1 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JU info@kiif.co.uk01625 830714 HomeAboutServicesBuilding ContractorsOne contract for the whole buildNew BuildBespoke homes and developmentsRenovationWhole-house renovation programmesRefurbishment & RestorationPeriod buildings brought up to dateLandscapingExternal works and hard landscapingPlasteringSkimming, rendering and lime workJoineryStructural carpentry and fitted joineryRoofingNew roofs, re-roofing and repairsGroundworksFoundations, drainage and site works View all services Areas We CoverCounties & Regions - Alderley EdgeOur home village: office and yard on London Road. - CheshireCounty-wide building work from our Alderley Edge base. - ManchesterPeriod refurbishment and commercial fit-out in South Manchester. - LancashireNew builds and conversions north of the Cheshire border. - YorkshireStone-built property and rural schemes across the county. - MerseysideCommercial conversions and coastal refurbishment work. Towns - WilmslowTwo miles from base: extensions, refurbishment and conversions. - KnutsfordTown centre period property and rural barn conversions. - MacclesfieldStone terraces, hillside sites and retaining structures. - PrestburyHigh-specification homes delivered discreetly. - StockportResidential, commercial and industrial work across the borough. - BramhallSuburban extensions and remodelling on close-packed plots. View all areas we cover Our WorkReviewsContact01625 830714Request an Estimate - Home - Areas We Cover - CheshireOur home county # Building ContractorsWorking County-WideAcross Cheshire County-wide building work from our Alderley Edge base: new builds, extensions, refurbishment, barn conversions, groundworks and external works, delivered by our own joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers rather than sublet job by job. Request an Estimate01625 830714 Family-run, over 40 years in construction, with our own trades. No-obligation site visit anywhere in Cheshire. 40+ years Residential, commercial and industrial construction across the county. County-wide From the Wirral fringe and Chester through mid-Cheshire to the Peak edge. Directly employed Joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers on our own books. Family-run David Cain on delivery, Victoria Kennedy on project management and design. Working in Cheshire ## Cheshire is not one building stock, it is several, and each asks different questions of a contractor Our office and yard sit on London Road in Alderley Edge, which puts us near the centre of the county rather than at one end of it. That matters, because Cheshire covers everything from Georgian and Victorian town property in Knutsford, Nantwich and Chester, to Edwardian and interwar suburban housing around Wilmslow, Bramhall and Sale, to working farm buildings and rural plots across the plain and out towards the Peak District boundary. The work follows the stock. In the affluent villages it is bespoke new builds, substantial extensions and full internal remodelling. In the historic centres it is period refurbishment, structural alteration and sympathetic detailing. Out on the plain it is barn conversions, replacement dwellings, off-mains drainage and groundworks on ground that changes character within a single field. Ground conditions are the recurring Cheshire theme. The plain gives clay, peat pockets, high water tables and standing water; the eastern edge gives rock, slope and retaining problems. Both are solvable, but only if the drainage and foundation strategy is set before a price is put on the job rather than discovered halfway through. Working county-wide from one base also keeps things practical. Labour and materials move between Cheshire sites the same day, and the same directly employed team carries the same standards from a Chester refurbishment to a Macclesfield hillside extension. Cheshire at a glance Base1 London Road, Alderley Edge, roughly central to the county and its main routes. Property typesGeorgian and Victorian town property, suburban detached and semi-detached housing, farmhouses and barns, modern estates, commercial units. Most requestedNew builds, extensions and remodelling, period refurbishment, barn conversions, groundworks and external works. Site constraintsClay and peat on the plain, rock and slope on the eastern edge, conservation settings in the historic centres. Postcodes covered: SK9, SK10, WA16, CW1, CW8, CH3 Services in Cheshire ## Everything we build for Cheshire clients, under one contract ### New builds Bespoke homes and replacement dwellings on Cheshire brownfield and greenfield plots, from site clearance to handover. View service ### Extensions & remodelling Single and two-storey extensions detailed to sit properly against the existing building, with the layout reworked around them. View service ### Refurbishment & restoration Period Cheshire property renewed behind the plaster while the fabric and detail worth keeping stay intact. View service ### Conversions Barns, outbuildings and commercial premises converted into warm, dry, properly serviced accommodation. View service ### Groundworks Clearance, excavation, foundations and drainage designed for the ground actually under the site. View service ### External works & landscaping Driveways, access tracks, retaining structures, drainage and surface-water management built to last. View service ### Building Contractors General contracting with our own site management, estimating and procurement, so the whole build sits under one accountable contractor. View service ### Renovation Full property renovations: roofs, windows, render, insulation, rewires and replumbing, with internal layouts reworked for the way you live now. View service ### Plastering Directly employed plasterers for skimming, float and set, dot and dab, lime plaster on period walls and external render systems. View service ### Joinery Roofs, floors and timber structure through to staircases, doors, skirtings and fitted joinery, cut and fixed by our own carpenters. View service ### Roofing Cut and pitched, trussed, flat and warm deck roofs, slate and tile coverings, leadwork, skylights, fascias and guttering. View service Why KIIF in Cheshire ## One contractor, one team, the whole county County-wide coverage only works if the team is the same everywhere. Ours is directly employed, so the standard does not change with the postcode. ### Central Cheshire base Alderley Edge sits near the middle of the county and its main routes, keeping travel short and site visits practical. ### Groundworks in-house Our own groundworkers handle excavation, foundations and drainage, which is where mixed Cheshire ground catches contractors out. ### Our own joiners Matching period joinery, forming openings and making good is employed work rather than a chargeable specialist visit. ### 40+ years of mixed stock Four decades across residential, commercial and industrial buildings throughout the county. ### In-house estimating Pricing, procurement and administration under one roof, so a question about a figure reaches the person who produced it. ### Family-run accountability Keep It In Family. You deal with David and Victoria, not a rotating account manager. Local building conditions ## What Cheshire sites throw at you The county's recurring problems are geological and historical in roughly equal measure, and both need identifying before a price means anything. ### Clay, peat and high water tables Plain ground varies over short distances. Foundations, soakaways and surfacing all need designing for the specific plot, not the postcode. ### Off-mains drainage Rural plots need treatment plants or septic systems with proper consent and a drainage field sized to real percolation rates. ### Solid-wall damp Period Cheshire walls manage moisture by breathing. Cement renders and injected fixes usually make damp worse rather than better. ### Barns built for hay Farm buildings have shallow foundations, no damp-proofing and ventilated roofs. Conversion is structural work first, finishing later. ### Slope and retaining Towards Macclesfield and the Peak edge, hillside plots need designed retaining structures and drainage rather than eyeballed walls. ### Conservation settings Chester, Knutsford, Nantwich and the villages carry conservation constraints that shape detailing, materials and site management. Our process ## The same fixed sequence on every Cheshire project - Step 1 ### Enquiry and call You describe the building and what you want from it. We tell you honestly whether it suits us and what we need before pricing. - Step 2 ### Site visit We look at structure, ground, access and drainage, and on rural sites drainage strategy is part of the first conversation. - Step 3 ### Priced proposal In-house estimating prices element by element: groundworks, structure, envelope, services, finishes, externals. - Step 4 ### Programme and pre-start Access, deliveries, plant, standing, working hours and any conservation or neighbour constraints agreed up front. - Step 5 ### Build with our own team Directly employed trades work the programme with David or Victoria as your single point of contact. - Step 6 ### Handover and aftercare Joint walk-round, snags closed out, and a contractor still reachable afterwards. Detail ## Building across Cheshire: where the cost and the risk actually sit Written for Cheshire owners weighing up a new build, an extension, a conversion or a full refurbishment, and trying to understand what drives the number. ### New builds on Cheshire plots A Cheshire new build is decided in the ground long before it is decided in the finishes. Site clearance, excavation, a foundation design suited to the actual subsoil, drainage sized for real percolation and an access route that carries wagons through a wet February are the difference between a programme that holds and one that slips. Because our own groundworkers carry out that work, the ground element is priced and built by the same firm that builds the house. There is no interface to argue over when a trial hole finds something unexpected. - Site clearance, excavation and level setting - Foundation design suited to clay, peat or rock - Drainage, soakaways and off-mains treatment systems - Structure, envelope and roof by directly employed trades - Access roads, driveways and external works ### Extensions and remodelling Most Cheshire extension enquiries are really layout enquiries: a kitchen too small for how the family lives, no relationship to the garden, and no proper utility or boot space. We look at the whole ground floor rather than only the new footprint. On period and rural properties, proportion and material matching carry as much weight as the structure. Matched brickwork, sensible openings and roof lines that read as intentional are what stop an extension looking added on. ### Refurbishment and conversions Refurbishment across the county's period stock is about performance without erasure: rewiring, replumbing, correcting the causes of damp, and finishing once. Breathable repair strategies matter more here than any product sold as a damp cure. Conversions, whether a plain-side barn or a redundant commercial unit, start with structure, damp protection, thermal line and drainage. Get that sequence right and the finishes last; reverse it and finished work gets taken apart again. ### How Cheshire fits our coverage Cheshire is our home county and the bulk of our work. From the same Alderley Edge base we also cover Greater Manchester and take projects into Lancashire, Yorkshire and Merseyside for clients who want the same employed team on site. Cheshire questions ## What Cheshire clients ask first Do you cover the whole of Cheshire?Yes. From our Alderley Edge office we work across the county, from the Wirral fringe and Chester through mid-Cheshire to the Peak District edge. What does a build cost in Cheshire?We do not publish rates, because ground conditions, structure and specification drive the figure. We price element by element after a site visit so you can see where the money goes. Do you use your own trades or subcontractors?Core trades, joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers, are directly employed. Genuine specialists are brought in where required and managed by us. Can you handle drainage on a rural Cheshire plot?Yes. Our groundworkers install treatment plants, septic systems and drainage fields as part of the main contract rather than as a separate package. Do you work on listed and conservation-area property?Regularly. That work needs breathable repair strategies, sympathetic detailing and controlled site management, all normal for us. Will you work with our architect and engineer?Yes, and we prefer to review buildability before drawings are frozen so awkward details are found early. Do you take on commercial work in Cheshire?Yes. Alongside residential work we deliver commercial and industrial projects, including fit-out, conversion and refurbishment. Who runs the projects?KIIF is family-run, Keep It In Family. David Cain is Project Director and Victoria Kennedy leads project management and design. We also work in Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Wilmslow and across the wider North West, see every area we cover, all services, recent projects, the homepage or contact the office. ## Planning a buildanywhere in Cheshire?Start with a site visit. Call the office or send your project details. We will look at the building and the ground, tell you what the work really involves, and price it properly. 01625 830714Request an Estimate - Family-run, over 40 years in construction - Directly employed joiners, bricklayers and groundworkers - Office at 1 London Road, Alderley Edge - Site visit with the team who will build it ### Tell us about your project Send the details and we will arrange a site visit in Cheshire at a time that suits you. Keep It In Family. 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