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 - LancashireNorth of the Cheshire border # Building ContractorsDelivering New BuildsAcross Lancashire New builds and conversions north of the Cheshire border, alongside extensions, refurbishment and groundworks, delivered by the same directly employed KIIF team that works our home county, with completed country-house and commercial projects already on the ground in Lancashire. Request an Estimate01625 830714 Family-run, over 40 years in construction, with our own trades travelling as one team. No-obligation site visit in Lancashire. 40+ years Residential, commercial and industrial construction across the North West. Built here Country house at Holmeswood and the Birkdale conversion delivered in the region. 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 Lancashire ## Lancashire work is mostly larger, more rural and more exposed than our Cheshire projects Lancashire is a regular part of our working area rather than an occasional trip. Our demolition-and-rebuild of a five-bedroom country house at Holmeswood sits in about two acres of open West Lancashire ground, and the conversion of a former bank in Birkdale into a bar shows the commercial side of the same coverage. The building stock differs from Cheshire in useful ways. West Lancashire is flat, agricultural and wind-exposed, with mossland ground, high water tables and long service runs. The old cotton towns further east carry dense stone and brick terraces, mill buildings and steep street patterns. Along the coast around Southport and Birkdale there are substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas plus a genuine commercial high street stock ripe for conversion. That mix means the enquiries here skew towards whole-building projects: replacement dwellings on rural plots, barn and agricultural conversions, commercial premises turned into homes or hospitality, and full refurbishment of large period property rather than modest domestic add-ons. Exposure is the constant. Wind-driven rain off the coast and across the mosses punishes pointing, flashings, copings and rainwater goods, so detailing that survives a sheltered Cheshire village is not automatically good enough here. Lancashire at a glance Distance from baseA straightforward motorway run north from Alderley Edge, with West Lancashire and the coast our most frequent destinations. Property typesRural farmhouses and barns, mossland plots, coastal Victorian and Edwardian villas, town-centre commercial premises, stone terraces. Most requestedNew builds and replacement dwellings, commercial and agricultural conversions, large-scale refurbishment, groundworks and drainage. Site constraintsMossland and high water tables, exposed elevations, long service runs, town-centre access and licensing on commercial jobs. Postcodes covered: PR4, PR8, BL1, BB1, L40, WN6 Services in Lancashire ## Everything we build for Lancashire clients, under one contract ### New builds Replacement dwellings and bespoke homes on rural Lancashire plots, delivered from clearance and foundations to handover. View service ### Conversions Agricultural buildings and commercial premises converted into homes and hospitality space, structure and services included. View service ### Refurbishment & restoration Large coastal and period Lancashire property renewed without stripping out the character that gives it value. View service ### Extensions & remodelling Extensions proportioned to substantial detached and semi-rural houses, with the internal layout reworked around them. View service ### Groundworks Excavation, foundations and drainage designed for mossland, high water tables and soft agricultural access. View service ### External works & landscaping Access tracks, driveways, retaining structures and surface-water management for open, exposed sites. 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 Lancashire ## The same employed team that builds our Cheshire work We do not staff Lancashire projects with local hire. The same directly employed trades travel, which is why the standard and the detailing hold. ### Track record in the county The Holmeswood country house rebuild and the Birkdale bank-to-bar conversion were both delivered by this team. ### Groundworks in-house Mossland and high water tables need designed foundations and drainage, and our own groundworkers build them. ### Our own joiners Structural carpentry, period joinery repair and matching profiles are employed work, not a chargeable specialist call-out. ### Whole-building capability Structure, envelope, services coordination, finishes and externals under one contract and one point of accountability. ### Commercial experience Conversion and fit-out of commercial premises, including hospitality, alongside our residential work. ### Family-run accountability Keep It In Family. David Cain leads delivery, Victoria Kennedy runs project management and design. Local building conditions ## What Lancashire sites throw at you Most of the risk here is ground and weather, with town-centre commercial work adding its own set of constraints. ### Mossland and peat ground West Lancashire ground can be soft and organic to depth. Foundation design and access surfacing have to be based on actual investigation. ### High water tables Excavations fill, soakaways fail and basements leak where drainage strategy was assumed rather than designed for the water present. ### Wind-driven rain Exposed coastal and mossland elevations drive water into pointing, flashings and copings that would be adequate inland. ### Agricultural buildings Barns and steel-framed farm structures were never dwellings: no damp protection, minimal foundations, ventilated roofs. ### Commercial conversion consents Bank, retail and pub conversions bring change-of-use, fire strategy, accessibility and, for hospitality, licensing and extraction demands. ### Long service runs Rural plots frequently need water, power and data brought a long way, which is a programme item as much as a cost item. Our process ## The same fixed sequence on every Lancashire project - Step 1 ### Enquiry and call You describe the building or the plot and what you want from it. We tell you honestly whether it suits us. - Step 2 ### Site visit in Lancashire We look at structure, ground, access, exposure and drainage before any figure is discussed. - Step 3 ### Priced proposal In-house estimating prices element by element: groundworks, structure, envelope, services, finishes, externals. - Step 4 ### Programme and pre-start Travel, deliveries, plant, standing, working hours and consents agreed before mobilisation. - 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 in Lancashire: what the work really involves Written for owners and developers planning a rural new build, an agricultural or commercial conversion, or a full refurbishment in the county. ### Rural new builds and replacement dwellings Open Lancashire plots start with the ground and the access. On the Holmeswood project a five-bedroom house was demolished and rebuilt in roughly two acres, which meant managing demolition, site logistics, foundations and external works as one continuous operation rather than a series of handovers. Foundation design on mossland or peat-influenced ground is not a formality, and neither is the construction access route. Both need resolving with real ground information before the programme is committed. - Demolition and site logistics on open plots - Foundation design for soft and organic ground - Drainage, soakaways and treatment systems - Weather-resistant envelope detailing for exposed sites - Access tracks, driveways and landscaping ### Commercial and agricultural conversions The Birkdale project turned a former bank building into a bar: structural alterations, a new mezzanine formed in steel and timber, exposed roof structure retained, and services coordinated around a hospitality fit-out. That combination, heritage fabric plus commercial requirement, is typical of the conversion work we are asked for here. Agricultural conversions run the same sequence as our Cheshire barn work: stabilise the structure, form proper floors and damp protection, resolve the thermal and ventilation line, then fit out. ### Coastal and period refurbishment Large Victorian and Edwardian property around Southport and the coast usually needs services renewed, damp causes corrected and external fabric brought back up to standard, all without erasing the joinery, plaster detail and proportion that make it worth owning. External work comes first in priority order here: roofs, flashings, pointing, copings and rainwater goods. Interiors finished before the envelope is watertight get spoiled. ### How Lancashire fits our coverage Lancashire sits directly north of our Cheshire and Greater Manchester core, an easy motorway run from Alderley Edge, and it borders our Merseyside work around Southport and Birkdale. One employed team covers all of it. Lancashire questions ## What Lancashire clients ask first Do you actually work in Lancashire, or only Cheshire?We work in Lancashire regularly. The Holmeswood country house rebuild and the Birkdale bank-to-bar conversion were both delivered by our own team. Which parts of Lancashire do you cover?Most of our Lancashire work is in the west of the county and along the coast, but we will travel further for whole-building projects. Call 01625 830714 and we will tell you honestly. Can you build on mossland or peat ground?Yes, provided the foundation and drainage design is based on real ground investigation rather than assumption. Our own groundworkers carry out that work. Do you take on commercial conversions?Yes. Change-of-use conversions, including retail, banking and hospitality premises, are part of our normal workload. What does a project cost in Lancashire?We price element by element after a site visit. Ground conditions, structure and specification drive the figure, so a rate per square metre would be misleading. Does travel add cost?We are open about it. Travel and logistics are shown in the proposal rather than hidden in rates, and for larger projects the effect is small. Do you use your own trades?Core trades are directly employed and travel with the job. Genuine specialists are brought in where required and managed by us. 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 Merseyside, Manchester, Cheshire, Yorkshire and across the wider North West, see every area we cover, all services, recent projects, the homepage or contact the office. ## Building or convertingin Lancashire?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 Lancashire at a time that suits you. Keep It In Family. 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