Serving Windermere, the Lake District and surrounding areas
Lakes Construction builds extensions and eco extensions, garden rooms, new homes, jetties and commercial buildings across the Lake District, with planning and architectural drawings to get them approved – built in the slate, stone and timber the area is made of.
Our eco extensions and upgrades are insulated, airtight and built in local slate, stone and timber, designed to keep your home comfortable and your energy bills down.
Slate, stone and timber
Warmer, brighter, cheaper to run
From the lawn to the lakeshore
Bowness · Ambleside · Kendal · Keswick
Lakes Construction is a joinery and building contractor based in Windermere, taking on extensions, eco extensions, garden rooms, new builds, jetties and commercial work across the Lake District.
Building here is not like building anywhere else in England. Almost everything we work on is inside the National Park, where planning is closely controlled and the materials matter – Lakeland slate, local stone, roughcast and limewash – and where the weather tests every joint. We plan for both from the first visit, and handle the drawings and the planning application as well as the build.
Single and two-storey extensions in stone, slate and glass, built to sit naturally against a Lakeland house.
Low-energy extensions with high insulation, airtightness and glazing placed for the light, not the heat loss.
Insulated garden offices, studios and rooms for guests, clad in cedar or larch and built on a proper base.
New homes, replacement dwellings, garages and outbuildings, from groundworks to the finished building.
Measured surveys, plans, elevations and 3D drawings, and the planning application that goes with them.
Timber jetties, landing stages and lakeshore decking, built for water levels that rise and fall.
Steel-framed buildings, workshops, hospitality and holiday-let work for Lake District businesses.
Careful barn conversions, character homes, holiday lets and studios for Lake District landowners.
Practical agricultural buildings, livestock sheds, stables and storage for Lake District farmers.
Extensions, bedrooms, restaurants, spa facilities and refurbishments for Lake District hoteliers.
A closer look at the work we are asked for most.
Single and two-storey extensions in stone and slate that match the house, or in glass and timber that step clearly away from it. We plan around National Park planning from the start.
Stone and slate to match
Glazed and oak-framed additions
Planning and drawings included
Structural openings and steel
Insulated offices, studios and rooms for guests, clad in cedar or larch, on a base built for your ground.
Insulated floor, walls and roof
Cedar or larch cladding
Bi-fold and sliding doors
Electrics and finishing
More insulation, an airtight envelope and glazing placed for light rather than heat loss – with careful detail where new meets old stone.
Insulation without cold bridges
Airtightness, tested
High-performance glazing
Heat pump-ready
Timber jetties, landing stages and decks built for water levels that rise and fall, in timber and fixings made for the lake.
New jetties and landing stages
Re-decking and repairs
Lakeside decks and steps
Help with consents
From groundworks to the finished building, with the planning that new building in the National Park needs.
Groundworks and foundations
Stone, block and timber frame
Roofs and slate
Building control managed
See the work at every stage – from roof timbers going up to the finished building – on our projects page, where each job is shown as a sequence of photographs taken on site.
Based in Windermere, working across the central and southern Lake District and out to Kendal and Keswick.
Kind words from homeowners and businesses we’ve built for across the Lake District.
Talk to Lakes Construction and arrange a free quotation.