completed in Whitehaven.
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