Serving Windermere, the Lake District and surrounding areas
Everything from the planning drawings to the finished building, for homes and businesses across the Lakes.
We take on whole projects – design, planning, building and finishing – or the parts you need us for. Every service below has its own page, with what is included, how the work runs, the planning rules that usually apply in the Lake District, and photographs.
If your project does not fit neatly into one heading, that is normal: an extension often comes with a garden room, a new build with a garage, a lakeside house with a jetty. Tell us the whole picture and we will quote it as one job.
Every service starts with the same visit: we come to the property, look at the building and the ground, and talk through planning, access and budget before anything is drawn. That first conversation is free, and it is where most of the important decisions are made.
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.
We come and look, listen to what you want, and talk honestly about planning and budget.
Survey and drawings, with 3D views when they help you decide.
Planning, Building Regulations and any other consents the site needs.
A clear programme, a tidy site, and the building weathertight as early as possible.
Finished, snagged, signed off, with the paperwork you need.
Talk to Lakes Construction and arrange a free quotation.