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 - Services - New BuildsNew build projects # New Build Homes InCheshire, Built By OneDirectly Employed Team A bespoke house should arrive on the date you were given, at the figure you agreed, without you chasing five different subcontractors. KIIF employs its own joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers, so the programme, the workmanship and the accountability stay in one place from foundations to handover. Request an Estimate01625 830714 Family-run in Alderley Edge with more than 40 years in construction. No obligation site visit, you speak to the people who will build it. 40+ years Experience across residential, commercial and industrial construction. Directly employed Joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers on our own books. In-house support Estimating, procurement, administration and customer service under one roof. Family-run Keep It In Family, led by David Cain with Victoria Kennedy on project management and design. The service ## What a KIIF new build actually involves A new build is the only project type where every element is yours to decide: the setting-out, the structural approach, the insulation strategy, the services routes, the finishes and the landscaping that frames it. That freedom is also what makes new builds unforgiving. Decisions made in week two determine what is possible in week twenty, and a foundation set 40mm out of tolerance is corrected in every trade that follows. KIIF takes on bespoke individual homes through to multi-unit residential developments on both brownfield and greenfield sites. We start at ground level with site clearance, excavation, drainage and foundations, then carry the build through superstructure, roof, first fix, plastering, second fix, decoration, external works and handover. Because much of the workforce is directly employed rather than bought in job by job, the same faces move through those stages and carry the detail with them. We are comfortable working to a client's existing architect and structural engineer, and we regularly review buildability early, before the drawings are frozen, to flag details that will be slow, expensive or impossible to build cleanly. That review is the cheapest hour of the entire project. Where you have no design team yet, Victoria Kennedy leads project management and design and can help shape the brief into something that can be priced properly. Every new build we price is broken down by element so you can see where the money sits: groundworks, structure, envelope, services, finishes, externals. That structure matters later, because when you change your mind about a kitchen specification or a rooflight, you can see the effect on one line rather than being handed a new lump-sum figure with no explanation. ### Who this is for - Private clients building a bespoke family home on a plot in Cheshire or the wider North West - Landowners and self-builders who have secured planning consent and need a contractor to deliver it - Developers delivering multi-unit residential schemes on brownfield or greenfield sites - Clients replacing an existing property: demolition and rebuild rather than extending - Architects and design teams looking for a contractor who will review buildability before work starts What poor delivery costs ## Where new builds go wrong, and what it costs New build overruns are rarely caused by one dramatic failure. They are caused by small, ordinary gaps between trades that nobody owns. Understanding them is the fastest way to avoid paying for them. ### Groundworks priced on assumptions Ground conditions that differ from the assumption behind the price mean deeper foundations, more concrete and lost weeks. Investigating and pricing the ground properly at the start protects the whole programme behind it. ### Drainage designed after the slab Falls, invert levels and connection points must be set before the floor goes down. Retro-fitting drainage through a completed slab means breaking out work you have already paid for. ### Gaps between subcontractors When every trade is a separate contract, the joint between them belongs to nobody. Cavity trays, insulation continuity and service penetrations are where those gaps become cold spots, damp and callbacks. ### Cheap envelope decisions Savings taken on insulation continuity, airtightness detailing and window installation are paid back for the life of the building in heating bills, condensation and staining around reveals. ### Late specification changes Changing a bathroom layout after first fix means lifting floors and re-routing services. The same decision made three weeks earlier is a pencil line on a drawing. ### No single point of accountability When something fails eighteen months later, a fragmented build turns into a dispute about which trade caused it. One contractor for the whole build removes that argument entirely. Our process ## A fixed sequence, so you always know what happens next - Step 1 ### Site visit and brief We walk the plot with you, look at access, levels, services and neighbouring buildings, and establish what you want the finished house to do. If drawings exist, we read them on site rather than in an office. - Step 2 ### Buildability review and estimate Our in-house estimating team prices the build element by element and flags details that will cause delay or cost. You receive a breakdown you can interrogate, not a single number. - Step 3 ### Programme and procurement We sequence the build, book our own trades against it and procure long-lead items, structural steel, windows, roof coverings, kitchens, early enough that deliveries drive the programme rather than interrupting it. - Step 4 ### Groundworks and structure Site clearance, excavation, drainage, foundations, slab and superstructure, with setting-out and levels checked before each stage is closed up. - Step 5 ### Envelope, first fix and finishes Roof, windows, insulation and airtightness, then mechanical and electrical first fix, plastering, second fix joinery, decoration and tiling, with our team on site continuously rather than in and out. - Step 6 ### Commissioning, externals and handover Services tested and commissioned, driveways, drainage and landscaping completed, snagging closed out and documentation handed over so you have the record of what was built. What you get ## The practical difference a directly employed team makes ### Programmes that hold Our own trades are booked against our own programme. We are not waiting on a subcontractor who has taken a bigger job elsewhere, which is the single most common cause of a stalled new build. ### One accountable contractor Structure, envelope, services and finishes all sit with KIIF. If a detail needs resolving between two trades, it is resolved on site that day instead of becoming a three-way email chain. ### Costs you can see Element-by-element pricing from in-house estimators means you can see where the money is and make informed trade-offs before work starts rather than after. ### Built to last decades Insulation continuity, airtightness, cavity detailing and drainage falls are executed properly the first time, because the people doing them will still be with the firm when the building is five years old. ### Safety-led sites Safe working practices protect our team, you and your neighbours, and a well-organised site is also a faster and cleaner one. ### One relationship, not ten David Cain leads delivery and Victoria Kennedy handles day-to-day liaison and design coordination. You have two names and one number, not a directory of trades. Detail ## New build methods, materials and site types New builds vary enormously depending on the plot, the planning consent and the way you want to live in the finished house. This is the detail behind the work we take on. ### Groundworks and foundations Groundworks set the accuracy of everything above them. Depending on ground conditions, water table and proximity to trees and existing structures, foundations may be traditional strip, trench fill, wide-strip reinforced, raft or piled with ground beams. On sloping Cheshire plots, retaining structures and stepped foundations are common and need designing alongside the drainage rather than after it. We carry out site clearance, demolition where required, excavation and muck-away, sub-base preparation, below-ground foul and surface water drainage, soakaways and attenuation where the site cannot discharge directly, service ducting for incoming utilities, and floor slabs: beam and block or insulated ground-bearing depending on the design. - Strip, trench fill, raft and piled foundations - Below-ground foul and surface water drainage - Soakaways, attenuation and land drainage - Retaining walls and stepped foundations on sloping plots - Incoming utility ducting and service entries - Beam and block or insulated ground-bearing slabs ### Structure and envelope Most bespoke homes in the North West are built as traditional masonry cavity construction, blockwork inner leaf, full-fill or partial-fill insulation, and a facing brick, render or stone outer leaf, with timber or steel elements where spans demand them. Steel frames and glulam beams open up the large glazed openings clients usually want to the garden; those openings need thermal breaks and cavity closers designed in, not improvised. Roofs range from traditional cut and pitched with slate or plain tile, through trussed roofs, to flat and warm-deck roofs on single-storey elements and link sections. Where a design mixes flat and pitched, the junctions and abutments are the details that determine whether the roof lasts thirty years or leaks in three. - Masonry cavity walls with brick, render or stone finishes - Structural steel, glulam and engineered timber elements - Cut and pitched, trussed, flat and warm-deck roofs - Slate, plain tile, interlocking tile and single-ply coverings - Airtightness detailing and insulation continuity - Aluminium, timber and composite window and door installation ### Services, finishes and commissioning Mechanical and electrical work is coordinated with specialist M&E engineers and set out at first fix against the finished layouts, so socket positions, lighting circuits, underfloor heating zones and ventilation routes serve the way the rooms will actually be used. Getting first fix right is what prevents chased walls and lifted floors later. Internal finishes are delivered by our own joiners, plasterers and decorators: staircases, doors and architraves, skirtings, fitted joinery, plastering, tiling and decoration. Kitchens, bathrooms and specialist finishes are installed and coordinated with your chosen suppliers. ### Bespoke homes, developments and demolition-and-rebuild A one-off bespoke home is a design-led project where the value is in detailing and finish. A multi-unit development is a repetition and logistics project, where the value is in setting up one unit correctly and repeating it efficiently. We price and programme those two very differently, and we say which one you have at the estimate stage. Demolition and rebuild is a third category, and increasingly common where an existing house cannot economically be brought up to modern standards. It combines demolition, site strip and disposal with a full new build, and needs careful sequencing around boundaries, party structures and neighbours. Our project at Holmeswood for Mzuri Ltd was exactly this: a five-bedroom house demolished and rebuilt on a site of roughly two acres, delivered in approximately eighteen weeks. ### Residential and commercial differences Residential new builds are governed by Building Regulations and the client's tolerance for disruption, usually on a site surrounded by occupied homes, with restricted access and neighbours to keep informed. Commercial and industrial new builds bring different constraints: larger spans, heavier floor loadings, statutory compliance for fire and access, and programmes tied to lease dates or trading periods. KIIF works across residential, commercial and industrial sectors, so where a scheme is mixed, apartments above commercial space, or a home with a substantial outbuilding or office, the whole of it can sit with one contractor rather than being split. Recent work ## New build construction we have delivered Questions clients ask ## Before you commit to the work How much does a new build house cost in Cheshire?It depends almost entirely on ground conditions, size, structural complexity and specification level, so any figure quoted before a site visit is guesswork. We price new builds element by element, groundworks, structure, envelope, services, finishes, externals, so you can see exactly what drives the total and adjust the specification with full information. Book a site visit and you will receive a breakdown rather than a single number. How long does a new build take to complete?A bespoke house typically runs across several months rather than weeks, and the honest answer depends on foundations, structural approach and how quickly finishes are decided. For context, a five-bedroom demolition and rebuild we completed at Holmeswood ran to approximately eighteen weeks on site. You receive a programme with your estimate, and it is sequenced against our own directly employed trades rather than subcontractor availability. Do you handle groundworks and drainage as well as the build?Yes. We start at site clearance and excavation and carry out foundations, below-ground foul and surface water drainage, soakaways, service ducting and slabs ourselves as part of the same contract, which is why levels and falls line up with the structure above. See our external works and landscaping page for site-wide groundworks. Can you build from my architect's drawings?Yes, and we prefer to be involved before they are finalised. We regularly work alongside clients' architects, structural engineers and M&E consultants, and reviewing buildability early lets us identify details that will be slow or costly to build while they can still be adjusted on paper. Do you use subcontractors?Much of our workforce is directly employed, joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers, which is unusual for a contractor of our size and is the main reason our programmes hold. Genuinely specialist work such as mechanical and electrical installation is delivered with trusted engineers we work with repeatedly. Will the same team be on site throughout?Yes. Because the trades are on our own books rather than booked job by job, the people who set out your foundations are still connected to the job at second fix. David Cain leads delivery and Victoria Kennedy handles day-to-day project management, design coordination and client liaison. Do you take on multi-unit developments as well as one-off homes?Yes. We deliver bespoke individual homes through to multi-unit residential developments on brownfield and greenfield sites, and we price and programme those two project types differently because the risks are different. How long does a new build last?A masonry house built with proper insulation continuity, airtightness detailing, correct cavity trays and functioning drainage is a hundred-year building whose main components, roof coverings, windows, heating plant, are replaced on their own cycles. The elements that shorten a building's life are almost always hidden ones executed badly, which is why we keep them with our own trades. Which areas do you build in?We are based at 1 London Road, Alderley Edge and build throughout Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Merseyside, including Wilmslow, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Stockport and Bramhall. What happens after handover?We commission and test services, complete externals, close out snagging and hand over documentation for what was built. Many clients then stay with us for ongoing maintenance and reactive works, which is how a large part of our workload arrives. Related work ## Often delivered alongside this ### External Works & Landscaping Groundworks, drainage, driveways and landscaping that finish the plot around the house. View service ### Extensions & Remodelling If rebuilding is not the answer, extending and remodelling the existing house may be. View service ### Maintenance & Reactive Works Planned and reactive maintenance once the building is in use. View service We deliver this service across Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Prestbury and the wider North West. See recent projects, read about the family behind KIIF or return to the homepage. ## Get a new build estimateyou can actually interrogate Tell us about the plot and the house you want on it. We will visit, look at access, levels and ground conditions, and come back with a breakdown you can question line by line, not a single figure with no explanation behind it. 01625 830714Request an Estimate - Family-run, over 40 years in construction - Directly employed joiners, bricklayers and groundworkers - In-house estimating and procurement - Site visit with the team who will build it ### Tell us about your project Send the details and we will arrange a site visit at a time that suits you. Keep It In Family. 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